Passing Variables to Subprocess

[flavio_donze]

Hello

I'm trying to convert my framework which used jBPM to using Activiti.

With jBPM I was able to pass variables to the subprocess using:

<sub-process name="commit" sub-process-key="Commit">
   <parameter-in subvar="objectId" var="objectId" />
   <parameter-in subvar="objectType" var="objectType" />
   <parameter-in subvar="version" var="version" />
   <parameter-in subvar="workflowInstance" var="workflowInstance" />

   <transition to="endCommit" name="end" />
</sub-process>
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I read this post: http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=402
Isn't there a similar way like jBPM, something like:

<callActivity id="callCommit" name="Commit" calledElement="Commit">
   <extensionElements>
       <activiti:resultVariableName name="objectId" expression="${objectId}"/>
       <activiti:field name="objectType" expression="${objectType}"/>
       <activiti:field name="version" expression="${version}"/>
       <activiti:field name="workflowInstance" expression="${workflowInstance}"/>
   </extensionElements>
</callActivity>
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Or is there a way to access variables from the super process?

greets
Flavio

[jbarrez]

Thats not yet possible.

I created a jira to track the implementation:

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-313

[flavio_donze]

Thanks Joram!

Already voted for it 🙂

Since there was a feature freeze, I guess it won't be part of 5.0 final. right?

[jbarrez]

No, that's true.

If you really really need it, you could write your own serviceTask that extends our current CallActivity implementation.