Unable to use Date Object in Script Task

[caiw]

Hi,

When I try to use a Date object (javascript) in a script task I get the following exception:

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com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException
Cause: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException
Cause: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: coudn't deserialize value 'sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.NativeDate@d99967' in variable 'tD'
   at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:510)
   at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:164)
   at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent.fireEvent(AbstractComponent.java:1193)
   at com.vaadin.ui.Button.fireClick(Button.java:539)
   at com.vaadin.ui.Button.changeVariables(Button.java:206)
   at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariableBurst(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1299)
   at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariables(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1219)
   at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.doHandleUidlRequest(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:735)
   at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.CommunicationManager.handleUidlRequest(CommunicationManager.java:296)
   at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractApplicationServlet.service(AbstractApplicationServlet.java:501)
   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
   at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
   at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
   at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException
Cause: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: coudn't deserialize value 'sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.NativeDate@d99967' in variable 'tD'
   at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:510)
   at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:164)
   at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent.fireEvent(AbstractComponent.java:1193)
   at org.activiti.explorer.ui.form.FormPropertiesForm.access$000(FormPropertiesForm.java:46)
   at org.activiti.explorer.ui.form.FormPropertiesForm$1.buttonClick(FormPropertiesForm.java:145)
   at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor189.invoke(Unknown Source)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
   at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:490)
   … 22 more

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This is the javascript code I use (I'm going to set the date according to a process variable later, but first I must be able to create a Date object..):

//set timeDate
var tD = new Date();

Why?

Thanks,
caiw

[frederikherema1]

Try fully-qualifying the "new Date()" -> "new java.util.Date()", as "new Date()" is a javascript-type…

[caiw]

Thank you, that worked better!

Now I need to convert the date to ISO-8601 format to use it in a TimerCatchingEvent, as Time date.
In the same script task as before, I tried using:

var timeDate = tD.toISOString();

but got the following exception:
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Cause: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException
Cause: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: problem evaluating script: sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.EcmaError: TypeError: Cannot find function toISOString. (#41) in  at line number 41
at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:510)
at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:164)
at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent.fireEvent(AbstractComponent.java:1193)
at com.vaadin.ui.Button.fireClick(Button.java:539)
at com.vaadin.ui.Button.changeVariables(Button.java:206)
at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariableBurst(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1299)
at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.handleVariables(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:1219)
at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractCommunicationManager.doHandleUidlRequest(AbstractCommunicationManager.java:735)
at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.CommunicationManager.handleUidlRequest(CommunicationManager.java:296)
at com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.AbstractApplicationServlet.service(AbstractApplicationServlet.java:501)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod$MethodException
Cause: org.activiti.engine.ActivitiException: problem evaluating script: sun.org.mozilla.javascript.internal.EcmaError: TypeError: Cannot find function toISOString. (#41) in  at line number 41
at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:510)
at com.vaadin.event.EventRouter.fireEvent(EventRouter.java:164)
at com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent.fireEvent(AbstractComponent.java:1193)
at org.activiti.explorer.ui.form.FormPropertiesForm.access$000(FormPropertiesForm.java:46)
at org.activiti.explorer.ui.form.FormPropertiesForm$1.buttonClick(FormPropertiesForm.java:145)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor112.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.vaadin.event.ListenerMethod.receiveEvent(ListenerMethod.java:490)
… 22 more

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I've tried different browsers (that are supposed to support Date.prototype.toISOString) but I get the same exception every time.

Is there another way to convert a date object to ISO-format for use in the TimerCatchingEvent?

Thanks,
caiw

[frederikherema1]

You could write a java-class that does this and instantiate it from JavaScript or alter the ScriptBindings, activiti uses to expose additional java-objects on top of the process-variables that are present now…

[frederikherema1]

And by the way, the Javascript is executed on the server, so it doesn't matter what browser you use to access the Vaadin-app anyway…