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[BPMN2] EventDefinitionsRef [message #635544]

Wed, 27 October 2010 06:05

Eclipse User

Hi all,

I'm trying to use the eventDefinitionsRef element in a bpmn2 model. This, because I need to have an EventDefinitions element that is reusable throughout a process model (the intended use for eventDefinitionsRef).

Creating a simple model with the BPMN2-ecore model (generated from a resource with the Bpmn2ResourceFactoryImpl) gives following XML file:

<bpmn:definitions ...>
  <bpmn:signalEventDefinition id="SignalDefinitionId" signalRef="signal"/>
  <bpmn:process id="newProcessId">
    <bpmn:startEvent id="newStartEventId1">
      <bpmn:eventDefinitionRef>SignalDefinitionId</bpmn:eventDefinitionRef>
    </bpmn:startEvent>
    <bpmn:startEvent id="newStartEventId2">
      <bpmn:eventDefinitionRef>SignalDefinitionId</bpmn:eventDefinitionRef>
    </bpmn:startEvent>
  </bpmn:process>
  <bpmn:signal id="signal"/>
</bpmn:definitions>

Notice two start events refering to the same EventDefinitions object. However, when trying to load this model again in EMF with the Bpmn2ResourceFactoryImpl, I get following error:

 org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.ClassNotFoundException: Class 'tEventDefinition' is not found or is abstract.

Always referring to the eventDefinitionRef element.
So saving with an EventDefinitionRef element works, but loading doesn't...

Does anyone know what is going wrong here?

Thanks,
Pieter

Re: [BPMN2] EventDefinitionsRef [SOLVED] [message #635594 is a reply to message #635544]

Wed, 27 October 2010 09:19

Eclipse User

Adding xsi:type="bpmn:tSignalEventDefinition" to the eventDefinitionsRef does the trick.

<bpmn:startEvent id="newStartEventId1">
<bpmn:eventDefinitionRef xsi:type="bpmn:tSignalEventDefinition">SignalDefinitionId
</bpmn:eventDefinitionRef>
</bpmn:startEvent>

To have this automatically when serializing a model, comment out

 //result.getDefaultSaveOptions().put(XMLResource.OPTION_SAVE_TYPE_INFORMATION,
 //        new OnlyContainmentTypeInfo());

in Bpmn2ResourceFactory

[Updated on: Wed, 27 October 2010 09:20] by Moderator

Re: [BPMN2] EventDefinitionsRef [SOLVED] [message #635614 is a reply to message #635594]

Wed, 27 October 2010 10:06

Eclipse User

Hello Pieter,

we have seen this error before (see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=316591#c17), but it should have been fixed and work correctly in the current version from our repository. I'm not able to reproduce it with the current state of the BPMN2 implementation.

Which version of the BPMN2 plugins (i.e. from which date) do you use?

The solution that you've posted (removing OnlyContainmentTypeInfo) leads to problems in other areas, namely references stored in attributes (please see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=316591#c21 for further information).

Thanks,
Henning

Re: [BPMN2] EventDefinitionsRef [SOLVED] [message #635809 is a reply to message #635614]

Thu, 28 October 2010 04:19

Eclipse User

Thank you! It works now.

I was using old code from July 2010, but did an update from the Git repository earlier this week. For some weird reason, this update was unsuccessful.

I did a clean fetch, and everything is good.

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