topic Starting of workflow through the java in Alfresco Forum https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/starting-of-workflow-through-the-java/m-p/29042#M12391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Actually I am trying to start the workflow through the java within the service task of another workflow.Here I just wanted to start the out of the box workflow but I am getting null pointer exception even I am passing all variable.</P><P>Here am adding java code please go through it.</P><P></P><P>public class ReviewStrtingwf extends DelegateExecutionScriptBase implements ExecutionListener,JavaDelegate{<BR /> <BR /> public static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(ReviewStrtingwf.class);<BR /> private static final String GROUP_NAME = "REVIEWERS";<BR /> private static final String WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION = "Request for approval";<BR /> private static final String TASK_DESCRIPTION = "Check contents and review.";<BR /> private static final String ACTIVITI_PARALLEL_GROUP_REVIEW_NAME = "activiti$activitiParallelGroupReview";<BR /> <BR /> @Override<BR /> public void notify(DelegateExecution exe) throws Exception {<BR /> // TODO Auto-generated method stub<BR /> <BR /> NodeService nodeservice = getServiceRegistry().getNodeService();<BR /> WorkflowService workflowService = getServiceRegistry().getWorkflowService();<BR /> AuthorityService authorityService=getServiceRegistry().getAuthorityService();<BR /> NodeRef pkgRef = ((ActivitiScriptNode)exe.getVariable("bpm_package")).getNodeRef();<BR /> logger.debug("pkgRef:"+pkgRef);<BR /> List&lt;ChildAssociationRef&gt; childs = nodeservice.getChildAssocs(pkgRef);<BR /> for(ChildAssociationRef child:childs){<BR /> NodeRef node = child.getChildRef();<BR /> logger.debug("node:"+node+"\n");<BR /> <BR /> String resubmitationoutcome= (String) exe.getVariable("awfSubmitOutcome");<BR /> logger.debug("resubmitationoutcome:"+resubmitationoutcome+"\n"+"docname:"+nodeservice.getProperty(node, ContentModel.PROP_NAME)); <BR /> try{<BR /> if(resubmitationoutcome !=null &amp;&amp; resubmitationoutcome.equals("Submit"))<BR /> {<BR /> logger.debug("sdsdsdsds");<BR /> NodeRef workflowNodeRef = workflowService.createPackage(null); <BR /> logger.debug("workflowNodeRef:"+workflowNodeRef);<BR /> Map&lt;QName, Serializable&gt; parameters = new HashMap&lt;QName, Serializable&gt;();<BR /> logger.debug("parameters:"+parameters);<BR /> parameters.put(WorkflowModel.ASSOC_PACKAGE, workflowNodeRef);<BR /> logger.debug("1");<BR /> parameters.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION, WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION);<BR /> logger.debug("WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION:"+WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION);<BR /> parameters.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_DESCRIPTION, TASK_DESCRIPTION);<BR /> logger.debug("TASK_DESCRIPTION:"+TASK_DESCRIPTION);<BR /> logger.debug("reviewers:"+authorityService.getAuthorityNodeRef("GROUP_" + GROUP_NAME));<BR /> parameters.put(WorkflowModel.ASSOC_GROUP_ASSIGNEE, <BR /> authorityService.getAuthorityNodeRef("GROUP_" + GROUP_NAME));<BR /> logger.debug("2");<BR /> parameters.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_PERCENT_COMPLETE, 50);<BR /> logger.debug("3"); <BR /> // Add zero or more items<BR /> nodeservice.addChild(<BR /> workflowNodeRef, <BR /> node, <BR /> WorkflowModel.ASSOC_PACKAGE_CONTAINS, <BR /> QName.createQName(NamespaceService.CONTENT_MODEL_1_0_URI,<BR /> QName.createValidLocalName(nodeservice.getProperty(<BR /> node, ContentModel.PROP_NAME).toString())));<BR /> logger.debug("4");<BR /> WorkflowDefinition wfDefinition = <BR /> workflowService.getDefinitionByName(ACTIVITI_PARALLEL_GROUP_REVIEW_NAME);<BR /> logger.debug("5");<BR /> workflowService.startWorkflow(wfDefinition.getId(), parameters);<BR /> logger.debug("6");<BR /> } <BR /> }<BR /> catch( RuntimeException err)<BR /> {<BR /> logger.debug("error:"+err);<BR /> throw err; <BR /> }<BR /> catch( Exception err)<BR /> {<BR /> logger.debug("errors123:"+err);<BR /> err.printStackTrace();<BR /> }<BR /> }<BR /> logger.debug("workflow started on document");<BR /> }</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:04:40 GMT kranthi 2017-03-29T10:04:40Z Starting of workflow through the java https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/starting-of-workflow-through-the-java/m-p/29042#M12391 Actually I am trying to start the workflow through the java within the service task of another workflow.Here I just wanted to start the out of the box workflow but I am getting null pointer exception even I am passing all variable.Here am adding java code please go through it.public class ReviewStrt Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:04:40 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/starting-of-workflow-through-the-java/m-p/29042#M12391 kranthi 2017-03-29T10:04:40Z Re: Starting of workflow through the java https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/starting-of-workflow-through-the-java/m-p/29043#M12392 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>problem in that version which I used it is working fine in current version</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:35:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-forum/starting-of-workflow-through-the-java/m-p/29043#M12392 kranthi 2017-08-11T14:35:42Z