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Cannot find activity in ProcessDefinition

kikyou1986 — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 03:07:55 GMT

Hi,I want to find a certain activity in a ProcessDefinitionImpl object using method #findActivity(activityId), but it returns null every time. Below is the process picture. It is a simple Manager approval process. the applicant fills the application form first, then the manager approves it or reject

Re: Cannot find activity in ProcessDefinition

jbarrez — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:19:44 GMT

Try using the method on the repositoryService.getBpmnModel() to get the BpmnModel, which you can then use to get information about your activity

Re: Cannot find activity in ProcessDefinition

kikyou1986 — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:35:57 GMT

Hi jbarrez, how can I get the ActivityImpl ojbect with certain activityId from the BpmnModel object?

Re: Cannot find activity in ProcessDefinition

kikyou1986 — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:57:33 GMT

ok. I solved this by getting ProcessDefinitionImpl object with the following code:
<java>
ProcessDefinitionImpl pd = (ProcessDefinitionImpl) ((RepositoryServiceImpl) repositoryService)
    .getDeployedProcessDefinition(processDefinitionId);
</java>
This ProcessDefinitionImpl object will have all activity infomation in it.

I reckon that with the former approach, it is designed to have no activity infomation in it. The former approach I was using is:
<java>
ProcessDefinitionImpl pd = (ProcessDefinitionImpl) repositoryService
   .createProcessDefinitionQuery()
   .processDefinitionId(processDefinitionId).singleResult();
</java>

Re: Cannot find activity in ProcessDefinition

jbarrez — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:17:22 GMT

Correct. RepositoryService.getProcessDefinition() would do the same, and does not need the cast.