Transaction Management: no rollback?

[gant]

Hi,

I try to figure out how transaction management exactly works.

I have a process model like this:
startEvent->receiveTask1->ServiceTask->endEvent.

In my 'ServiceTask' I call a spring-wired service that throws an Exception. According to the default Transaction Mgmt Strategy described here: http://www.activiti.org/userguide/index.html#asyncContinuations, I'd expect that the transaction would be rolled back and

Map<String, Object> vars = new HashMap<String, Object>();
       vars.put("exceptionService", new ExceptionThrowingService());
      String processInstanceId = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey("errorHandlingErrorNoBoundaryEvent", vars).getId();
      runtimeService.signal(processInstanceId);
assertNotNull(runtimeService.createExecutionQuery().processInstanceId(processInstanceId).activityId("receiveTask1").singleResult()); ‍‍‍‍‍‍

in my JUnit test would evaluate to true.

Instead, runtimeService#signal crashes with an 'ActivitiException: Error while evaluating expressions'. What I caused by throwing an exception in my service.

So why is this transaction not rolled back?

I'm using Activiti 5.6

Regards,
michael

[trademak]

Hi,

It's correct behavior that the signal method throws an ActivitiException.
If you catch the ActivitiException the last line in your unit test should still be valid.
So the transaction is rolled back as expected.

Best regards,