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specify value of timeDuration from a property file

mathewvimal — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:44:25 GMT

Activiti version 5.9What is the best way to specify value of timeDuration from a property file? I am getting the following exception when the value of timeDuration is specified as given below. The value of retryWaitTime is specified execution variable which in fact is loaded from a property file. I

Re: specify value of timeDuration from a property file

frederikherema1 — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:34:39 GMT

I see you're using spring. Try wiring in a bean that gives access to those properties in your spring-context (e.g. propertiesBean). Later on in your expressions, you can use that bean to get the value you need:

${propertiesBean.getProperty('timeDuration')}

Re: specify value of timeDuration from a property file

mathewvimal — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 13:04:45 GMT

Thank you. It worked.

Re: specify value of timeDuration from a property file

yourboogieman — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:46:05 GMT

I had the same issue as Mathew here and ran across this post. Is it by design that you can't simply use a reference to a process variable (ie - ${myVar}) instead of having to create a spring bean and do something like ${propertyBean.getProperty('myVar')}, or is this a feature we might perhaps see in an upcoming release? It would certainly be more convenient to be able to use a process variable as opposed to a spring bean.

Re: specify value of timeDuration from a property file

yourboogieman — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 01:28:59 GMT

My apologies, I just did a small unit test and discovered that this is indeed possible. I was doing something else wrong.