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FormService should be support for Object type value

kafeitu — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:22:54 GMT

ProcessInstance submitStartFormData(String processDefinitionId, Map<String,String> properties) Start a new process instance with the user data that was entered as properties in a start form. ProcessInstance submitStartFormData(String processDefinitionId, String businessKey, Map&l

Re: FormService should be support for Object type value

frederikherema1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:52:53 GMT

Form-properties were delibiratly String-typed and the conversion to actual Object's in built-in in FormTypes. So if you want to add a type that converts e.g.. a comma-separated list of values in a form-proprty to an object-array, you'll have to write an plug in your own custom form-proprty type.

Have a look at: org.activiti.explorer.form.UserFormType for an example on how to create one, and look in the /activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml how to wire it.

Re: FormService should be support for Object type value

kafeitu — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:39:36 GMT

Form-properties were delibiratly String-typed and the conversion to actual Object's in built-in in FormTypes. So if you want to add a type that converts e.g.. a comma-separated list of values in a form-proprty to an object-array, you'll have to write an plug in your own custom form-proprty type.

Have a look at: org.activiti.explorer.form.UserFormType for an example on how to create one, and look in the /activiti-webapp-explorer2/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml how to wire it.

Thanks for your reply, try it now.