topic Re: Workflow Task get Documentation in Alfresco Archive

Workflow Task get Documentation

alfrescot3ster — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:19:38 GMT

Hello!I have a custom task like:<userTask id="usertask1" name="User Task 1" activiti:assignee="${initiator.properties.userName}"> <documentation> This is the documentation and I want it </documentation> …</userTask>‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Now I want to get this document

Re: Workflow Task get Documentation

afaust — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:26:51 GMT

Hello,

using the Alfresco API you cannot get to that field. There simply is no mapping for it. Only via low-level Activiti API can you get to it, i.e. by developing a task listener that copies the "documentation" value to an Alfresco task model property when the task is created.

Regards
Axel

Re: Workflow Task get Documentation

alfrescot3ster — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:28:00 GMT

Oh, thanks that helped me a lot. Searched everywhere for hours

Re: Workflow Task get Documentation

christianjanker — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:56:51 GMT

workflowTask.getDefinition().getNode().getDescription() should be the documentation if it is set in the bpmn definition. The ActivitiTypeConverter maps it within the getNode method.

Re: Workflow Task get Documentation

afaust — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 07:56:01 GMT

You are right - the workflowTask.getDefinition().getNode().getDescription() actually maps to the documentation, but this appears to be sheer luck / accident. Along the execution path, every variable referring to the value is called "description" and only the ActivitiConstants.NODE_DESCRIPTION constant contains the non-sensical value "documentation", so it ends up mapping that as a "pseudo-description". This is kind of dirty and I would not rely on it always staying this way.