topic Re: NullPointerException in ExecutionEntity in Alfresco Archive

NullPointerException in ExecutionEntity

iravanchi — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:10:05 GMT

Hi,I want to display a list of running process instances in my UI, and here's what I did:Called runtimeService.createProcessInstanceQuery().list();For each of them { called repositoryService.findProcessDefinitionById(processInstance.getProcessDefinitionId()) to get the definition name. called

Re: NullPointerException in ExecutionEntity

jbarrez — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:39:59 GMT

Congrats, you have found a bug 😉

Actually, the findActiveActivityIds() should be removed from the ProcessInstance and you should use the getActiveActivityIds() on the runtimeService instead.

I have removed the operation from the ProcessInstance interface.

Re: NullPointerException in ExecutionEntity

iravanchi — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:37:59 GMT

Well, in general, should I report such issues in JIRA?
I haven't seen any clear guideline on when to report bugs on JIRA.
I already have an account, but I'm not sure when to use it.

Re: NullPointerException in ExecutionEntity

jbarrez — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:14:13 GMT

Yes, if you find such a bug, please put it in Jira. So the guideline is: if something is not as you expect it, report it!

Even if it is not a real bug, we learn how end users are using Activiti.