Persisting modified variables in scriptTask

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thomasl

Hello,

I start a process with an output variable which is a basic HashMap. In a javascript scriptTask, I insert some values into this map as follows:

output.put("result", "success");
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If I read the process variables inside an ExecutionListener at the end of the process, the result value is as expected :

public void notify(DelegateExecution execution) throws Exception {
   String result = ((Map) execution.getVariable("output")).get("result"); // success
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However, the modified variable is not persisted in the DB, a HistoricVariableInstance query returns the variable state at the beginning of the process. To have the variable persisted, I have to force it manually:

output.put("result", "success");
execution.setVariable("output", output);
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Is it the intended behavior ? Do I have to manually persist all variables modifications ?

Regards,

Tom

trademak

Are you aware of the autoStoreVariables attribute (described here http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#bpmnScriptTask) ?
You have to explicitly set the value to true if you want to persist values automatically in a script task.

Best regards,