[jboss-user] [jBPM] - Process Instance Variable within WorkItemHandler

Amin MC [http://community.jboss.org/people/aminmc] created the discussion "Process Instance Variable within WorkItemHandler" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/602066#602066 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi I have a custom work item handler and I would like to load the value of a process instance variable while executing the work item handler.  Basically I have a service method which does the following: public String getValue(Long processId, String variableName) {   session.getProcessInstance(..);    instance.getVariable(variableName);   //do something with the value...but not modify } When i call this service method within the execute method of the work item handler I get a nullpointerexception and the stacktrace indicates that the processinstancebytearray value of ProcessInstanceInfo is null. I guess this is because the process has not reached a safe point to persist.  Is there another way to get the value of a variable defined in the process within the execution of the work item handler? This is the final part of a POC I am currently working on demonstrating the use of JBPM 5 so any help on this would be extremely grateful. Cheers -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/602066#602066] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]