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Can i access the value of the timer event in camunda?

As I can set the duration of a timer event, can i access it through a java code? or as a camunda variable?

Solution

  • If you want to access the attribute as defined in the XML, you can use the BPMN Model API. For example:

    String processDefinitionId = ...
String timerEventId = ...

BpmnModelInstance bpmnModel = repositoryService.getBpmnModelInstance(processDefinitionId);
CatchEvent timerEvent = bpmnModel.getModelElementById(timerEventId);
TimerEventDefinition timerEventDefinition = 
  (TimerEventDefinition) timerEvent.getEventDefinitions().iterator().next();
TimeDuration duration = timerEventDefinition.getTimeDuration();
String configuredDuration = duration.getTextContent();

    If you want to get the actual time at which the timer fires the next time at runtime, you'll have to query for the respective job:

    String processDefinitionId = ...
String timerEventId = ...
String processInstanceId = ...

Job timerJob = managementService.createJobQuery()
  .processDefinitionId(processDefinitionId)
  .activityId(activityId)
  .processInstanceId(processInstanceId)
  .singleResult();
Date firingDate = timerJob.getDueDate();

    Note that timerJob is null if the process instance you query for has not yet reached the timer event.