ProcessInstance.save not working without closing JbpmContext

[sbhatti]

I am defining jbpmContext as:
jbpmConfiguration = JbpmConfiguration.parseResource("jbpm/jbpm.cfg.xml");
jbpmContext = jbpmConfiguration.createJbpmContext();
processInstance = jbpmContext.newProcessInstance(name);

and then saving as
jbpmContext.save(processInstance);

But if I don't close the context, I don't see my changes saved in the database.
Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

PS: I know you can create process instance with update
ProcessInstance pi = jbpmContext.newProcessInstanceForUpdate(...)
but I don't need this because I am calling save explicitly.

[senhce]

I too observed the same, when ever you do a save operation without closing the context the changes to the process instance is not persisted. I guess probably thats the behaviour of the context, so that you can rollback if something goes wrong while working with your instance.

Thanks,
Senthil B

[sbhatti]

I found a work around by managing transaction myself, i.e.
Transaction txn = jbpmContext.getSession().beginTransaction();
jbpmContext.save(processInstance);
txn.commit();

and I see the changes in the database right away. I am still curious why jBPM has this particular behavior?

[kukeltje]

why do you not want to close the jbpm context? but to want to save the processinstance?

[the_dude]

Take a look at the examples: You'll find useful code for your JbpmContext / transaction problems in
src/java.examples/org/jbpm/websale/WebsaleTest.java and src/java.jbpm.test/org/jbpm/db/AbstractDbTestCase.java

p.s.: Try creating your process instances like this:

ProcessInstance processInstance = new ProcessInstance(processDefinition);