Trouble with completing task of timeDuration with value of string type

[IKurganov]

Hello! Need your help

I have such worker
bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent
...
bpmn:timerEventDefinition"
<bpmn:timeDuration xsi:type="bpmn:tFormalExpression">PT5M</bpmn:timeDuration>
</bpmn:timerEventDefinition>
</bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent>

How could I resolve it by completeTask?

There is example of test for worker with timeDuration's value not in string, but in variable "properties.timerDurations.DURATION"

completeTask(
jobType = T.workerType,
variables = mapOf(
"status" to "PROCESSING", "properties" to mapOf(
"timerDurations" to mapOf(
"DURATION" to
Duration.ofSeconds(1).toString()
)
)
)
)

scheme:

bpmn:timerEventDefinition
<bpmn:timeDuration xsi:type="bpmn:tFormalExpression">= properties.timerDurations.DURATION</bpmn:timeDuration>
</bpmn:timerEventDefinition>

[saig0]

In your process, you have a timer catch event. The timer waits until the given duration is over. You can't trigger a timer event using completeTask() as this works only for service tasks.

Currently, bpmn-spec has no action to trigger a timer event. We would need to add this feature.

[IKurganov]

Thank you for your reply, I'm looking forward to the new feature

[saig0]

@IKurganov I don't plan to implement the feature soon. However, I'm open to contributions. 😅

I don't maintain this project actively anymore. Instead, I'm working on the new official process testing library of Camunda 8: Camunda Process Test. Eventually, the new library will provide a similar way to define the test cases and replace this community project.