Cannot Set Variable From JavaScript Inline Script Task

James_Gilchrist · June 24, 2020, 6:58pm

I feel like I’m trying to the most basic of things. Set a variable with an inline script from a Script Task.

var letters = {"data": ["A", "B"]}
execution.setVariable("letters", letters)

2020-06-24 14:54:46.067  WARN 7804 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.exception    : ENGINE-REST-HTTP500 org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.exception.RestException: Cannot instantiate process definition GetPlatinumPatients:34:2aabe776-b64c-11ea-a75a-d2abd5911c6b: Cannot serialize object in variable 'letters': SPIN/DOM-XML-01030 Cannot create context
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.sub.repository.impl.ProcessDefinitionResourceImpl.submitForm(ProcessDefinitionResourceImpl.java:200)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.lambda$static$0(ResourceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory.java:52)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher$1.run(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:124)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.invoke(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:167)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider$TypeOutInvoker.doDispatch(JavaResourceMethodDispatcherProvider.java:219)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.internal.AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.dispatch(AbstractJavaResourceMethodDispatcher.java:79)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.invoke(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:469)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:391)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.model.ResourceMethodInvoker.apply(ResourceMethodInvoker.java:80)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime$1.run(ServerRuntime.java:253)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:248)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors$1.call(Errors.java:244)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:292)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:274)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.internal.Errors.process(Errors.java:244)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.RequestScope.runInScope(RequestScope.java:265)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerRuntime.process(ServerRuntime.java:232)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.handle(ApplicationHandler.java:680)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.serviceImpl(WebComponent.java:392)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:346)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:365)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:318)
	at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:205)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.filter.CacheControlFilter.doFilter(CacheControlFilter.java:45)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.filter.EmptyBodyFilter.doFilter(EmptyBodyFilter.java:99)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:541)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:367)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
	at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1639)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832)
Caused by: org.camunda.bpm.engine.ProcessEngineException: Cannot serialize object in variable 'letters': SPIN/DOM-XML-01030 Cannot create context
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.variable.serializer.AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.writeValue(AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.java:57)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.variable.serializer.AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.writeValue(AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.java:31)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.util.TypedValueField.writeValue(TypedValueField.java:172)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.util.TypedValueField.setValue(TypedValueField.java:132)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntity.<init>(VariableInstanceEntity.java:129)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntity.create(VariableInstanceEntity.java:148)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntityFactory.build(VariableInstanceEntityFactory.java:31)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.VariableInstanceEntityFactory.build(VariableInstanceEntityFactory.java:25)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.variable.scope.AbstractVariableScope.setVariableLocal(AbstractVariableScope.java:369)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.variable.scope.AbstractVariableScope.setVariable(AbstractVariableScope.java:342)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.variable.scope.AbstractVariableScope.setVariable(AbstractVariableScope.java:310)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn.scripts/jdk.nashorn.internal.scripts.Script$1$\^eval\_/0x00000008016be840.:program(<eval>:2)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunctionData.invoke(ScriptFunctionData.java:655)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunction.invoke(ScriptFunction.java:513)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime.apply(ScriptRuntime.java:527)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:456)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:413)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:409)
	at jdk.scripting.nashorn/jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.eval(NashornScriptEngine.java:162)
	at java.scripting/javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(AbstractScriptEngine.java:233)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.scripting.SourceExecutableScript.evaluateScript(SourceExecutableScript.java:125)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.scripting.SourceExecutableScript.evaluate(SourceExecutableScript.java:65)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.scripting.ExecutableScript.execute(ExecutableScript.java:63)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.scripting.env.ScriptingEnvironment.execute(ScriptingEnvironment.java:101)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.scripting.env.ScriptingEnvironment.execute(ScriptingEnvironment.java:87)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.delegate.ScriptInvocation.invoke(ScriptInvocation.java:47)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.delegate.DelegateInvocation.proceed(DelegateInvocation.java:58)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.delegate.DefaultDelegateInterceptor.handleInvocationInContext(DefaultDelegateInterceptor.java:92)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.delegate.DefaultDelegateInterceptor.handleInvocation(DefaultDelegateInterceptor.java:63)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.ScriptTaskActivityBehavior$1.call(ScriptTaskActivityBehavior.java:55)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.ScriptTaskActivityBehavior$1.call(ScriptTaskActivityBehavior.java:51)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.AbstractBpmnActivityBehavior.executeWithErrorPropagation(AbstractBpmnActivityBehavior.java:90)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