my jpdl being

main-proc::










<sub-process name="metaonly-ingest" sub-process-key="wf_metaonly_ingestion"
g="130,367,132,53">

<event-listener class="org.sae.services.jbpm4.StartExternalWork" />




</sub-process>

<end-error name="failed" g="472,528,48,48"/>

main process

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<process name="wf_ingest_book" version="1" xmlns="http://jbpm.org/4.2/jpdl">
 <start g="264,19,48,48" name="startIngestBook">
 <transition g="-73,-18" name="trDecideType" to="decideType"/>
 </start>
 <decision g="271,125,48,48" name="decideType">
 <handler class="org.sae.services.jbpm4.DecideTypeHandler" />
 <transition g="-95,-18" name="trMetaOnlyIngest" to="metaonly-ingest"/>
 <transition g="499,235:-48,-18" name="trFailed" to="failed"/>
 </decision>
 <sub-process name="metaonly-ingest" sub-process-key="wf_metaonly_ingestion"
 g="130,367,132,53">
 <transition name="trSuccess" to="succeeded" g="-62,-18"/>
 <transition name="trFailed" to="failed" g="-62,-18"/>
 </sub-process>
 <end g="122,443,48,48" name="succeeded"/>
 <end-error g="387,459,48,48" name="failed"/>
</process>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<process name="wf_metaonly_ingestion" version="1" xmlns="http://jbpm.org/4.2/jpdl">
 <start g="333,26,48,48" name="startMetaOnlyIngestion">
 <transition g="-113,-22" name="trMetaOnlyIngest" to="stateMetaOnlyIngest"/>
 </start>
 <custom g="275,201,163,52"
 name="stateMetaOnlyIngest"
 class="org.sae.services.jbpm4.IngestBookActivity">
 <transition g="234,231:-42,-18" name="trSuccess" to="succeeded"/>
 <transition g="494,231:-48,-18" name="trFailure" to="failed"/>
 </custom>
 <end g="209,356,48,48" name="succeeded"/>
 <end-error g="471,367,48,48" name="failed"/>
</process>

public void testDoDirty() {
 ProcesssInformationService pisrv = JBPMServices
 .getProcesssInformationService();
 System.out.println("TEST");
 // ProcessInstance processInstance =
 // pisrv.startProcess("wf_ingest_book");
 String pid = "wf_ingest_book";
 String cid = System.currentTimeMillis() + "";
 Map<String,Object> variables = new HashMap<String,Object>();
 variables.put("product-type","book");
 variables.put("ingest-type","meta-only");
 variables.put("prod-cd", "AE-21");
 variables.put("c-id", "");//Some CID Number
 ProcessInstance processInstance = pisrv.startProcess(pid,variables, cid);

ublic class IngestBookActivity implements ExternalActivityBehaviour {
 public void signal(ActivityExecution execution, String signalName,
 Map<String, ?> parameters) throws Exception {

 System.out.println( " Parameters "+parameters);
 String prodCd = (String)execution.getVariable("prod-cd");
 String prodType = (String)execution.getVariable("product-type");
/** both prod-cd, prod-type comming as null */
 IngestionControl pojo = new IngestionControl();
 pojo.setProdCd(prodCd);
 pojo.setProdType(prodType);

 String executionPath = "trSuccess";
 try {
 doIngestion(pojo);
 System.out.println(" IngestBook Activity --- Book Ingested Successfully ");
 } catch (Exception e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 executionPath = "trFailure";
 }
 execution.take( executionPath);
 }