[jboss-user] [JBoss Seam] - Calling a method from within code that has @CreateProcess do

[asachde]

I have a business process that is called from a method that is invoked from a pageflow. If I add @CreateProcess to the method which is invoked from the pageflow the process starts and variables are available on the page. 

HOWEVER if I want to use the variables in the SLSB or POJO I cant seem to get access to them. If I extract the creation of the new process then the process gets created but I have to signal it and I dont have access to any of the processInstance or the token! What's the SEAM way of doing so.

WHAT WORKS:
1) PageFlow has
< action expression="#{login.logmein}" / >

2) My POJO method is declared as
 @CreateProcess(definition="asyncProcess")
   public String logmein()

3) My variable is declared as
 @Out(scope=ScopeType.BUSINESS_PROCESS)
      public CustomerBean getCust() {
            return cust;
   }

4) My JSF has
< h:outputText value="#{login.cust.streetaddress}"/ >

5) Alternatively I could remove the @CreateProcess and write the following code where I do have programatic access to the altered cust variable
		org.jbpm.graph.exe.ProcessInstance pi = JbpmConfiguration.getInstance().createJbpmContext().getGraphSession().findLatestProcessDefinition("asyncProcess").createProcessInstance();
		Token token = pi.getRootToken();
		pi.getContextInstance().setVariable("cust", cust);
		token.signal();

		CustomerBean cc = (CustomerBean) pi.getContextInstance().getVariable("cust");

But that does not seem like the SEAM way of doing things.

WHAT DOES NOT WORK:
1) If I extract the code that calls @CreateProcess to a separate method the jbpm process "acts" like a async process and needs a signal to start
  public String logmein()
   {
             createSyncProcess();
}

 @CreateProcess(definition="asyncProcess")
private createSyncProcess() {
}

In this case the pageflow continues, old values are shown on the page and process never kicksoff! 

Any info would be appreciated.

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