Boundary timer event on script task

[mathiasd]

Hi,

Does the boundary timer event work when attached to a script task ? I would like to ensure that a script task doesn't run more than 1 second, so i put the following boundary event :

<boundaryEvent attachedToRef="telnetScript" cancelActivity="true" id="timer">
         <timerEventDefinition id="_theTimer">
            <timeDuration id="_theTimerDuration" xsi:type="tFormalExpression">PT1S</timeDuration>
         </timerEventDefinition>
      </boundaryEvent>
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The telnetScript sends a telnet request to a fake server. This server answers after 5 seconds, so the timer should normally fires before the server answer, but it fires after ! oO
Moreover, when it fires, the process instance is over (because the telnet answer has been received), so I got a NullPointerException…

It seems that the timer can't fire when the script is executing a blocking instruction. Is it a bug ?
If I put a "while(true);" in the script task, the timer never fires.

[frederikherema1]

It does not work on a script-task in activiti (it only works on userTass, signal-tasks, … -> all wait-states) because the timers need to be persisted.

[mathiasd]

Ok thanks, I made my own script task timer