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NPE retrieving a blob local task variable

hyapit — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:10:43 GMT

Hi guys,I'm getting a NullPointerException executing HistoricTaskInstance.getTaskLocalVariables() when I have a task variables with blobs as their values. This is 5.13It seems like Context.getCommandContext() returns null, because the context threadlocal is not set for executing thread. Is this expe

Re: NPE retrieving a blob local task variable

hyapit — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:50:10 GMT

Any thoughts guys?

Re: NPE retrieving a blob local task variable

frederikherema1 — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:46:34 GMT

You can only use HistoricTaskInstance.getXXXVqariables() when you have done a historic task-query requested to include the variables, as the API states: /** Returns the process variables if requested in the task query */
There is an issue in the 5.13 release related to this functionality for non-historic tasks (https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-1731). I'll make sure the historic variables get fixed as well as part of this work.