Activiti Modeler/ JBoss 5:Path error because of archive name

[mskaesz]

Hey guys,

I deployed activiti-modeler5.alpha4 successfully in JBoss 5.1. When clicking on "New Business Process Diagram" the following exception occurs:

17:02:24,049 INFO  [Http11Protocol] Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-127.0.0.1-8080
17:02:24,155 INFO  [AjpProtocol] Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-127.0.0.1-8009
17:02:24,180 INFO  [ServerImpl] JBoss (Microcontainer) [5.1.0.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_1_0_GA date=200905221634)] Started in 1m:2s:205ms
17:02:45,681 INFO  [STDOUT] /home/msk/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/activiti-modeler/editor/stencilsets/bpmn2.0/bpmn2.0.json
17:02:45,713 ERROR [STDERR] com.signavio.platform.exceptions.RequestException: RequestException Error Code: editor.stencilset.exception
17:02:45,723 ERROR [STDERR]    at com.signavio.platform.exceptions.RequestException.fillInStackTrace(RequestException.java:50001)
17:02:45,723 ERROR [STDERR]    at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:218)
17:02:45,723 ERROR [STDERR]    at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:59)
17:02:45,723 ERROR [STDERR]    at java.lang.RuntimeException.<init>(RuntimeException.java:61)

The war is exploded and has the following name: activiti-modeler.war

The problem is that the modeler checks for everything under the following path:
/home/msk/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/activiti-modeler/…

The correct path is this one:
/home/msk/opt/jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy/activiti-modeler.war/…

I can't remove the ending ".war" - JBoss needs it for deploying… Any ideas how i can fix that?

Cheers,
Marc


/EDIT:

Added a jboss-web.xml with the following content:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>

<!DOCTYPE jboss-web
    PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD Web Application 2.3V2//EN"
    "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-web_3_2.dtd">

<jboss-web>
   <context-root>activiti-modeler.war</context-root>
</jboss-web>

But it is still not working… it seems that the jboss-web.xml is ignored:

2010-08-04 17:32:20,616 INFO  [org.activiti.impl.ProcessEngineImpl] (main) ProcessEngine default created
2010-08-04 17:32:20,616 INFO  [org.activiti.ProcessEngines] (main) initialised process engine default
2010-08-04 17:32:20,811 INFO  [org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment] (main) deploy, ctxPath=/activiti-modeler
2010-08-04 17:32:20,903 INFO  [com.signavio.platform.listeners.EntryPoint] (main) Initializing platform…
2010-08-04 17:32:21,001 INFO  [STDOUT] (main) [INFO] Initializing Root Directory…
2010-08-04 17:32:21,002 INFO  [STDOUT] (main) [INFO] Root directory path: /home/msk/activiti-model-repository
2010-08-04 17:32:21,008 INFO  [STDOUT] (main) [INFO] Initialized Root Directory!
2010-08-04 17:32:22,994 INFO  [com.signavio.platform.listeners.EntryPoint] (main) Done initializing platform!

[jbarrez]

We havent got to testing the modeler war on JBos yet, but it's certainly on our todo list for the 5.0 release.

I don't see another solution than also changing the path to .war for Tomcat.

[sstolarczyk]

Sorry for digging this topic up, but I thought someone could use this info:

There's indeed a problem like the one described by the thread author: the Modeler app can't find the file resourses, because it looks at a different path (JBoss expands web applications to a folder with ".war" added to it's name). The simpliest workaround for those of you wanting to run Activiti suite on JBoss, just create the activiti-modeler directory in your web app directory (ie. /jboss-5.1.0.GA/server/default/deploy), and copy both the editor and explorer directories from the activiti-modeler.war into it. Now the application will be able to find the required resources.

Edit: Besides the Activit-Modeler minor problems, every other application from Activiti stack (Explorer, Probe, Cycle etc.) works OK (I just had to include the jboss-classloading.xml file in each of them, due to some classloading conflicts between JBoss default libs and those provided with Activiti apps).

[jbarrez]

Great findings! Thanks for sharing!

[kristin_polenz]

I try to deploy the Activiti WebApps in JBoss 5.1.0.GA. I put a jboss-classloading.xml in the WEB-INF directory of the WebApps to isolate the WebApp libraries from the JBoss libs. But I get the following exception:

16:16:45,687 INFO  [ReadOnlyStoreObjectPersister] Store missing for persister: webframework.sitedata.persister.classpath.alfresco-custom
16:16:45,687 INFO  [ReadOnlyStoreObjectPersister] Store missing for persister: webframework.sitedata.persister.alfresco-classpath
16:16:45,718 ERROR [DispatcherServlet] Context initialization failed
org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException: 10220001 Unable to resolve a vfsfile: resource without a storeDir.

I have no idea where I can configure/change the persister for webframework.sitedata.persister.alfresco-classpath and webframework.sitedata.persister.classpath.alfresco-custom.
Could somebody help me, please?

