Timer boundary event and execution listeners

[darionis]

If I have a task with 'timer boundary event' and it times out, will it notify its listners? For example:

    <boundaryEvent id="workOrderTimer" name="RZ Timer" attachedToRef="workOrder" cancelActivity="true">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:executionListener event="end" class="org.alfresco.repo.workflow.activiti.listener.ScriptExecutionListener">
          <activiti:field name="script">
            <activiti:string><![CDATA[execution.setVariable("status", "expired");]]></activiti:string>
          </activiti:field>
        </activiti:executionListener>
      </extensionElements>
      <timerEventDefinition>
        <timeDuration>PT1M</timeDuration>
      </timerEventDefinition>
    </boundaryEvent>
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I noticed that my script which sets variable is never executed. I also tried with execution delegate, it never gets called. Does it work to define start or end execution listeners on timer?  Workflow is deployed and executed without errors.

Coud anyone please help with timer and listeners,

Thanks!

[jbarrez]

Have you tried putting it on the sequenceflow?

[darionis]

It does work on the sequence flow, but not for boundary event. Is it a feature or a bug?

I've been through the source, it looks like BoundaryEvents are treated the same as SequenceFlows,  in the public void processFlowElements(Collection<FlowElement> flowElements) but BoundaryEventParseHandler is much simpler than SequenceFlowParseHandler and does not call createExecutionListenersOnTransition(…).

Now, I know the answer to my initial question, but I would appreciate if you quickly comment on this - should BoundaryEvent be parsed like SequenceFlow?

Thanks!

[jbarrez]

No, it shouldn't, those are two quite different things.

The thing is that executionlistener is not officially supported: http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#executionListeners
It only works on activities and a couple of dedicated events. But not the boundary event.

[darionis]

OK, understood.

Thank you!