OW4J Notification Timeout problem

Question

Hi!
I made an implementation of ow4j for a timesheet management application. I implemented a custom notification activity which use Apache Velocity for message generation. I re implement the notification process to use the POP3 for reply. Everything works fine for me but with a important exception: The timeout property for the notification which seems to me there is no implementation in engine. The example for OW4J work with the same exception - no timeout.
Is my first workflow experience and I'm disappointed. Dou you have any solution for timeout problem? I tried with the WAIT activity which not works because is implemented only in PLSQL
BR,
Bogdan Craciun

Answer 1

Hi !
I made all the setup stuff but the problem is with the workflow engine. I decompiled the engine and the part with timeout in the workflow definition ( . wft file)loader is skiped. In the JavaEngine the Timeout transition is not treated. There is no background process which monitor the ProcessActivities which are blocked and waiting for replay.
The method getTimeoutValue is never called in the engine. I think there is no implementation fot timeout functionality at this time. The same problem is with Wait Function. In the Java Standard functions from the ow4j demo the call is made to a PLSQL block not to a Java object method.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
BR,
Bogdan Craciun