Utilities Blog by JuCa Cruz: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tip: How to type ñ in a Mac

If you’re composing an invitation to a piñata party and you’re wondering how to type that ñ, here’s how:

Press and hold Option…

…while pressing n…

…then release and press n again, alone…

…to type this:

Also:
Option + E, then E again → é
Option + U, then E → ë
Option + C → ç

Thursday, September 15, 2011

No application context active with JBoss Seam

When I was implementing an ASYNC call to a JBPM process using my RESTEasy (seam) component, I was having a really hard time, because each time I made a SYNC request, I got a successful response from my JBPM process (where I use some Seam Components) but when I switched to an ASYNC call by using Threads

I always got

org.jbpm.graph.def.DelegationException: No application context active
 at org.jbpm.graph.def.GraphElement.raiseException(GraphElement.java:359)
 at org.jbpm.graph.def.GraphElement.raiseException(GraphElement.java:350)
 at org.jbpm.graph.node.Decision.execute(Decision.java:165)
 at org.jbpm.graph.def.Node.enter(Node.java:375)
 at org.jbpm.graph.def.Transition.take(Transition.java:151)
 at org.jbpm.graph.def.Node.leave(Node.java:453)
 at org.jbpm.graph.exe.Token.signal(Token.java:214)
 at org.jbpm.graph.exe.Token.signal(Token.java:143)
 at org.jbpm.graph.exe.ProcessInstance.signal(ProcessInstance.java:287)
 at com.kaplan.jbpm.main.integration.SimpleRtcapProcessRunnerAsync.executeProcessInstance(SimpleRtcapProcessRunnerAsync.java:87)
 at com.kaplan.jbpm.main.integration.SimpleRtcapProcessRunnerAsync.run(SimpleRtcapProcessRunnerAsync.java:119)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No application context active
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.forName(Component.java:1945)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:2005)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1983)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1977)
 at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1972)
 at com.kaplan.jbpm.decision.integration.EnrollmentExistDecisionHandler.decide(EnrollmentExistDecisionHandler.java:34)
 at org.jbpm.graph.node.Decision.execute(Decision.java:91)
 ... 8 more

Then I found a really dirty workaround, before making any call like this one
Make sure that the Context is Active (On my case I did it on a method that I wrote to retrieve Seam Components on an abstract parent class for all my Handlers: ActivityBehaviour or DecisionHandler)
By doing this you'll bypass that issue, I still need to verify if it doesn't impact the performance of my process or if there is any other way.

FYI: This is my RESTEasy Component :)

@Name("onlineIntegrationServiceJbpm")
@Path("/onlineIntegrationJbpm")
//@Path("/secure/onlineIntegrationJbpm")
@Encoded
public class OnlineIntegrationService implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 6879471718589948956L;

private static final LogProvider log = Logging.getLogProvider(OnlineIntegrationService.class);
 
 @In(value="rtcapProcessExecutor", create=true, required=true)
 private RtcapProcessRunner rtcapProcessRunner;
 
 private final String CODE_WORD = KapConfig.getString("bulk_post_code_word");

/**
  * Starts the online integration process for a given enrollmentId
  *
  * @param enrollmentId
  * @param sysName
  * @param msgId
  * @param callbackUrl
  * @return MessageEntity
  */
 private MessageEntity processRequestOnJbpm4(final String enrollmentId,
   final String sysName, final String msgId, final String callbackUrl) {

MessageEntity messageEntity = new MessageEntity();
  messageEntity.setCallbackUrl(callbackUrl);
  messageEntity.setEnrollmentId(enrollmentId);
  messageEntity.setMsgId(msgId);
  messageEntity.setSysName(sysName);

log.debug("Start Online Integration for "+ GenericConstants.ENROLLMENT_ID + "=" + enrollmentId + " for "+ sysName + ", messageId=" + msgId+" with JBPM4***");
  log.info(GenericConstants.ENROLLMENT_ID + "=" + enrollmentId+ "::sysName=" + sysName + "::messageId=" + msgId+ "::callBackUrl=" + callbackUrl);
  
