topic Process start ExecutionListener and exceptions in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/process-start-executionlistener-and-exceptions/m-p/193830#M146960 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hey again,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have a weird behaviour when in an ExecutionListener I have an exception raised by an Activiti Engine API.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Specifically, at start of a certain process I go looking into the deployment for the starting process if a certain file has been uploaded also, like this:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>RepositoryService repo = execution.getEngineServices().getRepositoryService();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>ProcessDefinition pDef = repo.createProcessDefinitionQuery()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .processDefinitionId(execution.getProcessDefinitionId())</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .singleResult();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>InputStream is = repo.getResourceAsStream(pDef.getDeploymentId(), routingName);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>// do something with is</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I mis-read the documentation and overlooked the ActivitObjectNotFoundException (I expected a simple null return value as Class.getResorceAsStream() does, no big deal).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Crazy thing is that if I catch and silence the exception, like this:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>try {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; RepositoryService repo = execution.getEngineServices().getRepositoryService();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; InputStream is = repo.getResourceAsStream(pDef.getDeploymentId(), resourceName);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; // do something with is</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>} catch(ActivitObjectNotFoundException&nbsp; aonf) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; log.warn("exta resource not found, skipping")</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The task in the process will execute, but then I will have in the log an exception stack trace from the getResourceAsStream and all the transaction will be rolled back.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Why is that?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(Activiti 5.15.1)</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:53:55 GMT lmollea 2014-07-16T14:53:55Z Process start ExecutionListener and exceptions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/process-start-executionlistener-and-exceptions/m-p/193830#M146960 Hey again,I have a weird behaviour when in an ExecutionListener I have an exception raised by an Activiti Engine API.Specifically, at start of a certain process I go looking into the deployment for the starting process if a certain file has been uploaded also, like this:&lt;blockcode&gt;RepositorySe Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:53:55 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/process-start-executionlistener-and-exceptions/m-p/193830#M146960 lmollea 2014-07-16T14:53:55Z Re: Process start ExecutionListener and exceptions https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/process-start-executionlistener-and-exceptions/m-p/193831#M146961 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is another Exception being thrown as well?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If you catch the exception then Activiti will not rollback the process instance.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:14:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/process-start-executionlistener-and-exceptions/m-p/193831#M146961 trademak 2014-07-21T10:14:09Z