Unable to compile/run Activiti Designer Plugin

[sjmo]

After spending a lot of time I'm not able to get the Activiti Designer plugin compilable.

I preceed according the description (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/ACT/Activiti+Designer+Developer+Guide).

Therefore I made a new Installation from scratch
- Indigo RCP/RAP
- Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF) SDK
- Eclipse Graphiti SDK 0.9.1
- Subversive

After checking out the trunk (revision 223) within eclipse from https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti-Designer I switched over to the commandline and did execute
mvn clean eclipse:clean
and
mvn eclipse:eclipse

both commands was successful.

After this I switched back to the eclipse and made a refresh.

Up to this point everything seems to be ok.

But now I have a strange behavior:

1. According the description I should be able to perform the clean command. But this option is disabled (independant which node I select).
2. To run Designer, right click the org.activiti.designer.eclipse project and choose Run as > Eclipse application –> On my Installation I have only maven goals listed.
3. If I select the parent project (org.activiti.designer.parent) and try to run the target maven clean install the following output appears:

Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Parent project ……………. SUCCESS [0.093s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Libs …………………….. SUCCESS [0.343s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Integration ………………. SUCCESS [1.031s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Util …………………….. FAILURE [0.390s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Eclipse ………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - GUI ……………………… SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Help …………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Validate BPMN 2.0 …………. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Feature ………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Update site ………………. SKIPPED
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[INFO] Total time: 32.980s
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Jan 15 11:14:13 CET 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 68M/163M
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-compiler-plugin:0.16.0:compile (default-compile) on project org.activiti.designer.util: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] W:\activiti-designer-plugin\workspace\Activiti-Designer\org.activiti.designer.util\src\main\java\org\activiti\designer\util\workspace\BpmnProcessParser.java:[23,0]
[ERROR] import org.activiti.bpmn.model.Process;
…….

I know that this classes are in the enclosed activiti-bpmn-converter-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar and activiti-bpmn-model-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar, both located in the project
org.activiti.designer.libs

I also tried to run maven from the commandline -> same error.

Question: Do I need to put this jar to a special location (I tried to add the jars to the different projects but there is no way to add them as external jar or so.

To be sure, that I made something wrong, I asked my co-worker to try to get this project compilable (but he has the same problem).

I would be happy if someone could help me.

Many thanks, sjmo

[trademak]

I'll try to get the installation guidelines updated if needed after I'll do a fresh setup of an environment.
But that will probably be Friday, because I'm traveling this week. But I know of more people that are doing Designer development, so I don't understand why things are not working for you.

Best regards,

[pitagoras]

After spending a lot of time I'm not able to get the Activiti Designer plugin compilable.
Reactor Summary:
[INFO]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Parent project ……………. SUCCESS [0.093s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Libs …………………….. SUCCESS [0.343s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Integration ………………. SUCCESS [1.031s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Util …………………….. FAILURE [0.390s]
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Eclipse ………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - GUI ……………………… SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Help …………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Validate BPMN 2.0 …………. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Feature ………………….. SKIPPED
[INFO] Activiti Designer - Update site ………………. SKIPPED
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[INFO] Total time: 32.980s
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Jan 15 11:14:13 CET 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 68M/163M
[INFO] ————————————————————————
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-compiler-plugin:0.16.0:compile (default-compile) on project org.activiti.designer.util: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] W:\activiti-designer-plugin\workspace\Activiti-Designer\org.activiti.designer.util\src\main\java\org\activiti\designer\util\workspace\BpmnProcessParser.java:[23,0]
[ERROR] import org.activiti.bpmn.model.Process;
…….

I know that this classes are in the enclosed activiti-bpmn-converter-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar and activiti-bpmn-model-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar, both located in the project
org.activiti.designer.libs

I also tried to run maven from the commandline -> same error.

Question: Do I need to put this jar to a special location (I tried to add the jars to the different projects but there is no way to add them as external jar or so.

To be sure, that I made something wrong, I asked my co-worker to try to get this project compilable (but he has the same problem).

I would be happy if someone could help me.

Many thanks, sjmo

I was having the same problem. What I did was (maybe not all is necessary):
1) In Eclipse, go to libs project Properties>Build Path>add jar and added the two jars (which are in the project but eclipse does not know). This causes libs project to compile OK
2) I checked both jars in "Order and export" tab but I think this is not necessary
3) On util project, again  Properties>Build Path>add jar the same two jars from libs project. In eclipse the util project still does not compile, but now running mvn install on parent renders all "SUCCESS"

Hope this helps.

I´m now trying to update from my local plugin…

[gunnar1]

Get the sources from https://github.com/Activiti/Activiti-Designer

As already noted above: within org.activiti.designer.libs correct the Classpath and make sure build.properties looks as follows:


bin.includes = META-INF/,\
               activiti-bpmn-converter-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar,\
               activiti-bpmn-model-5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar,\
               slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar

The rest works as described at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/ACT/Activiti+Designer+Developer+Guide.
Within your Eclipse for RCP the following is important (as described in the Developer Guide):

* Add the Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF) SDK
* Add Eclipse Graphiti SDK 0.9.1 (!) from update site http://download.eclipse.org/graphiti/updates/0.9.1.

