timer or due date in workflow

[jimac]

I am using JBPM 3.3.1 GA
Jboss 5.00

Good Day!

I am planning on doing this, but I don't know how.

user 1 will input the date or time, then that inputted time/date will be the basis for notifyng user2.
For example:

Due Date : 5:00pm (user 1 inputted 5pm)
submit

user 2 will see a blinking icon ( pending task ) on 5:00pm
not when user 1 click submit.
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THUS, I need a dynamic due date

But I dont know how to set a variable in "<timer duedate="(i need to put a variable here)"
Thanks!

[pavila]

The simplest approach to set the timer due date dynamically during process execution would be to use a process variable. This variable could be set in an ActionHandler, before the node containing the timer is reached:

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public class SetDueDateActionHandler implements ActionHandler {
  public void execute(ExecutionContext executionContext) throws Exception {
    Date duedate = new Date();
    // apply some date calculations
    executionContext.setVariable("calculatedDueDate", duedate);
  }
}

This variable can then be used in the duedate attribute in processdefinition.xml, using the following syntax:

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<timer duedate="#{calculatedDueDate}" name="mytimer">
<timer duedate="#{calculatedDueDate} + 5 days" name="mytimer">

The variable in the 'duedate' attribute (here: #{calculatedDueDate}) has to be either a java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar object.

[jimac]

The simplest approach to set the timer due date dynamically during process execution would be to use a process variable. This variable could be set in an ActionHandler, before the node containing the timer is reached:

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public class SetDueDateActionHandler implements ActionHandler {
  public void execute(ExecutionContext executionContext) throws Exception {
    Date duedate = new Date();
    // apply some date calculations
    executionContext.setVariable("calculatedDueDate", duedate);
  }
}

This variable can then be used in the duedate attribute in processdefinition.xml, using the following syntax:

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<timer duedate="#{calculatedDueDate}" name="mytimer">
<timer duedate="#{calculatedDueDate} + 5 days" name="mytimer">

The variable in the 'duedate' attribute (here: #{calculatedDueDate}) has to be either a java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar object.

Hello,

This is my code:

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package com.sample.action;

import java.util.Date;
import org.jbpm.graph.def.ActionHandler;
import org.jbpm.graph.exe.ExecutionContext;
import com.openkm.bean.form.Input;

public class timer_duedate implements ActionHandler {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	@Override
	public void execute(ExecutionContext context) throws Exception {
		// input for user
		Input calculatedDueDate = (Input) context.getContextInstance().getVariable("calculatedDueDate");
		String inputted_calculatedDueDate = calculatedDueDate.getValue(); 

		 Date duedate = new Date();
		 // apply some date calculations
		 context.setVariable("inputted_calculatedDueDate", duedate);
	}
 }

The variable " inputted_calculatedDueDate" says that it is not used.

Can you correct my code ?

also,
what format should the user input for it to accept the date? ,
does this kind of format accepted?
year-month-day (2016-January-19)

or can it also accept hours only?
like
1 hour
2:45pm

something like that.
Thanks