topic Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue() in Alfresco Archive

Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

stephan_bauer — Wed, 21 May 2014 14:31:40 GMT

Hi,I have been searching the forum now very deeply, but I couldn't find any topic that fits for my problem:I write my own custom FormType (extends AbstractFormType). I wanted to do it analog to the more complex "ProcessDefinitionFormType" example explained in http://www.jorambarrez.be/blog/2013/03/1

Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

jbarrez — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:31:09 GMT

I'm not sure, but can you get the current ExecutionContext (Context.getExecutionContext():smileywink:, that would give you the current execution and thus the process instance.

Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

stephan_bauer — Fri, 23 May 2014 07:28:56 GMT

Hi Joram,
thanks, but I could neither find a class named "Context" nor "ExecutionContext". In which jar file are they included?
thanks again,
Stephan

Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

stephan_bauer — Fri, 23 May 2014 09:36:17 GMT

ups, I only looked into the api-docs. I found the classes in the impl packages. sorry for stealing your time. Finally I must decide for myself, if I want to use an impl class directly in my source code (I mean from a "design-technical" point of view).
Thanks,
Stephan

Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

stephan_bauer — Fri, 23 May 2014 09:45:31 GMT

sorry, I need to follow up once more. If I used activiti-cdi, would it then be possible to inject activiti-stuff into my custom form type? If yes, which scope suits best for that case? => This maybe turns out to become a more general question: Which Scope suits best for the other stuff I extend, like TaskListeners, especially when i am inside the activiti-explorer.war (to be more precise: we are trying to use activiti-stuff only inside the explorer webapp and plan to make REST-calls into a completely separate EAR file (which itself is unaware of activiti) for the "real" business logic stuff).
Thanks again,
Stephan

Re: Need to access processVariables in convertFormValueToModelValue()

jbarrez — Tue, 27 May 2014 08:10:30 GMT

> Finally I must decide for myself, if I want to use an impl class directly in my source code

Valid point. Those impl classes are indeed not seen as 'stable' vs the API.

> If I used activiti-cdi, would it then be possible to inject activiti-stuff into my custom form type

Im not sure about CDI (not my main knowledge) - but if the form stuff is in a bean that should work. However, I don't know how this setup would look as the order if injecting will probably have influence.