topic Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info in Alfresco Archive

Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

bobfleischman — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:29:20 GMT

We are developing around the rest service and have noticed the following problem.When we create a process we need to send the date using private ISO8601DateFormat ISO8601DATEFORMAT = new ISO8601DateFormat();However, when we request information on a task the date is returned as 2014-04-03T00:55:00.64

Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

trademak — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:54:47 GMT

You are using the REST API right?
Which REST services are you using and experiencing this issue with?

Best regards,

Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

bobfleischman — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:44:42 GMT

Yes, we are using the REST API for all interactions with the Activiti Engine.

We are using activiti-rest 5.15.1 - the latest stable release

Thanks,

Bob

Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

trademak — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:25:28 GMT

Hi Bob,

Okay thanks, but which specific REST services are using and experiencing these issues with?

Best regards,

Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

bobfleischman — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:21:07 GMT

Here are my constants


 private BPMServer activiti_server = BPMServer.TEST;
 private String activiti_rest_base_url = "http://" + activiti_server.getServerName() + "/activiti-rest/service";
 private static final String TASK_URL        = "/history/historic-task-instances";
 private static final String RUNTIME_PROCESS = "/runtime/process-instances";
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To Create a process I use this
[code] HashMap<String,Object> response2 = restTemplate.postForObject( activiti_rest_base_url + RUNTIME_PROCESS , request, HashMap.class);

To get the task info I use this:

String url = activiti_rest_base_url + TASK_URL + "?taskId=" + pTaskId + "&includeTaskLocalVariables=true&includeProcessVariables=true";

The issue seems to be specifically related to global variables.

Thanks

Bob

HashMap<String,Object> response2 = restTemplate.postForObject( activiti_rest_base_url + RUNTIME_PROCESS , request, HashMap.class);

String url = activiti_rest_base_url + TASK_URL + "?taskId=" + pTaskId + "&includeTaskLocalVariables=true&includeProcessVariables=true";

Re: Problem: Dates in different format for create process and get Task Info

frederikherema1 — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:15:29 GMT

We use the jackson ISO8601 way of reading/writing dates, we force all dates to be written in ISO8601:


 // Get hold of JSONConverter and enable ISO-date format by default
    List<ConverterHelper> registeredConverters = Engine.getInstance().getRegisteredConverters();
    for(ConverterHelper helper : registeredConverters) {
      if(helper instanceof JacksonConverter) {
        JacksonConverter jacksonConverter = (JacksonConverter) helper;
        jacksonConverter.getObjectMapper().configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
      }
    }

The input accepts a variety of formats (including ISO8601), when date-typed members are encountered. Perhaps the ISO8601DATEFORMAT you're using is more strict or does not cover all possible notations?