So, I downloaded CMDBuild and ran the install as the documentation tries to say. Everything went well except for when I tried to create a process. Then the problems started. Shark was throwing a null pointer exception related to "initconnect". After many hours of surfing the net, and trying to decypher the almost incomprehensible documentation I have all but given up and are now on the verge of looking for a different solution. Is there anyone out there that can actually tell me why I keep getting this error?
Help!!!Call: services/json/workflow/xpdlversions
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Error: org.cmdbuild.workflow.CMWorkflowException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.service.TransactedSharkService$TransactedExecutor.initAndConnect(TransactedSharkService.java:49)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.service.TransactedSharkService$TransactedExecutor.execute(TransactedSharkService.java:23)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.service.TransactedSharkService.downloadAllPackages(TransactedSharkService.java:127)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.CachedProcessDefinitionStore$LazyClassNameToPackageInfoMap.fetchProcessDefinitions(CachedProcessDefinitionStore.java:119)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.CachedProcessDefinitionStore$LazyClassNameToPackageInfoMap.checkLoaded(CachedProcessDefinitionStore.java:111)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.CachedProcessDefinitionStore$LazyClassNameToPackageInfoMap.getPackageInfoByClass(CachedProcessDefinitionStore.java:98)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.CachedProcessDefinitionStore.getPackageId(CachedProcessDefinitionStore.java:209)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.CachedProcessDefinitionStore.getPackageVersions(CachedProcessDefinitionStore.java:204)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.xpdl.AbstractProcessDefinitionManager.getVersions(AbstractProcessDefinitionManager.java:37)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.ProcessClassImpl.getDefinitionVersions(ProcessClassImpl.java:167)
at org.cmdbuild.logic.workflow.DefaultWorkflowLogic.getProcessDefinitionVersions(DefaultWorkflowLogic.java:456)
at org.cmdbuild.servlets.json.Workflow.xpdlVersions(Workflow.java:238)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.cmdbuild.servlets.JSONDispatcher.dispatch(JSONDispatcher.java:97)
at org.cmdbuild.servlets.JSONDispatcher.doPost(JSONDispatcher.java:57)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:646)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.cmdbuild.filters.AuthFilter.doFilter(AuthFilter.java:158)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.cmdbuild.filters.PatchManagerFilter.doFilter(PatchManagerFilter.java:48)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.cmdbuild.filters.ConfCheckFilter.doFilter(ConfCheckFilter.java:31)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.cmdbuild.filters.TranslationFilter.doFilter(TranslationFilter.java:52)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:504)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1074)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(AprEndpoint.java:2466)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2455)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.createFault(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:222)
at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder.java:129)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.endElement(DeserializationContext.java:1087)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)
at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
at org.enhydra.shark.ejb.client.ws.WAPIEJBEndpointPortSoapBindingStub.connect(Unknown Source)
at org.cmdbuild.workflow.service.TransactedSharkService$TransactedExecutor.initAndConnect(TransactedSharkService.java:46)
... 58 more
Paul.