[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBPM-992) ProcessClassLoader : cannot load resource from code deployed inside a process archive

[Adrian Dimulescu (JIRA)]

ProcessClassLoader : cannot load resource from code deployed inside a process archive
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                 Key: JBPM-992
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-992
             Project: JBoss jBPM
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Core Engine
    Affects Versions: jBPM jPDL 3.2
         Environment: enterprise JBPM : process archive deployed and serialized into database
            Reporter: Adrian Dimulescu
         Assigned To: Tom Baeyens
             Fix For:  jBPM jPDL 3.2.1


A Java class deployed with a process archive may need access to a class path resource deployed in the same process archive.

A common example is an ActionHandler implementation that calls a remote EJB and needs a jndi.properties file containin remote appserver location. In order to load that it calls :

this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("jndi.properties")

This call generates a java.lang.NullPointerException which I think justifies the classification of this issue as a bug.

Looking inside the ProcessClassLoader class, I see that in order to load a class, a "classes/" prefix. Indeed, the "par" format wants that all compiled classes be locates underneath the "classes/" directory. The JBPM_BYTEARRAY.NAME_ field in the database table confirms this : the NAME_ of the jndi.properties resource is : "classes/jndi.properties".

Still the ProcessClassLoader.getResourceAsStream method does not use the classes prefix. 

The fix look thus simple, i.e. adding that prefix.

Second problem :  if the resource is not found, a delegation should be made to the parent classloader.

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