Thanks, kristin

[frederikherema1]

Seems to be an issue with the ReadOnlyStoreObjectPersister using an unexisting store to save web script definitions/implementations.

Since I don't know the spring surf framework internals that well, I'll send a mail to the right man for this job, maybe he can take a look at this

[erikwinlof]

THe beans aren't actually used so try and override the bean that is referencing them using:

   <bean id="webframework.objects.persister" class="org.springframework.extensions.surf.persister.MultiObjectPersister">
      <property name="serviceRegistry" ref="webframework.service.registry" />     
      <property name="persisters">
         <list>
        
            <!– Persisters –>
            <!–
            <ref bean="webframework.webinf.persister.remote" />
            <ref bean="webframework.webinf.persister.local" />
            <ref bean="webframework.webinf.persister.root" />
            –>
           
            <!– Alfresco Legacy Persisters –>
            <!– Remove these from being referenced –>
            <ref bean="webframework.sitedata.persister.classpath.alfresco-custom" />
            <ref bean="webframework.sitedata.persister.alfresco-classpath" />
           
            <!– Classpath Persister –>
            <ref bean="webframework.sitedata.persister.classpath" />
           
         </list>
      </property>
      <property name="defaultPersister">

         <!– Default Persister –>
         <!–
         <ref bean="webframework.webinf.persister.root" />
         –>

         <!– Legacy Persister –>
         <ref bean="webframework.sitedata.persister.classpath" />

      </property>
   </bean>

[kristin_polenz]

I tried again the deployment of Activiti-5.1. in JBoss-5.1.0.GA and I had some problems.
First, I get a exception with the following stacktrace when I call activiti-probe (localhost:8080/activiti-probe) in my browser.

17:40:17,234 ERROR [FrameworkUtil] org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.RendererExecutionException: WebTemplateProcessor failed to process template uri: login
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebTemplateProcessor.executeBody(WebTemplateProcessor.java:370)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.AbstractProcessor.execute(AbstractProcessor.java:79)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.RenderService.processTemplate(RenderService.java:581)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.bean.TemplateInstanceRenderer.calculateComponentDependencies(TemplateInstanceRenderer.java:69)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.bean.TemplateInstanceRenderer.body(TemplateInstanceRenderer.java:126)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.AbstractRenderer.render(AbstractRenderer.java:135)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.bean.PageRenderer.body(PageRenderer.java:70)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.AbstractRenderer.render(AbstractRenderer.java:135)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.RenderService.startPageRenderer(RenderService.java:633)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.RenderService.renderPage(RenderService.java:610)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.render.PresentationUtil.renderPage(PresentationUtil.java:74)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.mvc.PageView.dispatchPage(PageView.java:358)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.mvc.PageView.renderView(PageView.java:240)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.mvc.AbstractWebFrameworkView.renderMergedOutputModel(AbstractWebFrameworkView.java:167)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:250)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1060)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:798)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:716)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:647)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:552)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:638)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:444)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:382)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:310)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.NormalRewrittenUrl.doRewrite(NormalRewrittenUrl.java:195)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:159)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:141)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:90)
        at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:417)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:190)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:92)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.process(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:126)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:70)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:829)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:598)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name messages.activiti-i18n-app, locale de_DE
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.throwMissingResourceException(ResourceBundle.java:1427)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundleImpl(ResourceBundle.java:1250)
        at java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle(ResourceBundle.java:777)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.I18NUtil.getLocaleProperties(I18NUtil.java:445)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.I18NUtil.getMessage(I18NUtil.java:329)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.I18NUtil.getMessage(I18NUtil.java:359)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.util.I18NUtil.getMessage(I18NUtil.java:346)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.PlatformRuntimeException.resolveMessage(PlatformRuntimeException.java:126)
        at org.springframework.extensions.surf.exception.PlatformRuntimeException.<init>(PlatformRuntimeException.java:99)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptException.<init>(WebScriptException.java:54)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.processor.FTLTemplateProcessor.process(FTLTemplateProcessor.java:160)
        at org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebTemplateProcessor.executeBody(WebTemplateProcessor.java:338)
        … 52 more

Second, I can't deploy activiti-rest.war. The short exception snapshot of the complete stacktrace is:
17:40:01,093 ERROR [[/activiti-rest]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name messages.activiti-i18n-app, locale de_DE


Can somebody help me?

Thanks, kristin

[frederikherema1]

Looks like the messages for the probe UI don't default when the locale of your browser is not supported (in your case de_DE).

Have you tried to change your browser's locale to en_US or something simmilar?

[kristin_polenz]

Hi Frederik,

yes I tried, but I get the same exception only with another locale.
For example, when I change the locale in my browser from de to en_us then the exception change to:
Caused by: java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find bundle for base name messages.activiti-i18n-app, locale en_US
…

I wondered me, why I get this exception when I try to deploy the activiti-rest.war? In this war is no properties file named messages.actviti-i18n-app.