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TimerBoundaryEvents & new job in ACT_RU_JOB table

mlody — Wed, 17 May 2017 08:17:37 GMT

Hi all,I have following business case:User wants to receive notifications N days before particular task due date. Moreover, there is possibility to change due date from application.So, I've created user task and timer boundary event, which is connected with it. Everything works fine - when user task

Re: TimerBoundaryEvents & new job in ACT_RU_JOB table

gdharley — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:58:59 GMT

Assuming you have the TimerEntity definition, have you tried:
import org.activiti.engine.impl.context.Context;

...

Context.getCommandContext().getJobEntityManager().schedule(myTimerEntity);

Ultimately it does the same thing you are doing, but you aren't making an explicit iBatis call.

Let me know how it goes.

Greg

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P.S. Id be interested in how you are retrieving/constructing the TimerEntity since it will be gone as soon as the timer fires.

Re: TimerBoundaryEvents & new job in ACT_RU_JOB table

kitkatboy — Thu, 18 May 2017 06:57:39 GMT

Thank you for your response.

I figured it out and it works now. For new timers (jobs) I use:

commandContext.getJobEntityManager().insert(timerEntity);