topic execution.setVariable() doesnt set on Parent process in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-doesnt-set-on-parent-process/m-p/32438#M16843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have two processes, one of which is being called as a subprocess from the other.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>When i call setVariable on the execution from within a java task delegate of the sub-process, It is only setting the variable locally, and not on the parent processes variables map.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This means that when I try to set a variable to signal success or failure of the sub-process to the calling process, the calling process is not seeing the variable and so is falling over with an exception.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In order to get the variable to propogate up to the parent process, I am having to cast the execution parameter from DelegateExecution to ExecutionEntity, call getSuperExecution() and then set the variables on that.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>From the below source code (VariableScopeImpl.java), it looks like setVariable should set the variable on the parent variable scope if it doesnt exist as a local variable. When I debug my code though, parentVariableScope is null, because parent is null on the ExecutionEntity instance.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My question is… is this the expected behaviour? or should a call to setVariable on a sub-process execution, propogate the variable up to the calling process?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also, is there some element or attribute required in the callActivity xml to achieve this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />variableScopeImpl<BR />public void setVariable(String variableName, Object value) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (hasVariableLocal(variableName)) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; setVariableLocal(variableName, value);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; } <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VariableScope parentVariableScope = getParentVariableScope();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (parentVariableScope!=null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; parentVariableScope.setVariable(variableName, value);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; createVariableLocal(variableName, value);<BR />&nbsp; }<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:04:10 GMT awelsh 2011-01-27T16:04:10Z execution.setVariable() doesnt set on Parent process https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-doesnt-set-on-parent-process/m-p/32438#M16843 I have two processes, one of which is being called as a subprocess from the other.When i call setVariable on the execution from within a java task delegate of the sub-process, It is only setting the variable locally, and not on the parent processes variables map.This means that when I try to set a v Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:04:10 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-doesnt-set-on-parent-process/m-p/32438#M16843 awelsh 2011-01-27T16:04:10Z Re: execution.setVariable() doesnt set on Parent process https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-doesnt-set-on-parent-process/m-p/32439#M16844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The 5.2 release will contain a way of mapping process variables to parent processes.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Currently, your workaround is indeed the way to go.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:14:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/execution-setvariable-doesnt-set-on-parent-process/m-p/32439#M16844 jbarrez 2011-01-28T11:14:23Z