topic Re: Unclaim task in Alfresco Archive

Unclaim task

marcgr — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:26:05 GMT

Hi guys!!That's my first post . I'm noob on Activiti but I really like it.So, I'm developing my own explorer and I have a little trouble unclaiming tasks.That is the way how I claim:myTask.setAssignee(idUser);ProcessEngines.getDefaultProcessEngine().getTaskService().claim(myTask.getId(), idUser);‍

Re: Unclaim task

gant — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:59:00 GMT

Hi,

taskService.setAssignee(task.getId(), null)
works for me.

Regards

Re: Unclaim task

marcgr — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:15:47 GMT

Hi Gant,

thanks but it doesn't work… It throws the exception too.
But maybe is a version problem (I use 5.1)… Anyway next week I'm going to update to 5.6.
I'll try with next version and if it doesn't work I'll post again

Re: Unclaim task

ronald_van_kuij — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:56:20 GMT

in 5.1 this indeed would not work. Unclaiming was implemented in 5.3 iirc. As is posted in this forum and the wiki. Please use some search functionality first next time…

Re: Unclaim task

frankee787 — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:55:47 GMT

I know its a bit outdated post, but is there any difference between

taskService.setAssignee(taskId, null);
and

taskService.claim(taskId, null)
Regards,
Franklin

Re: Unclaim task

frederikherema1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:14:36 GMT

Yes, an already claimed task will throw an exception when claimed by another user, the setAsisgnee always works…`(see javadoc)


/**
   * Claim responsibility for a task: the given user is made assignee for the task.
   * The difference with {@link #setAssignee(String, String)} is that here 
   * a check is done if the provided user is known by the identity component.
   * @param taskId task to claim, cannot be null.
   * @param userId user that claims the task. When userId is null the task is unclaimed,
   * assigned to no one.
   * @throws ActivitiException when the user or task doesn't exist or when the task
   * is already claimed by another user.
   */
  void claim(String taskId, String userId);

Re: Unclaim task

frankee787 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:38:41 GMT

The intention is to "Release" or "Unclaim" a task. Also it will be done by the same user alone. Hence what would be the ideal way to do it ?

Regards,
Franklin

Re: Unclaim task

frederikherema1 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:51:56 GMT

The javadoc states:


@param userId user that claims the task. When userId is null the task is unclaimed,
   * assigned to no one.

So use the claim(null) to 'unclaim' instead of the steAsisgnee(null).

Re: Unclaim task

frankee787 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:44:55 GMT

Thanks.

Will Do.

Regards,
Franklin