Proper way of iteration of MetadataMap and convert all values to Aem

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This is in a process Step

workitem.getWorkflowData().getMetadataMap().put("someKey", "Some sample value");

Next Process Step has below :

for(Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : metadatamap.entrySet()){
     String key = entry.getKey();
     Object value = entry.getValue();
     int type = ((javax.jcr.Value)value).getType();
     switch (type){
          case PropertyType.String:
               //Do something like someothermap.put(key, metadatamap.get(key, String.class));
          case PropertyType.Date:
               //Do something 
//And so on like that
}
}

Now issue is if these process steps are one after another, I get a class cast exception that String can not be type cast to Value. And the workflow fails.

But it works in two scenario:

1. If I introduce a participant step in between these two process step.

2. Once its failed. If I go to AEM inbox and click retry this step.

In both scenario I get the value of "someKey" as a object of javax.jcr.Value.

NOTE: I need to write a generic method to traverse MetadataMap and put all its value to an another map with specific String representation. Any alternative would be helpful as well.

Hi,

Please check, how to pass String value between steps.

Adobe Experience Manager Help | Passing Values between Adobe Experience Manager Workflow Steps