[rules-users] Multiple timers in a single ruleflow

[nanic23]

Hi guys,

I am trying to implement multiple timers in a single ruleflow.
	
I am trying to achieve:
1. Multiple timers running at the same time.
2. Multiple timers running consecutively.

It seems to me that the current implementation will not allow for this kind
of behavior out of the box. 
ksession.fireAllRules() and ksession.halt() are very wide spread (as they
act on the session and apply to “AllRules”) and don’t leave room to indicate
what timer you want to start and which one to stop. 
This might work OK if you have only one timer, but if you have more than
one:

ksession.halt(); will stop all timers. And this is no good if you want to
stop only a “specific” one and have others keep running.

ksession.fireAllRules() will start all timers including timers you already
stopped. 
E.g. a flow with 2 timers, you want to run first timer to send an email
periodically while your flow is suspended on Human Task. Once the flow is
resumed you’ll want run a second timer, down further on the flow, which
waits in a second Human Task node. 
This works OK to the point where you do kesession.fireAllRules() to start
the second timer and get the first timer running again as a bonus :)

Has anybody implemented multiple timers? Any idea how to approach this?

I appreciate any comments,

Thanks,

Nick.

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