[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-06 Thread kukeltje
Yes, no xml. And yes, you can always use an additional table in the same database, retrieve data and set variables via the api. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4110885#4110885 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=pos

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-06 Thread npe
"kukeltje" wrote : | npe: in that case the other solution will indeed not work. Generating xml from the PD object is not supported anymore (jpdlxmlwriter is deprecated) I'm not sure I get that well : That means I have to forget about XML (no problem though) and persist it in another way ?

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-06 Thread kukeltje
Simon, The PD is xml, it is fairly easy to retrieve, make a Document out of it and retrieve e.g. via xpath the required fields. The change you want will most likely not be done before jBPM 4. npe: in that case the other solution will indeed not work. Generating xml from the PD object is not s

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-06 Thread npe
Actually i'm facing a problem with that and I quite agree with simon. I created my process definition programmatically with an action that creates the variables of the process at the start of a new instance, based on a map that is a field of my action handler (maybe not the best solution but it'

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-05 Thread simonbaker
"kukeltje" wrote : Simon, | | You can already add any tag you want to the processdefinition and when retrieving a processdefinition , also retrieve the xml file with it. You can translate that to a dom and read any element you put in there. Ok, that's good to know we can add extra tags.

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-03 Thread kukeltje
Simon, You can already add any tag you want to the processdefinition and when retrieving a processdefinition , also retrieve the xml file with it. You can translate that to a dom and read any element you put in there. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=view

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-03 Thread simonbaker
"kukeltje" wrote : I forgot to add: "because often it hides other missing features" | I agree with that. Hopefully people will still request features they are interested in and the designers can see which ones truly represent a common and core need. View the original post : http://www.jbo

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-03 Thread simonbaker
"kukeltje" wrote : userobject: care to elaboreate? I have no clue why this could be useful? Things that are to generic tend to blur usability and promote abuse. There is a lot of practical real-world stuff that goes into delivering and maintaining a system for real customers. Typically monito

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-03 Thread kukeltje
anonymous wrote : Can someone confirm this please ? Confirmed anonymous wrote : Is that correct ? Yes anonymous wrote : The thing is that in the functional problem i'm dealing with i want to set at design time the variables that will be used by every instance, so I do not want to create vari

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-03 Thread npe
Hi all, As far as I understood all the doc I could found and the subject of this topic, it's impossible to store variables at the process definition level. It means that you have to instantiate and eventually initialize the variables each time you instantiate a process instance. Can someone co

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-01 Thread kukeltje
I forgot to add: "because often it hides other missing features" View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109581#4109581 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4109581 _

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-12-01 Thread kukeltje
userobject: care to elaboreate? I have no clue why this could be useful? Things that are to generic tend to blur usability and promote abuse. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109579#4109579 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?m

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-11-30 Thread simonbaker
Michele! Those are good ideas. I'll have to check more into the "script" tag, there are many features in jBPM which I'm not very familiar with yet that could provide solutions. I'd also like the designers to consider adding a "user object" property (setUserObject(Object userObject), getUserOb

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-11-28 Thread Michele Mauro
A formal tag would certantly be nice. Our use case is similar (but not the same) as http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-679. Maybe we could open a jira and link there... it's scheduled for jBPM 3.3. As for now, I think the value bearer action has to do the hard work. I think you should use

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-11-27 Thread simonbaker
Mauro: I'm interested in what you end up doing. I'm also considering using a custom action to set some "process variables" from the processdefinition.xml file as the process starts. I'm not sure what is the best choice of place to "attach" the action handler (start node, start node transition,

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-11-27 Thread Michele Mauro
I'm planning to solve the same problem using some custom action that copies in the deploy envirorment its configuration, thus transferring static process parameters. Mauro Michele View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107963#4107963 Reply to the po

[jboss-user] [JBoss jBPM] - Re: Can we save custom variables in a ProcessDefinition

2007-11-25 Thread simonbaker
I guess to answer my own question, I could store the name/paths of the files as data in a FileDefinition, and retrieve them from the FileDefinition inputstream. Seems overkill, but I guess that would work. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=410762