.ScriptTaskActivityBehavior.performExecution(ScriptTaskActivityBehavior.java:51)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.bpmn.behavior.TaskActivityBehavior.execute(TaskActivityBehavior.java:69)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute$2.callback(PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.java:61)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute$2.callback(PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.java:50)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl.continueIfExecutionDoesNotAffectNextOperation(PvmExecutionImpl.java:1998)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.execute(PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.java:42)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.execute(PvmAtomicOperationActivityExecute.java:31)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:111)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperation(ExecutionEntity.java:645)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperation(ExecutionEntity.java:619)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl$6.callback(PvmExecutionImpl.java:1937)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl$6.callback(PvmExecutionImpl.java:1934)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl.continueExecutionIfNotCanceled(PvmExecutionImpl.java:2004)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl.dispatchDelayedEventsAndPerformOperation(PvmExecutionImpl.java:1953)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.PvmExecutionImpl.dispatchDelayedEventsAndPerformOperation(PvmExecutionImpl.java:1934)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationTransitionNotifyListenerStart.eventNotificationsCompleted(PvmAtomicOperationTransitionNotifyListenerStart.java:60)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationTransitionNotifyListenerStart.eventNotificationsCompleted(PvmAtomicOperationTransitionNotifyListenerStart.java:30)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.operation.AbstractEventAtomicOperation.execute(AbstractEventAtomicOperation.java:66)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:111)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:76)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:654)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:629)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.operation.AbstractEventAtomicOperation.execute(AbstractEventAtomicOperation.java:62)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:111)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:76)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:654)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:629)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.operation.AbstractEventAtomicOperation.execute(AbstractEventAtomicOperation.java:62)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:111)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:76)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:654)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperationSync(ExecutionEntity.java:629)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.core.operation.AbstractEventAtomicOperation.execute(AbstractEventAtomicOperation.java:62)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:111)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperation(ExecutionEntity.java:645)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperation(ExecutionEntity.java:619)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationTransitionCreateScope.scopeCreated(PvmAtomicOperationTransitionCreateScope.java:38)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationCreateScope.execute(PvmAtomicOperationCreateScope.java:54)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.pvm.runtime.operation.PvmAtomicOperationCreateScope.execute(PvmAtomicOperationCreateScope.java:28)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.AtomicOperationInvocation.execute(AtomicOperationInvocation.java:99)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.invokeNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:131)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performNext(CommandInvocationContext.java:118)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandInvocationContext.performOperation(CommandInvocationContext.java:86)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.performOperation(ExecutionEntity.java:645)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.persistence.entity.ExecutionEntity.startWithFormProperties(ExecutionEntity.java:504)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cmd.SubmitStartFormCmd.execute(SubmitStartFormCmd.java:85)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cmd.SubmitStartFormCmd.execute(SubmitStartFormCmd.java:43)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandExecutorImpl.execute(CommandExecutorImpl.java:28)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContextInterceptor.execute(CommandContextInterceptor.java:110)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor$1.doInTransaction(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:46)
	at org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate.execute(TransactionTemplate.java:140)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.spring.SpringTransactionInterceptor.execute(SpringTransactionInterceptor.java:44)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.ProcessApplicationContextInterceptor.execute(ProcessApplicationContextInterceptor.java:70)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.interceptor.LogInterceptor.execute(LogInterceptor.java:33)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.FormServiceImpl.submitStartForm(FormServiceImpl.java:79)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.sub.repository.impl.ProcessDefinitionResourceImpl.submitForm(ProcessDefinitionResourceImpl.java:188)
	... 65 more
Caused by: org.camunda.spin.xml.SpinXmlDataFormatException: SPIN/DOM-XML-01030 Cannot create context
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.DomXmlLogger.unableToCreateContext(DomXmlLogger.java:160)
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.format.spi.DefaultJaxBContextProvider.getContext(DefaultJaxBContextProvider.java:42)
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.format.spi.DefaultJaxBContextProvider.createMarshaller(DefaultJaxBContextProvider.java:49)
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.format.DomXmlDataFormatMapper.getMarshaller(DomXmlDataFormatMapper.java:166)
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.format.DomXmlDataFormatMapper.mapJavaToInternal(DomXmlDataFormatMapper.java:76)
	at org.camunda.spin.plugin.impl.SpinObjectValueSerializer.serializeToByteArray(SpinObjectValueSerializer.java:79)
	at org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.variable.serializer.AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.writeValue(AbstractSerializableValueSerializer.java:54)
	... 167 more
Caused by: spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.IllegalAnnotationsException: 1 counts of IllegalAnnotationExceptions
jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.ScriptObjectMirror does not have a no-arg default constructor.
	this problem is related to the following location:
		at jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.ScriptObjectMirror