Hope that helps
Gunnar

[trademak]

Hi,

I just reproduced this issue with a fresh Eclipse Indigo RCP release.
The following steps worked for me:

1. Install Eclipse Indigo RCP
2. Install the EMF plugin
3. Install the Graphiti plugin
4. Grab the Activiti Designer source from Github
5. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse in the org.activiti.designer.parent folder
6. Import the projects into Eclipse
7. Fix the classpath of the org.activiti.designer.libs plugin. Remove the . entry and add the three JARS from the root of the plugin
8. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse in the org.activiti.designer.parent folder again (Don't really understand yet why this is necessary BTW)
9. Refresh the projects in Eclipse
10 Fix the classpath of the org.activiti.designer.libs plugin. Remove the . entry and add the three JARS from the root of the plugin (Again)

Now the workspace should be fine. You should be able to start the org.activiti.designer.gui project as an Eclipse application

Best regards,

[pitagoras]

Hi,

I just reproduced this issue with a fresh Eclipse Indigo RCP release.
The following steps worked for me:

1. Install Eclipse Indigo RCP
2. Install the EMF plugin
3. Install the Graphiti plugin
4. Grab the Activiti Designer source from Github
5. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse in the org.activiti.designer.parent folder
6. Import the projects into Eclipse
7. Fix the classpath of the org.activiti.designer.libs plugin. Remove the . entry and add the three JARS from the root of the plugin
8. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse in the org.activiti.designer.parent folder again (Don't really understand yet why this is necessary BTW)
9. Refresh the projects in Eclipse
10 Fix the classpath of the org.activiti.designer.libs plugin. Remove the . entry and add the three JARS from the root of the plugin (Again)

Now the workspace should be fine. You should be able to start the org.activiti.designer.gui project as an Eclipse application

Best regards,

Still there seems to be something missing. After all projects compile OK on eclipse,  and running gui as an Eclipse App, the editor won´t  open with this stacktrace:



org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in "org.activiti.designer.eclipse" was unable to instantiate class "org.activiti.designer.eclipse.editor.ActivitiDiagramEditor".
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.throwException(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:194)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:188)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:265)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.registry.EditorDescriptor.createEditor(EditorDescriptor.java:235)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.createPart(EditorReference.java:283)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.createPart(CompatibilityPart.java:249)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityEditor.createPart(CompatibilityEditor.java:60)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.create(CompatibilityPart.java:286)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:56)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:859)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:839)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:111)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:319)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:240)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:161)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:102)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:53)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.ContributedPartRenderer.createWidget(ContributedPartRenderer.java:141)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createWidget(PartRenderingEngine.java:896)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:630)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:732)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.access$2(PartRenderingEngine.java:703)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$7.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:697)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:682)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl$1.handleEvent(PartServiceImpl.java:91)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler$1.run(UIEventHandler.java:41)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:180)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:150)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4687)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application$1.syncExec(E4Application.java:187)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.handleEvent(UIEventHandler.java:38)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:197)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:197)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:135)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:78)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:39)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:81)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:58)
at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:374)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.ElementContainerImpl.setSelectedElement(ElementContainerImpl.java:171)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ModelServiceImpl.showElementInWindow(ModelServiceImpl.java:418)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ModelServiceImpl.bringToTop(ModelServiceImpl.java:385)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.delegateBringToTop(PartServiceImpl.java:579)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.bringToTop(PartServiceImpl.java:315)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.showPart(PartServiceImpl.java:985)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyOpenEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:3079)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.access$22(WorkbenchPage.java:3003)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$8.run(WorkbenchPage.java:2985)
at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2981)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2940)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.openEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:2923)
at org.activiti.designer.eclipse.editor.Bpmn2DiagramCreator$1.run(Bpmn2DiagramCreator.java:87)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:35)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:135)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4144)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3761)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.block(ModalContext.java:173)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext.run(ModalContext.java:388)
at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.run(WizardDialog.java:1028)
at org.activiti.designer.eclipse.ui.wizard.diagram.CreateDefaultActivitiDiagramWizard.performFinish(CreateDefaultActivitiDiagramWizard.java:128)
at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.finishPressed(WizardDialog.java:827)
at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.buttonPressed(WizardDialog.java:432)
at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog$2.widgetSelected(Dialog.java:624)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:248)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4169)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3758)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:825)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:801)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler$New.executeHandler(WizardHandler.java:259)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.WizardHandler.execute(WizardHandler.java:279)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.HandlerProxy.execute(HandlerProxy.java:290)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.E4HandlerProxy.execute(E4HandlerProxy.java:76)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:56)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invokeUsingClass(InjectorImpl.java:229)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invoke(InjectorImpl.java:210)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.invoke(ContextInjectionFactory.java:131)
at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceImpl.executeHandler(HandlerServiceImpl.java:171)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.LegacyHandlerService.executeCommand(LegacyHandlerService.java:500)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.actions.CommandAction.runWithEvent(CommandAction.java:157)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4169)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3758)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1029)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:923)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:86)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:588)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:543)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:353)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:629)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1414)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/activiti/bpmn/model/BaseElement
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:184)
… 125 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.activiti.bpmn.model.BaseElement
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:501)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:421)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:412)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
… 131 more




[trademak]

Strange, that's working fine for me. Are you using Indigo?

Best regards,

[pitagoras]

Strange, that's working fine for me. Are you using Indigo?

Best regards,

Nope, I´m using Juno.

[trademak]

Can you give it a try with Indigo?

[bwolin]

I'm having the same problem when opening the designer. I can see the model jar is present in the libs jar I've exported:

<code>
bwolin@splitrock:2073: jar tvf org.activiti.designer.libs_5.12.1.SNAPSHOT.jar
     0 Thu May 16 16:38:28 PDT 2013 META-INF/
  1209 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
151908 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 activiti-bpmn-converter-5.13-SNAPSHOT.jar
19113 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 activiti-bpmn-layout-5.12.jar
56451 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 activiti-bpmn-model-5.13-SNAPSHOT.jar
623287 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 jgraphx-1.10.4.2.jar
26083 Thu May 16 16:38:26 PDT 2013 slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar
</code>

I really need to get this working in Juno because I'm trying to release it for the SpringSource GGTS which is only released on Juno. Help sincerely appreciated. Thanks