topic Extending service task and add async in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/extending-service-task-and-add-async/m-p/139871#M98005 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>i've to implement my task using the delegation (</SPAN><A href="http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#eclipseDesignerExtending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#eclipseDesignerExtending</A><SPAN>). so far so good.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Now, inside the task logic, i've to perform a poll of data that periodically queries an external server and, when the poll returns true it finishes the task.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>i saw in the documentation that activiti has&nbsp; </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>activiti:async<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> that does pretty much what i want to do. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then, can i reuse this for my purposes or do I have to manage the threads by myself inside the delegation function?&nbsp; (writing the logic of polling using a thread)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>PS: how long can i keep polling the external server inside the task execution? beacuse i might have results in days or weeks, so i've to keep polling periodically till i've data.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:44:15 GMT esseti 2013-06-08T07:44:15Z Extending service task and add async https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/extending-service-task-and-add-async/m-p/139871#M98005 Hi all.i've to implement my task using the delegation (http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#eclipseDesignerExtending). so far so good.Now, inside the task logic, i've to perform a poll of data that periodically queries an external server and, when the poll returns true it finishes the task.i saw in th Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:44:15 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/extending-service-task-and-add-async/m-p/139871#M98005 esseti 2013-06-08T07:44:15Z Re: Extending service task and add async https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/extending-service-task-and-add-async/m-p/139872#M98006 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Good point, custom service tasks should also support async configuration. Or setting a default async value. Could you add a JIRA?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:07:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/extending-service-task-and-add-async/m-p/139872#M98006 trademak 2013-06-10T14:07:11Z