topic Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee in Alfresco Archive

claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

chantme — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:23:35 GMT

HelloI try to make my own experience with the APIs If I do // case 1Task myTask = lstCandidateTask.get(0);myTask.setAssignee(myUser);List<Task> lstTask = taskServ.createTaskQuery().taskAssignee(myUser).list();‍‍‍‍‍‍lstTask is emptyBut if I do // case 2Task myTask = lstCandidateTask.get(0);ta

Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

heymjo — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:31:31 GMT


Task myTask = lstCandidateTask.get(0);
myTask.setAssignee(myUser);
taskServ.saveTask(myTask);
List<Task> lstTask = taskServ.createTaskQuery().taskAssignee(myUser).list();

i agree it is not very intuitive.

Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

chantme — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:32:47 GMT

Yes indeed !!

Thank you Jorg !

Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

frederikherema1 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:40:23 GMT

It's a simple principle IMHO. All operations you perform on the task-service (e.g.. setAssignee and claim) are persisted immediately.

Everything you do on the Task object, should be applied by saving that object, using saveTask().

Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

heymjo — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:25:09 GMT


It's a simple principle IMHO. All operations you perform on the task-service (e.g.. setAssignee and claim) are persisted immediately. 

Everything you do on the Task object, should be applied by saving that object, using saveTask().

Sure, but logically why is there no claim|complete etc on task then ? This is the confusing bit, the fact that some operations are present on both sides but they work differently and some operations are only available on the task service.

From a technical point of view i know of course why they are this way, but it's just slightly confusing as this post demonstrates.

Re: claim, setAssignee and taskAssignee

frederikherema1 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:17:30 GMT

Setting the assignee is the claim… However, this does not alter the state of a task, nor a process. Completing does, so it won't make sense to make this available in the POJO, since it impacts more than meets the eye.