Problems with Exception longer 4000 characters in AtcionLog ----------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPM-556 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-556 Project: JBoss jBPM Issue Type: Bug Components: Core Engine Affects Versions: jBPM 3.0.2, jBPM 3.1 beta 3 Reporter: Bernd Ruecker Assigned To: Tom Baeyens Original Estimate: 5 minutes Remaining Estimate: 5 minutes In the ActionLog public void setException(Throwable exception) { StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter(); exception.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter)); this.exception = stringWriter.toString(); } a exception is thrown if the exception has more than 4000 characters (at least with Oracle). This code can be fixed easyly: public void setException(Throwable exception) { StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter(); exception.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter)); String st = stringWriter.toString(); // perhaps can not write more tha 4000 chars to database field (e.g. Oracle) if (st.length()>4000) st = st.substring(0, 4000); this.exception = st; } By the way, this is already done correctly in Timers (Timer.java) :-) Perhaps some refactoring to centralize thi issue would be nice (for example a String getExceptionAsString(Throwble t) helper-method). if (t!=null) { log.error("unhandled timer exception", t); // this means an unhandled exception occurred in this timer StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); actionException.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(sw)); exception = sw.toString(); if (exception.length()>4000) exception = exception.substring(0, 4000); }