designer bugs

[elsarfhem]

Hi,
i found two major issues with designer:
1) see attachment
2) designer and process xml become disalligned. This lead to big issues because I have some old transition that are not visible but that are applied by the engine during execution. So I have task executed two times, not once as I see in my process design!

Let me know if I can download a patched designer from trunk.

Thank you and good work

[jbarrez]

Hi,

Please provide more details how you came across these errors.

Best regards,

[elsarfhem]

First error is related to save all feature. Make any change to process definiton, set focus on other eclipse windows and save all.

About the second problem, I'm not sure what lead to desync but I've never change the generated xml manually. Maybe deleting any transaction or point a transaction to another task and deleting it afterwards leave the parser in a non-coherent state.

Problems could be related… I can't save modification from time to time… Let me know if I could provide better information.

Tested on Windows/linux ubuntu
2.6.38-12-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 28 14:27:32 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
java version "1.6.0_22"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (6b22-1.10.4-0ubuntu1~11.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)


P.S. plugin doesn't start at all with java 1.5

edit: this is an example of the wrong code generated by the plugin. An empty text tag and an html tag (not valid). I've nothing in the text field in designer, so why this is generated?


<serviceTask id="mailtask2" name="Notifica Web contents" activiti:async="true" activiti:type="mail">
      <extensionElements>
        <activiti:field name="to" expression="#{userService.recipientAddressesAsCsv(&quot;CNT&quot}"></activiti:field>
        <activiti:field name="subject" expression="Sistema controllo qualità - Notifica correzione produzione Gazzetta #{gazzetta.numero} del #{gazzetta.dataPubblicazione}"></activiti:field>
        <activiti:field name="html">
          <activiti:expression><![CDATA[La scheda per la Gazzetta #{gazzetta.numero} del #{gazzetta.dataPubblicazione} &egrave; stata riaperta.
La gazzetta &egrave; in attesa di correzione.

Controlla qualit&agrave; ha scritto:
#{noteWebContents}]]></activiti:expression>
        </activiti:field>
        <activiti:field name="text">
          <activiti:expression><![CDATA[
]]></activiti:expression>
        </activiti:field>
      </extensionElements>
    </serviceTask>


the related exception

GRAVE: Error while closing command context
org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: One of the following is mandatory on a field declaration: one of attributes stringValue|expression or one of child elements string|expression | /home/andrea/opt/jboss-eap-4.3/jboss-as/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp2290661411545950332ControlloQualitaGU-exp.war/WEB-INF/classes/it/ipzs/iol/cq/process/autodeploy.c... | line 139 | column 105

at org.activiti.engine.impl.util.xml.Parse.throwActivitiExceptionForErrors(Parse.java:186)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.bpmn.parser.BpmnParse.execute(BpmnParse.java:201)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.bpmn.deployer.BpmnDeployer.deploy(BpmnDeployer.java:81)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.deploy.DeploymentCache.deploy(DeploymentCache.java:37)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.DeploymentManager.insertDeployment(DeploymentManager.java:39)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.DeployCmd.execute(DeployCmd.java:58)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.DeployCmd.execute(DeployCmd.java:30)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:24)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContextInterceptor.execute(CommandContextInterceptor.java:42)
at org.activiti.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor$1.doInTransaction(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:42)
at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:130)
at org.activiti.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor.execute(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:40)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.LogInterceptor.execute(LogInterceptor.java:33)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.RepositoryServiceImpl.deploy(RepositoryServiceImpl.java:43)
at org.activiti.engine.impl.repository.DeploymentBuilderImpl.deploy(DeploymentBuilderImpl.java:106)
at org.activiti.spring.SpringProcessEngineConfiguration.autoDeployResources(SpringProcessEngineConfiguration.java:142)
at org.activiti.spring.SpringProcessEngineConfiguration.buildProcessEngine(SpringProcessEngineConfiguration.java:61)
at org.activiti.spring.ProcessEngineFactoryBean.getObject(ProcessEngineFactoryBean.java:56)
at org.activiti.spring.ProcessEngineFactoryBean.getObject(ProcessEngineFactoryBean.java:32)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:142)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:102)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1429)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:353)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:983)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:879)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:844)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:786)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:703)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:474)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3854)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4348)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:752)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:732)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:553)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5263)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:592)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:297)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:295)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:108)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start

[crico]

Hi,
We have the same "second problem", did you find a solution?

Our problem is that a "service task" launch a process of updating database that takes a few minutes and while it is running activiti launch a second execution of the process.

[elsarfhem]

The only solution that I found is to rewrite the entire process from scratch…  :cry: fortunately my process was not so big, but this bug lead me to a strong headache!
Use svn or cvs to save previous version of the process and cross your fingers.
I hope in Activiti development team for a quick bugfix

[crico]

Ok, thanks.

Apparently this only happens in asynchronous tasks.