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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Hi,</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I have a problem with the deploy process definition functinality with jBPM API.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I need to deploy a process definition programmatically to jBPM.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I have the next code:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>1. The string file points to webapp classpath (web/WEB-INF/classes/...)</p><p>            String file = "jbpm/testews/testews.jpdl.xml";</p><p>            ProcessDefinition processDefinition = ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource(file);           </p><p>            </p><p>2.  The string path point to absolut file path (ex: C:\test\jbpm\testews/testews.jpdl.xml)        </p><p>            String path = FileManagerFactory.getDefaultEngine().getFolder();</p><p>            File f1 = new File(path + "testews.jpdl.xml");</p><p>            ProcessDefinition processDefinition = ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource(f1);</p><p>         </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>1. works fine</p><p>2. don't work</p><p>    When i try the 2nd option  ProcessDefinition processDefinition = ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource(f1) throws the following exception:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>    </p><p>IPDMS[2011-07-13 16:49:57] ERROR (JpdlXmlReader.java:167) couldn't parse process definition</p><p>org.dom4j.DocumentException: null Nested exception: null</p><p>    at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:484)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlParser.parse(JpdlParser.java:58)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.readProcessDefinition(JpdlXmlReader.java:141)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlInputStream(ProcessDefinition.java:180)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource(ProcessDefinition.java:161)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.tramitacao.jbpm.service.JbpmService.deployProcessDefinition(JbpmService.java:78)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.tramitacao.jbpm.WorkflowWrapper.deployProcessWorkflow(WorkflowWrapper.java:306)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.services.entity.impl.ProcessoCRUDService.deployProcessIntoWorkflow(ProcessoCRUDService.java:159)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)</p><p>    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:198)</p><p>    at $Proxy13.deployProcessIntoWorkflow(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.webservices.entity.ProcessoWS.create(ProcessoWS.java:40)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:397)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:186)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:323)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:454)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:281)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:699)</p><p>    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)</p><p>    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.integration.struts.filter.StrutsTransactionFilter.doFilter(StrutsTransactionFilter.java:58)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)</p><p>    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)</p><p>    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)</p><p>    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)</p><p>    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</p><p>Nested exception: </p><p>java.net.MalformedURLException</p><p>    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLVersionDetector.determineDocVersion(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.dom4j.io.SAXReader.read(SAXReader.java:465)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlParser.parse(JpdlParser.java:58)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.jpdl.xml.JpdlXmlReader.readProcessDefinition(JpdlXmlReader.java:141)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlInputStream(ProcessDefinition.java:180)</p><p>    at org.jbpm.graph.def.ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource(ProcessDefinition.java:161)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.tramitacao.jbpm.service.JbpmService.deployProcessDefinition(JbpmService.java:78)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.tramitacao.jbpm.WorkflowWrapper.deployProcessWorkflow(WorkflowWrapper.java:306)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.services.entity.impl.ProcessoCRUDService.deployProcessIntoWorkflow(ProcessoCRUDService.java:159)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)</p><p>    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:198)</p><p>    at $Proxy13.deployProcessIntoWorkflow(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.webservices.entity.ProcessoWS.create(ProcessoWS.java:40)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.invokeMethod(RPCProvider.java:397)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.RPCProvider.processMessage(RPCProvider.java:186)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.providers.java.JavaProvider.invoke(JavaProvider.java:323)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.SOAPService.invoke(SOAPService.java:454)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.server.AxisServer.invoke(AxisServer.java:281)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServlet.doPost(AxisServlet.java:699)</p><p>    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)</p><p>    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.AxisServletBase.service(AxisServletBase.java:327)</p><p>    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</p><p>    at com.sinfic.ipdms.integration.struts.filter.StrutsTransactionFilter.doFilter(StrutsTransactionFilter.java:58)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)</p><p>    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)</p><p>    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:857)</p><p>    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:588)</p><p>    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)</p><p>    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Why?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I'm using jbpm 3.2.2 and dom4j jar files in the webapp libs.</p><p>The jBPM API have any issue with the absolute paths?</p><p>The ProcessDefinition.parseXmlResource only works with path that are in accessible with classpath?</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>sorry my poor english,</p><p>thanks in advance</p><p>Cristóvão Neto</p></div>
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