Custom Action setting variables

[leobaz2]

Hello,

I have a custom action (extending ActionHandler) that creates a new Thread. Inside this thread I am setting a variable using:

executionContext.getContextInstance().setVariable(name, value);

The problem I am seeing is that this variable is never set or seen by the other tasks. Am I doing something wrong or is setting a variable is a new Thread just not supported?

Regards,
Barry

[kukeltje]

"leobaz2" wrote:
Hello,

I have a custom action (extending ActionHandler) that creates a new Thread.

Don't do this. it is not allowed to start new threads from a java class. Use jbpm async functionality for this.

"leobaz2" wrote:


Inside this thread I am setting a variable using:

executionContext.getContextInstance().setVariable(name, value);

The problem I am seeing is that this variable is never set or seen by the other tasks. Am I doing something wrong or is setting a variable is a new Thread just not supported?

Yes, you do something wrong. The variables are only persisted when you leave the actionhandler.