This could be related to TX management. I experienced this error while fixing some bugs in DroolsSpringJPAManager and DroolsSpringTransactionManager. Are you using drools-spring integration? Best, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Esteban Aliverti - Developer @ http://www.plugtree.com - Blog @ http://ilesteban.wordpress.com On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Chrystall, Greg <GChrystall(a)nds.com&gt; wrote:

I have just tried my project in drools 5.0.1 and get the same problem, I don't think that I can be the only one to have hit this, I must be doing something wrong. I will investigate and report any findings. From: rules-dev-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Chrystall, Greg Sent: 20 August 2010 09:36 To: Rules Dev List Subject: Re: [rules-dev] drools-persistence-jpa ProcessInstanceInfo processInstanceId No I am not using spring, I am using the Bitronix TM as described in the drools docs. I am using version 5.1. The thing I find strange is that there is no possible way for the field to be anything but null, it looks like it is just leftover from some old code, I am not sure why JPAProcessInstanceManager is trying to get the value either... From: rules-dev-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Esteban Aliverti Sent: 19 August 2010 19:01 To: Rules Dev List Subject: Re: [rules-dev] drools-persistence-jpa ProcessInstanceInfo processInstanceId This could be related to TX management. I experienced this error while fixing some bugs in DroolsSpringJPAManager and DroolsSpringTransactionManager. Are you using drools-spring integration? Best, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Esteban Aliverti - Developer @ http://www.plugtree.com - Blog @ http://ilesteban.wordpress.com On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Chrystall, Greg <GChrystall@nds.com<mailto:GChrystall@nds.com>> wrote: Hi, Is there some magic going on in ProcessInstanceInfo? As far as I can tell there is no way that the processInstanceId can ever have a non-null value. This causes a null pointer exception when called from JPAProcessInstanceManager line 37 because it will try and unbox null to a long. Can anyone explain what is supposed to happen? Thanks, Greg ________________________________ ************************************************************************************** This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the postmaster@nds.com<mailto:postmaster@nds.com> and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails as well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 4EX, United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 3080780. VAT no. GB 603 8808 40-00 ************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ rules-dev mailing list rules-dev@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-dev@lists.jboss.org> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-dev ________________________________ ************************************************************************************** This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the postmaster(a)nds.com and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails as well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 4EX, United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 3080780. VAT no. GB 603 8808 40-00 ************************************************************************************** ________________________________ ************************************************************************************** This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the postmaster(a)nds.com and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails as well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 4EX, United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 3080780. VAT no. GB 603 8808 40-00 **************************************************************************************

I am using hsqldb. I think I confused myself because there is no setter, the annotation is on the field, but still for some reason the id does not get generated. From: rules-dev-bounces(a)lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Mauricio Salatino Sent: 20 August 2010 15:05 To: Rules Dev List Subject: Re: [rules-dev] drools-persistence-jpa ProcessInstanceInfo processInstanceId The processInstanceId is an auto generated value when the transaction is committed to the database. Which database vendor are you using? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Chrystall, Greg <GChrystall@nds.com<mailto:GChrystall@nds.com>> wrote: I have just tried my project in drools 5.0.1 and get the same problem, I don't think that I can be the only one to have hit this, I must be doing something wrong. I will investigate and report any findings. From: rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org> [mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org>] On Behalf Of Chrystall, Greg Sent: 20 August 2010 09:36 To: Rules Dev List Subject: Re: [rules-dev] drools-persistence-jpa ProcessInstanceInfo processInstanceId No I am not using spring, I am using the Bitronix TM as described in the drools docs. I am using version 5.1. The thing I find strange is that there is no possible way for the field to be anything but null, it looks like it is just leftover from some old code, I am not sure why JPAProcessInstanceManager is trying to get the value either... From: rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org> [mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org<mailto:rules-dev-bounces@lists.jboss.org>] On Behalf Of Esteban Aliverti Sent: 19 August 2010 19:01 To: Rules Dev List Subject: Re: [rules-dev] drools-persistence-jpa ProcessInstanceInfo processInstanceId This could be related to TX management. I experienced this error while fixing some bugs in DroolsSpringJPAManager and DroolsSpringTransactionManager. Are you using drools-spring integration? Best, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Esteban Aliverti - Developer @ http://www.plugtree.com - Blog @ http://ilesteban.wordpress.com On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Chrystall, Greg <GChrystall@nds.com<mailto:GChrystall@nds.com>> wrote: Hi, Is there some magic going on in ProcessInstanceInfo? As far as I can tell there is no way that the processInstanceId can ever have a non-null value. This causes a null pointer exception when called from JPAProcessInstanceManager line 37 because it will try and unbox null to a long. Can anyone explain what is supposed to happen? Thanks, Greg ________________________________ ************************************************************************************** This message is confidential and intended only for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the postmaster@nds.com<mailto:postmaster@nds.com> and delete it from your system as well as any copies. The content of e-mails as well as traffic data may be monitored by NDS for employment and security purposes. To protect the environment please do not print this e-mail unless necessary. NDS Limited. Registered Office: One London Road, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 4EX, United Kingdom. A company registered in England and Wales. Registered no. 3080780. VAT no. 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