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Can Activiti-cdi map dynamic data components to process variables without having a managed bean

chimu — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:31:50 GMT

We have a workflow UI in which data elements can be added dynamicaly, for eg user can give different ranges for a thresholdlets say , Target < 100 is good, Target > 150 is bad , target >= 300 is very bad. User has the choice to either give only 1 rangeor he can also give upto 10 ranges. Us

Re: Can Activiti-cdi map dynamic data components to process variables without having a managed bean

frederikherema1 — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:46:05 GMT

You can have the ArrayList as a field of the Serializable @BusinessProcessScoped, this will also be stored in the activiti database (serialized), so you can access the array list in e.g.. expressions or JavaDelegates in the process and perform validation.

Re: Can Activiti-cdi map dynamic data components to process variables without having a managed bean

chimu — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:04:15 GMT

You didn't get my question correct, we are looking for JSF validations and we will start the BPM process only after we have passed the validations stage, so we haven't reached the JavaDelegate/Expressions yet. Another point which still remains unanswered is how we map these dynamic data panels to Beans inside the Arraylist. We were using the following syntax to map static text box to process variables
p:inputText value="#{processVariables['noOfDays']}"
, but now we have a complex screen to map with dynamic text boxes.

Re: Can Activiti-cdi map dynamic data components to process variables without having a managed bean

frederikherema1 — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:29 GMT

I guess you'll have to bind your UI to an intermediate model and, after validation and binding, flush that to activiti… I'm not a JSF-binding expert so I that's the best I can do