topic Re: Task completion reminder in Alfresco Archive

Task completion reminder

matesu — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 12:29:19 GMT

Hello,Let me describe what I would like to archive. My goal is to make some kind of email notification about changes in the process. After completion of each task I would mail to creator and the assignee of next task.Can I add task listener thought designer? or it should be done by editing xml? I us

Re: Task completion reminder

michael_thompso — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 13:20:08 GMT

this could be done by xml but for that you have to hire developer if you dont know how to do this.

Re: Task completion reminder

jbarrez — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 08:59:49 GMT

That is possible with a global parse handler: http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#advanced_parseHandlers

Add a handler for user tasks that adds the behaviour you want at runtime. Shouldn't need any XML changes for that.

Re: Task completion reminder

matesu — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:20:00 GMT

Thanks jbarrez. I followed your instructions. Therefore I implemented:

<java>
public class MailDistribuctionParseHandler extends AbstractActivityBpmnParseHandler<UserTask> {

private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MailDistribuctionParseHandler.class);

@Override
protected void executeParse(BpmnParse bpmnParse, UserTask userTask) {
ActivityImpl activity = findActivity(bpmnParse, userTask.getId());
String assignee = userTask.getAssignee();
String owner = userTask.getOwner();

System.out.println("———————- " + assignee + " " + owner + " —————-");
logger.info("———————- " + assignee + " " + owner + " —————-");
}
}
</java>

Then packed to jar, put in libs and registered as postBpmnParseHandlers. I created and instantiated a proccess. After using a REST API to finnish user task I did not notice anything in logs. Would this parser activate while I finnish task with REST API?

Thanks in advance,
Mat

Re: Task completion reminder

trademak — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:57:53 GMT

Hi Mat,

The parse handler is executed when the process definition is deployed to the Activiti Engine.
So not when executing a task. You can add the task listener you need in this parse handler and that listener will be executed at runtime.

Best regards,