modeler app don't start

[activiti-admin]

Linux 2.6.18
tomcat  6.0.26

INFO: Deploying web application archive activiti-engine-init.war
May 19, 2010 1:11:00 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive activiti-modeler.war
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No match found
   at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Matcher.java:468)
   at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Matcher.java:428)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.impl.FsPlatformPropertiesImpl.<init>(FsPlatformPropertiesImpl.java:87)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.impl.FsPlatformInstanceImpl.bootInstance(FsPlatformInstanceImpl.java:61)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.Platform.bootInstance(Platform.java:77)
   at com.signavio.platform.listeners.EntryPoint.contextInitialized(EntryPoint.java:61)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3972)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4467)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:546)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:905)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:740)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:500)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)
   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:597)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
2010-05-19 01:11:00,667 FATAL (LoggedRuntimeException.java:39) - Platform boot failed!
com.signavio.platform.exceptions.InitializationException: Platform boot failed!
   at com.signavio.platform.core.Platform.bootInstance(Platform.java:81)
   at com.signavio.platform.listeners.EntryPoint.contextInitialized(EntryPoint.java:61)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3972)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4467)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:546)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:905)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:740)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:500)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)
   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:597)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No match found
   at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Matcher.java:468)
   at java.util.regex.Matcher.group(Matcher.java:428)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.impl.FsPlatformPropertiesImpl.<init>(FsPlatformPropertiesImpl.java:87)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.impl.FsPlatformInstanceImpl.bootInstance(FsPlatformInstanceImpl.java:61)
   at com.signavio.platform.core.Platform.bootInstance(Platform.java:77)
   … 25 more
May 19, 2010 1:11:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
May 19, 2010 1:11:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/activiti-modeler] startup failed due to previous errors‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[jbarrez]

Can you post the full path in which you unzipped the Activiti distro?

[activiti-admin]

/data2/Programs/Activiti

[jbarrez]

Mmm, the error could be cause because the logic expects that the unzipped folder name isnt changed (ie activiti-5.0.alpha1 or something similar)

Could you try that?

[sasha]

The problem is not in the folder name, rather the modeler .war was *somehow* not downloaded completely by the ant script, at least in my case, so the .war was corrupt. I did a manual download (http://activiti.org/downloads/activiti-modeler-5.0.alpha1.war) and now it seems to work properly after deploying it on tomcat.

BR,
Sasha

[jbarrez]

mmm, thanks for pointing that out. Interesting bug.

I'm wondering if we can do some checksum in ant after downloading the file.

[jeff1]

indeed, the downloading could have some problem since I have also failed during downloading.
BUT I think that would NOT be the root cause of that exception.
let me guess:
1. maybe you did not use the build script(activiti-distro/setup/build.xml) to build your app
2. maybe you deployed the modeler.war directly into a tomcat web server which already exist.

[activiti-admin]

jeff, I think you're right regarding that broken dl may not have been cause of that exception. I don't remember exactly which exception I got but I remember it was something related to zip not being able to process the arhive or similar. This is how I suspected that the .war had been corrupted.

Thanks for clarifying.

[jeff1]

inside com.signavio.platform.core.impl.FsPlatformPropertiesImpl.<init>, it will try to match a group like".*activiti.*/apps/", so if you deploy the war directly into an existing tomcat web server, this match failed(if you run activiti-distro/setup/build.xml, the folder will be created).
I think this should be a bug, at least it does not have clear exception detail to tell me what happen but give me useless message "no match found", <java.lang.IllegalStateException: No match found> can be avoid if the author considered what matcher#find() returns

[jbarrez]

Good finding jeff. Wow, you're really into the source already !

Actually the activiti* matching is a fall-back mechanism.
If wou would declare a parameter 'fileSystemRootDirectory' in the web.xml, that one will be taken first before that fallback.

But you're right, we ought to document this.