'no process deployed with key xyz' Exception

[nct]

I'm very new to Activiti so still finding my way around, however I seem to be stuck with this exception and can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong. So any help would be appreciated.

Here's a summary of where I'm at:

I'm creating a Java (1.6.0_21) and Spring (3.0.5) application which hosts a RESTEasy web service layered above by an embedded Activiti (5.8) engine. The app is deployed as a .war onto Springtc 2.6.1 (Tomcat 6.0.33).

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The Spring application context is configured with the following snippet:

<!– Activiti Configuration –>
    <bean id="activitiDataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy">
        <property name="targetDataSource">
            <bean class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.SimpleDriverDataSource">
                <property name="driverClass" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" />
                <property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/phoenix" />
                <property name="username" value="???" />
                <property name="password" value="???" />
            </bean>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <bean id="activitiTransactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="activitiDataSource" />
    </bean>
   
    <bean id="processEngineConfiguration" class="org.activiti.spring.SpringProcessEngineConfiguration">
        <property name="databaseType" value="mysql" />
        <property name="dataSource" ref="activitiDataSource" />
        <property name="transactionManager" ref="activitiTransactionManager" />
        <property name="databaseSchemaUpdate" value="true" />
        <property name="jobExecutorActivate" value="false" />
        <property name="deploymentResources" value="classpath*:bpm/activitiMemberFlows.bpmn20.xml" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="processEngine" class="org.activiti.spring.ProcessEngineFactoryBean">
        <property name="processEngineConfiguration" ref="processEngineConfiguration" />
    </bean>
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Within the bpm XML configuration and the 'definitions' element we find the following 'do nothing' flow:

   <process id="member" name="Member">
      <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"/>
      <endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"/>
      <sequenceFlow id="sequenceflow1" name="flow" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="endevent1"/>
   </process>

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The log file shows the associated exception within the stated transaction boundaries:

2012-01-19 01:33:53.453 Creating new JDBC Driver Connection to [jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/phoenix]
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 Acquired Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@1d69c87] for JDBC transaction
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 Switching JDBC Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@1d69c87] to manual commit
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 ooo Connection Opened
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 ==>  Executing: select * from ACT_RE_PROCDEF where KEY_ = ? and VERSION_ = (select max(VERSION_) from ACT_RE_PROCDEF where KEY_ = ?)
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 ==> Parameters: member(String), member(String)
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 Participating in existing transaction
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 xxx Connection Closed
2012-01-19 01:33:53.468 Initiating transaction rollback on application exception
org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: no processes deployed with key 'member'
   at org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.deploy.DeploymentCache.findDeployedLatestProcessDefinitionByKey(DeploymentCache.java:62)
   at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.StartProcessInstanceCmd.execute(StartProcessInstanceCmd.java:58)
   at org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.StartProcessInstanceCmd.execute(StartProcessInstanceCmd.java:31)
   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.RuntimeServiceImpl.startProcessInstanceByKey(RuntimeServiceImpl.java:49)
   at com.xxx.MemberBpmServiceImpl.startBusinessProcess(MemberBpmServiceImpl.java:24)
   at com.xxx.MemberREST.createMember(MemberREST.java:56)
   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.jboss.resteasy.core.MethodInjectorImpl.invoke(MethodInjectorImpl.java:140)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethod.invokeOnTarget(ResourceMethod.java:255)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethod.invoke(ResourceMethod.java:220)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ResourceMethod.invoke(ResourceMethod.java:209)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.getResponse(SynchronousDispatcher.java:519)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:496)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ServletContainerDispatcher.service(ServletContainerDispatcher.java:208)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:55)
   at org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher.service(HttpServletDispatcher.java:50)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
   at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
   at com.springsource.insight.collection.tcserver.request.HttpRequestOperationCollectionValve.traceNextValve(HttpRequestOperationCollectionValve.java:112)
   at com.springsource.insight.collection.tcserver.request.HttpRequestOperationCollectionValve.invoke(HttpRequestOperationCollectionValve.java:94)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
   at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
2012-01-19 01:33:53.484 Initiating transaction rollback
2012-01-19 01:33:53.484 Rolling back JDBC transaction on Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@1d69c87]
2012-01-19 01:33:53.484 Releasing JDBC Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@1d69c87] after transaction
2012-01-19 01:33:53.484 Returning JDBC Connection to DataSource

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The act_re_procedef table mentioned in the above log snippet has 0 rows on the MySQL database.
And I see no signs of an 'insert into act_re_procdef….' statement in log file.

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Further up in the log file I can see the following report:

2012-01-19 01:32:38.859 Creating new transaction with name [null]: PROPAGATION_REQUIRED,ISOLATION_DEFAULT
2012-01-19 01:32:38.859 Creating new JDBC Driver Connection to [jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/phoenix]
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 Acquired Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@792b21] for JDBC transaction
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 Switching JDBC Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@792b21] to manual commit
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 ooo Connection Opened
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 ==>  Executing: select * from ACT_RE_DEPLOYMENT D where NAME_=? order by D.DEPLOY_TIME_ asc
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 ==> Parameters: SpringAutoDeployment(String)
2012-01-19 01:32:38.875 <==    Columns: ID_, NAME_, DEPLOY_TIME_
2012-01-19 01:32:38.890 <==        Row: 1, SpringAutoDeployment, 2012-01-19 00:16:49.0
2012-01-19 01:32:38.890 ==>  Executing: select * from ACT_GE_BYTEARRAY where DEPLOYMENT_ID_ = ? order by NAME_ asc
2012-01-19 01:32:38.890 ==> Parameters: 1(String)
2012-01-19 01:32:38.890 <==    Columns: ID_, REV_, NAME_, DEPLOYMENT_ID_, BYTES_
2012-01-19 01:32:38.890 <==        Row: 2, 1, correct_file_path_to\vfabric-tc-server-developer-2.6.1.RELEASE\insight-instance\webapps\MyService\WEB-INF\classes\bpm\activitiMemberFlows.bpmn20.xml, 1, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<definitions xmlns="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL"
      targetNamespace="http://www.bpmnwithactiviti.org"
      xmlns:activiti="http://activiti.org/bpmn">
   <process id="member" name="Member">
      <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start"/>
      <serviceTask id="serviceTask1" name="Validate order" activiti:expression="#{;}"/>
      <sequenceFlow id="sequenceflow1" name="Validate order" sourceRef="startevent1" targetRef="serviceTask1"/>
      <endEvent id="endevent1" name="End"/>
      <sequenceFlow id="sequenceflow3" name="flow" sourceRef="sequenceflow1" targetRef="endevent1"/>
   </process>

</definitions>
2012-01-19 01:32:38.906 xxx Connection Closed
2012-01-19 01:32:38.906 Initiating transaction commit
2012-01-19 01:32:38.906 Committing JDBC transaction on Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@792b21]
2012-01-19 01:32:38.906 Releasing JDBC Connection [com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection@792b21] after transaction
2012-01-19 01:32:38.906 Returning JDBC Connection to DataSource

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And obviously, manual inspection confirms the act_ge_bytearray table contains the correct bytearray for the bpmn file.

I am completely stumped!

[trademak]

Hi,

Could you make an unit test reproducing this problem, then I can take a look at it.

Best regards,

[nct]

In case anyone has a similar problem, it appears to have been caused by the .bpmn20.xml file not being on the classpath defined in the Spring application context file.
I changed my project structure to match the examples, and copied the SpringProcessEngineConfiguration.deploymentResources value from the example project as well.
This seems to have fixed the problem