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Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

rangoo — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:28:59 GMT

I call a Java Service task in middle of my process to check a status and it is working fine as I have all the dependent custom classes in classpath. Now I had to check(every 5 mins) for a particular status. Once the desired status is found process moves on. so I introduce a Timer Intermediate Catch

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

rangoo — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:41:14 GMT

I only have activiti-explorer deployed on my server(weblogic). I tried

a) jobExecutorActivate to false in explorer as mentioned here - http://forums.activiti.org/content/classnotfoundexception-when-using-timer-start-event , and my unit tests activiti config has jobExecutorActivate to true. This seems to disable the jobs as they are not getting fired
b) jobExecutorActivate to true in explorer and my unit tests activiti config has jobExecutorActivate to true/false and I am getting the above mentioned exception.

Attached are my unit test and its test activiti config

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

trademak — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:00:38 GMT

Are you getting this error on your Weblogic server or in your unit test?
If it's the latter then could you create a unit test project (like described here http://www.jorambarrez.be/blog/2012/09/24/how-to-write-a-unit-test/) ?

Best regards,

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

rangoo — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:38:54 GMT

I get the error on WebLogic. My Test is not an Unit , but an Integration test as It calls the deployed process(via explorer)

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

rangoo — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:58:00 GMT

Ok. Error went away once I started using Time Duration(PT5M) instead of Time Cycle(which was incorrect to use for my desired behavior). But I think there is a bug when you use a Time Cycle of Timer Inter Catching event with Service Task.

Thanks for sharing the Unit Test, Should the unit test pause when it encounters Timer Intermediate event? It is not pausing.

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

trademak — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:07:46 GMT

Ok, by default the job executor is disabled in that unit test template.
So it should definitely pause when it encounters an intermediate timer catching event.
Can you share your process definition?

Best regards,

Re: Timer Intermediate Catching Event - Java Service Task: couldn't instantiate class

rangoo — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:55:07 GMT

<code>by default the job executor is disabled in that unit test template.</code> Thanks for the info. I figured I have to manually execute the jobs.