[jboss-user] [jBPM] - WorkItemHandler not honoring data type

Paul Borlin [https://community.jboss.org/people/borlinp] created the discussion "WorkItemHandler not honoring data type" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/736307#736307 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I am in the process of upgrading from Drools 5.0 rule flows to jBPM 5.3 BPMN processes.  All is going well for the most part, but I ran into an odd snag.  I have 25+ WorkItemHandler's defined.  Several of them use IntegerDataType's for input parameters.  Now, in jBPM 5.3, all parameters seem to be passed to the hander as String, regardless if it's defined as a type other than StringDataType(). For example, let me share one definition that is causing me fits: [         "name" : "SFTPget",         "parameters" : [             "Host Name" : new StringDataType(),             "User Name" : new StringDataType(),             "Password" : new StringDataType(),             "File Location" : new StringDataType(),             "File Name" : new StringDataType(),             "Target Directory" : new StringDataType(),             "Delete Original" : new StringDataType(),             "Log Level" : new StringDataType(),             "Date Format" : new StringDataType(),             "Date Format to lowercase" : new StringDataType(),             "Date Format Offset" : new IntegerDataType(),             "Reply Timeout": new IntegerDataType()         ],         "displayName" : "sFTP Get",         "icon" : "icons/computer_world.gif"     ] In the WorkItemHandler, I have the following code that worked prior to upgrading, but now throws ClassCastException: Integer dateOffset = (Integer) ((workItem.getParameter("Date Format Offset") == null)? 0: workItem.getParameter("Date Format Offset")); The object returned by workItem.getParameter("Date Format Offset") is a String. My questions would be as follows: 1. Is this just the way jBPM 5.3 works, and am I to manually cast all parameters from String to the desired type? 2. If #1 is no, then is this a bug or something I need to change in my code? Thanks for the help/tips! -Paul -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/736307#736307] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]