topic CallActiviti to select subprocess based upon an expression in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88300#M59904 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>With activiti 5.9 the possability of using an expression for a calledElemend in a CallActiviti was introduced (</SPAN><A href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-831" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ACT-831</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>This is a feature, which we could use in a upcoming application, which we are currently planing.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>To get a feeling how it works I wrote a test. But it seems I'm doing something wrong.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My problem is, I set the variable which defines the subprocess every time when I complete the user task of the main process.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Once I set the first subprocess and another time the second subprocess. But it always takes the first one I set.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What could be wrong?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Here is what I'm doing:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The main process which is the parent process and it contains the CallActivity</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp; &lt;process id="mainProcess" name="MainProcess"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;documentation&gt;Main Process for testing purposes. Contains a call activiti with a place holder as calledElement&lt;/documentation&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"&gt;&lt;/startEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;userTask id="mainProcessUserTask" name="User Task" activiti:candidateGroups="players"&gt;&lt;/userTask&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"&gt;&lt;/endEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;callActivity id="mainProcessCallActivity" name="Call activity" calledElement="${subProcess}"&gt;&lt;/callActivity&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow1" name="" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="mainProcessUserTask"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow2" name="" sourceRef="mainProcessUserTask" targetRef="mainProcessCallActivity"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow3" name="" sourceRef="mainProcessCallActivity" targetRef="endevent1"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;/process&gt;<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></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>and two sub Processes which are in different files</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp; &lt;process id="subProcess1" name="SubProcess1"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;documentation&gt;Subprocess 1&lt;/documentation&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"&gt;&lt;/startEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;userTask id="subProcess1UserTask" name="User Task" activiti:candidateGroups="HeadMembers"&gt;&lt;/userTask&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"&gt;&lt;/endEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow1" name="" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="subProcess1UserTask"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow2" name="" sourceRef="subProcess1UserTask" targetRef="endevent1"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;/process&gt;<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></CODE></PRE><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp; &lt;process id="subProcess2" name="SubProcess2"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"&gt;&lt;/startEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;userTask id="subProcess2UserTask" name="User Task" activiti:candidateUsers="HumanResources"&gt;&lt;/userTask&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"&gt;&lt;/endEvent&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow1" name="" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="subProcess2UserTask"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;sequenceFlow id="flow2" name="" sourceRef="subProcess2UserTask" targetRef="endevent1"&gt;&lt;/sequenceFlow&gt;<BR />&nbsp; &lt;/process&gt;<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></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>my test looks as follows</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; @Deployment(resources= {"diagrams/MainProcess.bpmn20.xml", "diagrams/SubProcess1.bpmn20.xml", "diagrams/SubProcess2.bpmn20.xml"})<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void testSubProcessWithPlaceholder(){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("SubProcessWithPlaceholder");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Start the first instance of the main process<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ProcessInstance processInstance1 = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey("mainProcess");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //Get the user task and check it<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Task task1 = taskService.createTaskQuery().processInstanceId(processInstance1.getId()).singleResult();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertNotNull(task1);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertEquals("mainProcessUserTask", task1.getTaskDefinitionKey());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // set the variable which subprocess should be started - tis thime subProcess1<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.setVariable(task1.getId(), "subProcess", "subProcess1");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.complete(task1.getId());&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // check if process went to subprocess 1 and is currently in subProcess1UserTask<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; task1 = taskService.createTaskQuery().taskDefinitionKey("subProcess1UserTask").singleResult();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertNotNull(task1);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.complete(task1.getId());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertEquals(0, runtimeService.createProcessInstanceQuery().count());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // Start the second instance of the main process<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ProcessInstance processInstance2 = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey("mainProcess");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //Get the user task and check it<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Task task2 = taskService.createTaskQuery().processInstanceId(processInstance2.getId()).singleResult();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertNotNull(task2);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertEquals("mainProcessUserTask", task2.getTaskDefinitionKey());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // set the variable which subprocess should be started - this time subProcess2<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.setVariable(task2.getId(), "subProcessPlaceholder", "subProcess2");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.complete(task2.getId());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // the process was routed to subProcess1, so subProcess2UserTask is null<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; task2 = taskService.createTaskQuery().taskDefinitionKey("subProcess2UserTask").singleResult();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertNull(task2);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // but because the process was routed to SubProcess1 subProcess1UserTask exists<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; task2 = taskService.createTaskQuery().taskDefinitionKey("subProcess1UserTask").singleResult();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertNotNull(task2);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; taskService.complete(task2.getId());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; assertEquals(0, runtimeService.createProcessInstanceQuery().count());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>‍</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><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><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Regards,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Marco</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:39:55 GMT tdm 2012-03-06T08:39:55Z CallActiviti to select subprocess based upon an expression https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88300#M59904 HelloWith activiti 5.9 the possability of using an expression for a calledElemend in a CallActiviti was introduced (ACT-831)This is a feature, which we could use in a upcoming application, which we are currently planing.To get a feeling how it works I wrote a test. But it seems I'm doing something w Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:39:55 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88300#M59904 tdm 2012-03-06T08:39:55Z Re: CallActiviti to select subprocess based upon an expression https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88301#M59905 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I don't know why I did not came up with the following idea earlier.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Instead of a variable as an expression I called now a springBean, which returns the id of the subprocess. this is working perfectly.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:20:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88301#M59905 tdm 2012-03-06T09:20:42Z Re: CallActiviti to select subprocess based upon an expression https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88302#M59906 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Probably it is not of interest. But I've just seen that there bug was reported and it is already solved.</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-1156" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ACT-1156</A></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:25:52 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/callactiviti-to-select-subprocess-based-upon-an-expression/m-p/88302#M59906 tdm 2012-03-29T08:25:52Z