topic Re: Changing default task id in Alfresco Archive

Changing default task id

rashmis — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:45:50 GMT

Hi,I have created the user-defined node of type 'Money Node' (as in User guide example). The Money node gets its id as "servicetask<n>" , n being the updated service task id for current instance of Activiti. I want to make this id as "subprocess<n>" instead of "servicetask<n>", whi

Re: Changing default task id

jbarrez — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:21:51 GMT

Moved to designer forum

Re: Changing default task id

trademak — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:34:55 GMT

Hi,

Okay, there's I'll look if we can change that for the next release. Can you create a JIRA issue so that I won't forget it?

Best regards,

Re: Changing default task id

tiesebarrell — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:59:22 GMT

As much as I encourage extension, that piece of logic is not final for no reason. If you were to change the logic used there in the way you propose, you would effectively create a conflict with any subprocess nodes that get added to the diagram. The node you are adding *isn't* a subprocess (it's a customized *ServiceTask*) and you shouldn't therefore generate ids that end up in the same ID "space" as real subprocesses.

I don't see a reason to prevent people from doing this, so we can open it up (I propose a way to provide your own ID generator classes, similar to how it's done in JPA), but you should realize this has potential problems if you use it and don't make sure you won't get conflicts.