[jbpm-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBPM-1144) Calculate dates for timers

Calculate dates for timers -------------------------- Key: JBPM-1144 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-1144 Project: JBoss jBPM Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Core Engine Affects Versions: jBPM jPDL 3.2.2 Reporter: thilker Assigned To: Tom Baeyens Attachments: CreateTimerAction.java I was facing the problem, that I'm not able to schedule calculated dates in a workflow. So I modified the class I send you a little bit. Now I've two new possibilties. 1. I'm able to enter a absolute date in the workflow. (yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss) Ok, that's poor, I must confess. :) 2. But here is the power feature: I'm calculating a certain date. And store it in the Workflowcontext. An example: ================================================================ public class InitProjektBeginnTimerHandler implements ActionHandler { /** * App Logger */ public final static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(InitProjektBeginnTimerHandler.class); public void execute(ExecutionContext executionContext) throws Exception { Projekt projekt = (Projekt) executionContext.getContextInstance() .getVariable(WorkflowDAO.doKey); int offset = projekt.getTraeger().getMandant().getEinstellungen().getOffsetMonatsbericht(); Calendar dateForNextReport = new GregorianCalendar(); dateForNextReport.setTime(projekt.getBeginn()); dateForNextReport.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1); dateForNextReport.add(Calendar.MONTH, 1); dateForNextReport.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, offset); executionContext.setVariable(MbEnum.Variable.DateForNextReport.name(), dateForNextReport.getTime()); logger.info("Leaving node."); executionContext.leaveNode(); } } =========================================================================== With my modifications in the class CreateTimerAction I'm able to assign the variable to a timer by its name. I choose the following pattern (variable name: "DateForNextReport") : #{DateForNextReport} I think this is a very powerful feature and will be appreciated by many other users. What do you think? Regards, Thorsten