[jboss-user] [jBPM] - Process Instance Variable within WorkItemHandler

[Amin MC]

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"Process Instance Variable within WorkItemHandler"

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Hi 

I have a custom work item handler and I would like to load the value of a process instance variable while executing the work item handler.  Basically I have a service method which does the following:

public String getValue(Long processId, String variableName) {

  session.getProcessInstance(..);
   instance.getVariable(variableName);

  //do something with the value...but not modify

}


When i call this service method within the execute method of the work item handler I get a nullpointerexception and the stacktrace indicates that the processinstancebytearray value of ProcessInstanceInfo is null. I guess this is because the process has not reached a safe point to persist.  Is there another way to get the value of a variable defined in the process within the execution of the work item handler?

This is the final part of a POC I am currently working on demonstrating the use of JBPM 5 so any help on this would be extremely grateful.

Cheers
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