POST /API/runtimeAPI/setVariable/{activityUUID}

variableValue=…&variableId=…&options=…

Searches for variable with id variableId within the given activity instance with the given UUID.
If the variable is found within the activity, the given value is set.
If the variable is not found within the activity the search is performed within the process instance.
If the variable is found within the process instance, the given value is set.

For XML data
Here is the effect of set variable for XML data:

	String	Document	Element	Attribute
"myXmlData"	Stores content of XML String into myXmlData	Stores a copy of Document in myXMLData	Not supported	Not supported
"myXmlData" + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_VAR_SEPARATOR} + "/root/node" (or any XPath expression resolving to an element	Creates Node from string, and replace node by new node	Not supported	Replace node by new element	Adds attribute to node
"myXmlData" + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_VAR_SEPARATOR} + "/root/node/text()"	Sets text content of node	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported
"myXmlData" + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_VAR_SEPARATOR} + "/root/@attribute"	Sets the value of attribute. Create it if it does not exist	Not supported	Not supported	Sets the value of attribute to the value of passed attribute
"myXmlData" + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_VAR_SEPARATOR} + "/root/node" + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_VAR_SEPARATOR} + {@link BonitaConstants#XPATH_APPEND_FLAG}	Not supported	Not supported	Append a copy of element to node	Not supported

Output:

void

Form parameters:

variableValue - the variable value (can be: a plain {@link String}, a {@link Boolean}, a {@link Date}, a {@link Long}, a {@link Double}, any Java {@link Object}, or any {@link Document} element according to the type of the variable).

variableId - the variable id.

options - the options map (domain, queyList, user)

Produces:

text/*

application/xml

Consumes:

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

application/xml