How to use TimerBoundaryEvent ...

[chris_joelly]

I just tried the Designer plugin version which was provided today as zip file in this forum,
but i dont know how to use TimerBoundaryEvent. If i attach it to a service task then the
resulting XML looks like this:

  <process id="helloworld" name="helloworld">
    <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"></startEvent>
    <serviceTask id="servicetask1" name="Service Task"></serviceTask>
    <exclusiveGateway id="exclusivegateway1" name="Exclusive Gateway"></exclusiveGateway>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" name="" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="exclusivegateway1"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow2" name="" sourceRef="exclusivegateway1" targetRef="servicetask1"></sequenceFlow>
    <serviceTask id="servicetask2" name="Service Task"></serviceTask>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow3" name="" sourceRef="boundarytimer1" targetRef="servicetask2"></sequenceFlow>
    <parallelGateway id="parallelgateway1" name="Parallel Gateway"></parallelGateway>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow4" name="" sourceRef="servicetask2" targetRef="parallelgateway1"></sequenceFlow>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow5" name="" sourceRef="parallelgateway1" targetRef="exclusivegateway1"></sequenceFlow>
    <endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"></endEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow6" name="" sourceRef="servicetask1" targetRef="endevent1"></sequenceFlow>
    <endEvent id="endevent2" name="End"></endEvent>
    <sequenceFlow id="flow8" name="" sourceRef="parallelgateway1" targetRef="endevent2"></sequenceFlow>
  </process>

Maybe i am missing something, but i have the impression that there is no TimerBondaryEvent in the BPMN2 xml file.

Furthermore, i have problems that i can not edit the properties of elements in the Properties view.
It seems that the Properties view is populated only if i close and reopen it with the properties of the
actual highlighted element, but if i change the highlighted element then the Properties view is not
updated.

[trademak]

Hi,

Make sure you have defined a timer implementation definition in the properties view.
Because that's needed before the boundary timer will be generated in the bpmn20.xml file.
The behavior of the properties view is very strange. Can you tell me a bit more about the Eclipse distribution and version you are running and your operating system?

Best regards,

[chris_joelly]

If i could modify the properties then i would add what is needed.
Is this mentined when the model validation runs? It tells me that i need
to add a class for the service task, it would be fine if this timer dependency
would be mentioned too…

I use Eclipse 3.6.2.M20110210-1200 on Debian Squeeze.