ProcessInstance.resume() not working

[nsobti]

Hi all,

I suspended a ProcessInstance in an ActionHandler of a node using the following code:

public void execute( ExecutionContext executionContext ) throws Exception{
 executionContext.getProcessInstance().suspend();
}

I checked the database - JBPM_PROCESSINSTANCE table, and ISSUSPENDED_ for this instance was '1'.

However, when I try to resume this instance elsewhere, using,

instance.resume();

I do see the ISSUSPENDED_ change to 0, but it does not resume the workflow. Before calling instance.resume(), I tried to print out the node that the instance was in, and it was in the same state where it left off.

Please advise.

Thanks.

[nsobti]

Also, I forgot to mention that the instance was suspended in an Exception Handler. Could that be the reason why it is not able to resume execution?

I could resume the execution using the following code, though:

instance.resume();
 instance.signal(((Transition[])instance.getRootToken().getNode().getArrivingTransitions().toArray(new Transition[0]))[0]);

Is this the best and only way to assume execution of a suspended instance?

Thanks.

[koen.aers]

Yes this is the way you should do it.

Regards,
Koen