anonymous wrote : btw, hasVariableLocally should not contain the variable if it has no 'read' attribute, see the initializeVariables in the TaskController or the snippet in my post above. Strange.... I don't think it's working like it should then. I tried the following: <variable name='IsReplacement' access='write,required'></variable> And retrieved all local variables, and printed them out: Map variables = startTaskInstance.getVariablesLocally(); | if (variables != null) { | for (Iterator it = variables.keySet().iterator();it.hasNext();) { | String variableName = (String)it.next(); | String variableValue = (String)variables.get(variableName); | System.out.println(variableName+": "+variableValue); | } | } Is still found/printed the "IsReplacement" variable with a null value. IsReplacement: null View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4084125#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...