	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.IllegalAnnotationsException$Builder.check(IllegalAnnotationsException.java:106)
	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.getTypeInfoSet(JAXBContextImpl.java:466)
	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.<init>(JAXBContextImpl.java:298)
	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.<init>(JAXBContextImpl.java:141)
	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl$JAXBContextBuilder.build(JAXBContextImpl.java:1157)
	at spinjar.com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory.createContext(ContextFactory.java:145)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
	at spinjar.javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:263)
	at spinjar.javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:250)
	at spinjar.javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.find(ContextFinder.java:447)
	at spinjar.javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:652)
	at spinjar.javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:599)
	at org.camunda.spin.impl.xml.dom.format.spi.DefaultJaxBContextProvider.getContext(DefaultJaxBContextProvider.java:39)
	... 172 more

I have the appropriate maven dependencies

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.camunda.spin</groupId>
      <artifactId>camunda-spin-core</artifactId>
      <version>1.9.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.camunda.spin</groupId>
      <artifactId>camunda-spin-dataformat-all</artifactId>
      <version>1.9.0</version>
    </dependency>

I’m also finding it hard to answer many questions of things that don’t seem well documented. Any tips?

James_Gilchrist · June 24, 2020, 7:18pm

This seems to have done the trick, but it’s not documented nor is it obvious.

James_Gilchrist · June 24, 2020, 7:36pm

And now, I have no idea how to handle it either inside JavaScript or inside a multi instance task collection definition:

        ObjectValue objectValue = execution.getVariableTyped("letters");
        if (objectValue != null) {
            LOGGER.info("LETTERS=" + objectValue.getValueSerialized());
        }

ENGINE-REST-HTTP500 org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.exception.RestException: Cannot instantiate process definition GetPlatinumPatients:43:06cbd8a7-b651-11ea-b6ba-d2abd5911c6b: Cannot serialize object in variable 'letters': SPIN/DOM-XML-01030 Cannot create context

This seems far more difficult than it needs to be.

Niall · June 25, 2020, 11:10am

Hi James,

Thanks a lot for letting us know how you’re getting on with trying to get things working with a script task.
Can you let me know what documentation you actually found while trying to do this and any high-level comments you might have around how to improve the pitfalls you’re facing.
I’ll try to bring this up when we’re talking about improving the docs.

James_Gilchrist · June 25, 2020, 2:02pm

@Niall This is about all I have to go on:
https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.13/reference/bpmn20/tasks/script-task/

However, the examples are mostly groovy, but then I ran into an issue where I didn’t have groovy. After trying to import groovy-all maven couldn’t find it. So, I figured since JS (nashor) is in the JVM to begin with I’d stick with that approach, but the serialization/deserialization processes for variables to/from scripts just isn’t discussed in the docs. Googling for errors above, just resulted in no findings.

Do you have any suggestions?

The BPMN space makes a lot of sense to me, but I keep hitting major walls when it comes to documentation on how to actually do stuff. I have noticed this with Flowable, Activiti and Camunda (obviously all quite related being a fork off the same project). Camunda seems to have the best documentation and I really like how the webapp is integrated.

Niall · June 25, 2020, 2:33pm

While it’s obviously not good that you’ve hit so many roadblocks, this might be because you’re trying to implement your process a little outside the most common use cases.
In most cases people will use JavaDelegates inside a Spring Boot application (if they like java) or they would use the External Task pattern where services are remote from the engine.

It’s a little less common (but still certifiably possible) to do a lot of scripting for the engine to run.

James_Gilchrist · June 25, 2020, 2:48pm

@Niall for sure, I totally understand that. I have since moved away from a script and instead chose to simply add a method to a service and use the service task with expression implementation. Just seems heavy for something that should be quick, but if that’s the expected approach, than that’s what I’ll stick with.

yadav1990 · December 23, 2021, 6:31am

@Niall CAMUNDA developer should not mentioned scripting feature. There is no proper documentation of javascript and why do we need to implement delegate classes for small and tricky things if can be done in script task without extra efforts.

system · January 30, 2024, 12:29pm