Cannot serialize Java object

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Hi there,

I am trying to send a bigger variable to main process and I know the limit for String is 4000 chars.

I’ve created an objectValue from my JAVA object.

I’m getting this error:

org.camunda.bpm.engine.context : ENGINE-16004 Exception while closing command context: java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to java.lang.String
java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to java.lang.String

I have a java List object and I’m trying to convert it to ObjectValue in order to send it as a variable to the process.

The variable jsonSerializable cannot be sent as I am receiving the above error.

My code:

	@Override
public void execute(DelegateExecution execution) throws Exception {
	Blob variable = (Blob) execution.getVariable(CamundaVariable.EXTRACTED_INFORMATION.getValue());
	List<InformationResponseDto> allegroProductOffering = helper.deserializeAllegroProductOffering(variable);
	ObjectValue jsonSerializable = Variables
			.objectValue(allegroProductOffering)
			.serializationDataFormat(Variables.SerializationDataFormats.JSON)
			.create();

	RuntimeService runtimeService = execution.getProcessEngineServices().getRuntimeService();
	String parentProcessId = (String) runtimeService
			.getVariable(execution.getProcessInstanceId(), "parentProcessInstanceId");
	String currentProcessName = (String) runtimeService
			.getVariable(execution.getProcessInstanceId(), "processName");
	BaseEventMessage baseEventMessage = new BaseEventMessage();
	baseEventMessage.setMessageType(MessageType.CHILD_PROCESS_COMPLETE_EVENT);
	baseEventMessage.setChildProcessInstanceId(execution.getProcessInstanceId());
	baseEventMessage.setParentProcessInstanceId(parentProcessId);
	baseEventMessage.setPayload(setupDataForMainEngine(currentProcessName, jsonSerializable));
	producerApi.produceFinishEventMessage(baseEventMessage);
}

private HashMap<String, Object> setupDataForMainEngine(String currentProcessName, Object allegroProductOffering) {
	HashMap<String, Object> activeHandlerData = new HashMap<>();
	activeHandlerData.put(currentProcessName, allegroProductOffering);
	return activeHandlerData;
}

Any suggestions on how to solve this?

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