Oops. Ignore that. execute is inherited from org.jbpm.graph.def.ActionHandler so is fired by jBPM. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4070018#4070018 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4070018