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Get Variable Instance

Retrieves a variable by id.

Method

GET /variable-instance/{id}

Parameters

Path Parameters

Name Description
id The id of the variable instance.

Query Parameters

Name Description
deserializeValue Determines whether serializable variable values (typically variables that store custom Java objects) should be deserialized on server side (default true).

If set to true, a serializable variable will be deserialized on server side and transformed to JSON using Jackson's POJO/bean property introspection feature. Note that this requires the Java classes of the variable value to be on the REST API's classpath.

If set to false, a serializable variable will be returned in its serialized format. For example, a variable that is serialized as XML will be returned as a JSON string containing XML.

Note: While true is the default value for reasons of backward compatibility, we recommend setting this parameter to false when developing web applications that are independent of the Java process applications deployed to the engine.

Result

A JSON object with the following properties:

Name Value Description
id String The id of the variable instance.
name String The name of the variable instance.
type String The value type of the variable.
value String/Number/Boolean/Object The variable's value. Value differs depending on the variable's type and on the deserializeValue parameter.
valueInfo Object A JSON object containing additional, value-type-dependent properties.

For variables of type Object, the following properties are returned:

  • objectTypeName: A string representation of the object's type name.
  • serializationDataFormat: The serialization format used to store the variable.
processDefinitionId String The id of the process definition that this variable instance belongs to.
processInstanceId String The id of the process instance that this variable instance belongs to.
executionId String The id of the execution that this variable instance belongs to.
caseInstanceId String The id of the case instance that this variable instance belongs to.
caseExecutionId String The id of the case execution that this variable instance belongs to.
taskId String The id of the task that this variable instance belongs to.
batchId String The id of the batch that this variable instance belongs to.<
activityInstanceId String The id of the activity instance that this variable instance belongs to.
tenantId String The id of the tenant that this variable instance belongs to.
errorMessage String An error message in case a Java Serialized Object could not be de-serialized.

Response Codes

Code Media type Description
200 application/json Request successful.
404 application/json Variable with given id does not exist. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

GET /variable-instance/someId

Response

Status 200.

{
  "id": "someId",
  "name": "amount",
  "type": "Integer",
  "value": 5,
  "processDefinitionId": "aProcessDefinitionId",
  "processInstanceId": "aProcessInstanceId",
  "executionId": "b68b71c9-e310-11e2-beb0-f0def1557726",
  "taskId": null,
  "batchId": null,
  "activityInstanceId": "Task_1:b68b71ca-e310-11e2-beb0-f0def1557726",
  "caseExecutionId": null,
  "caseInstanceId": null,
  "tenantId": null,
  "errorMessage": null
}

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