Paul Mueller [http://community.jboss.org/people/PaulTK] created the discussion "Beginner Question: How to pass process variables to a Java Task" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/538718#538718 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I am new to jBPM, and i currently do not understand how to pass process variables into a Java Task. To start the java task i have this code fragment: <java name="MyMethod" method="testMethod" var="result">       <arg>               <string value="#{test}"/>            </arg> </java> The java method: public String testMethod( String testIn ) {   System.out.println(testIn);   return testIn+"_result"; } To start the process i have this: Map<String,Object> variables = new HashMap<String,Object>(); variables.put("test", "a test text"); pi = executionService.startProcessInstanceByKey("MyProcess", variables ); As a result i got "#{test}" and not "a test text". So what i am doing wrong? And what is the best practice to pass process variables to a java task? Thanks for help!           Paul -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/538718#538718] Start a new discussion in jBPM at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]