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"jBPM WorkItemHandler problem: when Object is passed as param it's transformed to
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Hi,
I'm passing an object of type Task to WorkItemHandler implementation and it lands in
params map as after invoking toString method on my obejct.
WID definition:
import org.drools.process.core.datatype.impl.type.StringDataType;
import org.drools.process.core.datatype.impl.type.FloatDataType;
import org.drools.process.core.datatype.impl.type.ObjectDataType;
[
// the CreateProject work item
[
"name" : "TaskTime",
"parameters" : [
"host" : new StringDataType(),
"task" : new ObjectDataType(),
"date" : new ObjectDataType(),
"time" : new FloatDataType(),
],
"displayName" : "TaskTime",
"icon" : "icons/taskTime.png"
]
]
When I double click on my domain specific node on designer I get a window where I can
provide values for parameters. So for task param I have given #{taskObj} and instead of an
actual object I have received a String version of this object. The workaround is to
explicitly map this param in properties view, but the idea was to give users UI for
setting those values in more pleasent way.
ANOTHER problem is that when I set some values to my custom node than Properties view is
not changing accorgingly to my my node type. Meannig when I click on some node than the
Properties view is updated to show those props. Than when I click to my TaskTime node than
Properties view has only those props which ware available for previous node, and if some
props are common for both node than values for tham are updated with ne values. So when I
click on my TaskTime node I can see the host,task,date,time properties, nor I can see on
Entry and on Exit action properties. Furthermore If previosus node had such properties
than I can see them for TaskTime node but when I update them than they are updated for
that previosud node.
Can someone confirm those issues? Any help on workarounds?
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New subject: [jBPM] - Re: jBPM WorkItemHandler problem: when Object is passed as param it's transformed to String.
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Hi Adam!
I had the same problem with our custom tasks, and found out that there is an unecpected
editor behaviour when saving&reading a BPMN model. As you can see in Properties view,
the editor uses XStream to serialize objects, and it all works until you save your model.
But when you click Save, the object is saved to file using toString method instead of
using XStream. Also when reading from the model, it is read as string, instead of
deserializing the object. As a consequence you will always get a string when calling
+work.getParameter("myParameter").+ I noticed this behaviour not only for Object
types, but for every data type (including Integer, Float etc. which should be supported
according to specification).
I don't know if this is a bug or it should really work this way.... unfortunately I
didn't get any answer on this forum when I raised this question a month ago :(
I solved this problem by serializing/deserializing the object myself, using:
- to save parameter to workitem: +work.setParameter("+myParameter+",
xstream.toXML(data));+
- to read from work item: +(My_Object) xstream.fromXML((String)
workItem.getParameter("myParameter"));+
Hope this helps.
I also noticed the delay probleim with Properties view, but haven't tried to solve
it.+
+
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New subject: [jBPM] - Re: jBPM WorkItemHandler problem: when Object is passed as param it's transformed to String.
Adam Bach [https://community.jboss.org/people/heathcliff] created the discussion
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Are You refering to my problem with passing parameter or Properties editor? If You are
saying aboute passing ObjectParams than as I have mentioned above igf You pass a para
using parameter mapping than it works fine and is passed as object. it only breaks when
you pass param as #{processVariable} in window which popsup when You doubleclick custom
node.
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I'm talking about your problem with a custom popup editor, which uses
+workItem.put(name, value)+ to pass a parameter, which then gets serialized to your
diagram's xml file.
Parameters that you pass directly into a knowledge session are of course passed correctly
because they newer get serialized.
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THis is my wid file here i am using file to upload from the form but in workitem i am
getting String type, how we solve this problem
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