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Problem terminating concurent executions that have active sub-processes [jBPM 4.3/4.4 + Oracle]
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>I have a process that contains a fork activity with two branches - one containing a sub-process and the other any type of node from which we can terminate the whole process directly. A simplified version for test purposes would be:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><pre class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code jive-xml">
<span class="jive-xml-tag"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></span>
<span class="jive-xml-tag"><span><process name="p1"
    schemaLocation="</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://jbpm.org/4.0/jpdl" target="_blank">http://jbpm.org/4.0/jpdl</a><span> </span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/xsd/jpdl-4.0.xsd" target="_blank">http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/xsd/jpdl-4.0.xsd</a><span>"
    xmlns="</span><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://jbpm.org/4.0/jpdl" target="_blank">http://jbpm.org/4.0/jpdl</a><span>"></span></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><start g="143,27,80,40" name="start"></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition g="-54,-22" name="to fork1" to="fork1" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"></start></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><fork g="143,117,48,48" name="fork1"></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition g="-38,-22" name="to p2" to="p2" /></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition g="34,-14" name="to state1" to="state1" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"></fork></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><state g="199,214,108,52" name="state1"></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition to="join1" /></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition g="-11,-21" name="end" to="end2" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"></state></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><sub-process g="18,227,92,52" name="p2" sub-process-key="p2"></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition to="join1" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"></sub-process></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><join g="141,334,48,48" name="join1"></span>
        <span class="jive-xml-tag"><transition to="end" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"></join></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><end-cancel g="405,217,92,102" name="end2" /></span>
    <span class="jive-xml-tag"><end g="141,446,80,40" name="end" /></span>
<span class="jive-xml-tag"></process></span>
</code></pre><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>When I run the process and try to signal node 'state1' to end the whole process I get a constraint violation :</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p><span style="color:red">
org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException: could not delete: <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl#10002">org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl#10002</a>
    at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:94)
    at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:66)
    at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.delete(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2569)
    at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.delete(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2725)
    at org.hibernate.action.EntityDeleteAction.execute(EntityDeleteAction.java:97)
    at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.execute(ActionQueue.java:279)
    at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:263)
    at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:172)
    at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:321)
    at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultAutoFlushEventListener.onAutoFlush(DefaultAutoFlushEventListener.java:64)
    at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.autoFlushIfRequired(SessionImpl.java:996)
    at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.list(SessionImpl.java:1141)
    at org.hibernate.impl.QueryImpl.list(QueryImpl.java:102)
    at org.hibernate.impl.AbstractQueryImpl.uniqueResult(AbstractQueryImpl.java:835)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.hibernate.DbSessionImpl.findProcessInstanceByIdIgnoreSuspended(DbSessionImpl.java:211)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.hibernate.DbSessionImpl.deleteProcessInstance(DbSessionImpl.java:251)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.end(ExecutionImpl.java:382)
    at org.jbpm.jpdl.internal.activity.EndActivity.execute(EndActivity.java:82)
    at org.jbpm.jpdl.internal.activity.EndActivity.execute(EndActivity.java:45)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.op.ExecuteActivity.perform(ExecuteActivity.java:60)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.performAtomicOperationSync(ExecutionImpl.java:656)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.performAtomicOperation(ExecutionImpl.java:616)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model.ExecutionImpl.signal(ExecutionImpl.java:417)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.SignalCmd.execute(SignalCmd.java:61)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.cmd.SignalCmd.execute(SignalCmd.java:35)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.DefaultCommandService.execute(DefaultCommandService.java:42)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.tx.SpringCommandCallback.doInTransaction(SpringCommandCallback.java:45)
    at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:128)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.tx.SpringTransactionInterceptor.execute(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:55)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.EnvironmentInterceptor.executeInNewEnvironment(EnvironmentInterceptor.java:53)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.EnvironmentInterceptor.execute(EnvironmentInterceptor.java:40)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.RetryInterceptor.execute(RetryInterceptor.java:55)
    at org.jbpm.pvm.internal.svc.ExecutionServiceImpl.signalExecutionById(ExecutionServiceImpl.java:88)
    at org.jbpm.test.SubprocessTest.testEndWithActiveSubprocesses(SubprocessTest.java:25)
    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.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringTestMethod.invoke(SpringTestMethod.java:160)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringMethodRoadie.runTestMethod(SpringMethodRoadie.java:233)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringMethodRoadie$RunBeforesThenTestThenAfters.run(SpringMethodRoadie.java:333)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringMethodRoadie.runWithRepetitions(SpringMethodRoadie.java:217)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringMethodRoadie.runTest(SpringMethodRoadie.java:197)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringMethodRoadie.run(SpringMethodRoadie.java:143)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.invokeTestMethod(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:160)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner.runMethods(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:51)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner$1.run(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:44)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runUnprotected(ClassRoadie.java:27)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.ClassRoadie.runProtected(ClassRoadie.java:37)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit4ClassRunner.run(JUnit4ClassRunner.java:42)
    at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:97)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:49)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
Caused  by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-02292: violation de contrainte  (BDOOA.FK_EXEC_SUPEREXEC) d'intégrité - enregistrement fils existant
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:112)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:331)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CTTIoer.processError(T4CTTIoer.java:288)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4C8Oall.receive(T4C8Oall.java:745)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.doOall8(T4CPreparedStatement.java:216)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CPreparedStatement.executeForRows(T4CPreparedStatement.java:966)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:1170)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeInternal(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3339)
    at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:3423)
    at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.delete(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2551)
    ... 54 more
</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I investigated the problem and I found out that it is due to the fact that we never try to terminate an existing sub-process from within the ExecutionImpl.end() method. It causes a delete of the parent execution row although it is still referenced by SUPEREXEC_ column of the sub-process.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I created a patch that works and that consists on adding the following code to ExecutionImpl.end(String state) (my code in the middle paragraph):</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><pre class="jive-pre"><code class="jive-code">
   // end all child executions
   // making a copy of the executions to prevent ConcurrentMoidificationException
    List<ExecutionImpl> executionsToEnd = new ArrayList<ExecutionImpl>(executions);
    for (ExecutionImpl child: executionsToEnd) {
      child.end(state);
    }
    // terminates the sub-process if it exists
    if(subProcessInstance != null) {
    // to avoid the return signal (see superProcessExecution.signal() in the end(String state) method)
        subProcessInstance.setSuperProcessExecution(null);
        subProcessInstance.end(state);
    }
    setState(state);
</code></pre><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I don't know if it is the right approach but it works pretty much fine. Do you think it's the right way to do it?</p><p>I created a jira where I join the patch and a test module.</p></div>
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