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Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

asaf000 — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:14:28 GMT

Hey,Want would like to define different kind of 'user tasks',We have a listener on the user task that needs to execute different kind of logic according to the task type,Is there a way to define task variables within the process definition (without using listeners) so our listener will be able to pi

Re: Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

martin_grofcik — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:58:58 GMT

Hi Asaf.

May be I did not understand your question, but you can create variables before user task. (for example in the script task).

Regards
Martin

Re: Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

asaf000 — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:21:06 GMT

Hey,
Thanks for answering, I know, but what we need is an extra property / variable on the -user task scope- but without using listeners on the user task,

Isn't there a way to extend the user task somehow to contain extra properties on the definition level ? such as:
<userTask id="uniqueId" type="fooType"/> ?

Thanks.

Re: Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

jbarrez — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:20:46 GMT

No, that would require engine changes (which is possible of course), but not out of the box.

Re: Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

asaf000 — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:42:24 GMT

jbarrez, thanks for answering,
If I will send a patch to support 'task type' so others can enjoy the benefit of distinguishing between tasks will you accept it or we should consider forking?

Thanks.

Re: Adding variable in user task (without using listener) or extending its properties.

trademak — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:36:04 GMT

On task there's the category property which can be used for this.
That's an easy way to differentiate between different task types.

Best regards,