  // Generate Map of variables to be passed to jBPM Process
  Map<String, Object> variablesMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
  variablesMap.put(GenericConstants.ENROLLMENT_ID, enrollmentId);// This is the important!
  variablesMap.put(GenericConstants.SYSTEM_NAME, sysName);
  variablesMap.put(GenericConstants.MESSAGE_ID, msgId);
  variablesMap.put(GenericConstants.CALLBACK_URL, callbackUrl);
  
  this.rtcapProcessRunner.executeProcessInstance(variablesMap, messageEntity);
  
  return messageEntity;
 }
  
 /**
  * Handles POST method.<br>
  * Receives as parameter a complex XML (event driven) message
  * 
  * @param xmlreqdocParam Parameter
  *  @param xmlreqdocBody Part of the body (Parameter coming from Form)
  *  @param oneWay
  * @return String
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 @POST
 @Produces("application/xml")
 public String doPost(@QueryParam("xmlreqdoc") final String xmlreqdocParam,   
   @FormParam("xmlreqdoc") final String xmlreqdocBody,
   @DefaultValue("false") @QueryParam("oneway") final Boolean oneWay) {
  MessageEntity messageEntity = null;
  String xmlreqdoc =  StringUtils.isNotEmpty(xmlreqdocBody)?xmlreqdocBody:xmlreqdocParam;
  String enrollmentId = null;
  String sysName = null;
  String msgId = null;
  String callbackUrl = null;

KaplanEventMsg kaplanEventMsg = (KaplanEventMsg) XMLUtil.unmarshall("com.kaplan.platform.event", xmlreqdoc);   
  
  if(kaplanEventMsg!=null
    && kaplanEventMsg.getAbstractEvent()!=null){
   JAXBElement<EvtTypeEnrollment> evtTypeEnrollment = (JAXBElement<EvtTypeEnrollment>) kaplanEventMsg.getAbstractEvent();
   enrollmentId = evtTypeEnrollment.getValue().getEnrollment().getId();
   sysName = evtTypeEnrollment.getValue().getEvtSysName();
   msgId = evtTypeEnrollment.getValue().getEnrollment().getCode();
   callbackUrl = evtTypeEnrollment.getValue().getEnrollment().getCallback();   
  }
  
  messageEntity = this.processRequestOnJbpm4(enrollmentId, sysName, msgId, callbackUrl);
  
  return XMLUtil.serializeObject(messageEntity);
 }
 
 
 /**
  * Handles GET method using simple parameters and Path variables
  * 
  * @param enrollmentId
  * @param sysName
  * @param msgId
  * @param callbackUrl
  * @return String
  */
 @GET
 @Path("/{enrollmentId}/{codeword}")
 @Produces("application/xml")
 public String doGet(@PathParam("enrollmentId") final String enrollmentId,
   @DefaultValue("Local") @QueryParam("sysName") final String sysName,
   @QueryParam("msgId") final String msgId,
   @DefaultValue("http://127.0.0.1:8080/") @QueryParam("callbackUrl") final String callbackUrl,
   @PathParam("codeword") final String codeword) {
  MessageEntity messageEntity = null;
  
  if(CODE_WORD.equals(codeword)){ 
   messageEntity = this.processRequestOnJbpm4(enrollmentId, sysName, new VMID().toString(), callbackUrl);
  }else{
   log.warn("Invalid codeword while using GET method");
   messageEntity = new MessageEntity();
   messageEntity.setEnrollmentId(enrollmentId);
   messageEntity.setSysName(sysName);
   messageEntity.setCallbackUrl(callbackUrl);
   messageEntity.setErrorMessage("Invalid codeword while using GET method");
  }
  
  return XMLUtil.serializeObject(messageEntity);
 }
 
}

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Show non-printable characters in VI

You just KNOW there's a stray tab or other character in this file, right? So how can you display these characters in vi?

[ESC] to get into command mode
:set list

Look through the file. Tabs will be ^I, DOS-style end-of-lines will be ^M, etc.

To go back:

[ESC] to get into command mode
:set nolist

Sunday, September 4, 2011

How to do print screen in Mac OS X

Yesterday, I wanted to do a print screen in Mac OS X but there is not print screen button in Mac keyboard o_O
There are few ways to do screen capture in Mac OS X.
Follow the steps below and you will be able to do a screen capture in Mac OS X.

Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 3 and release all keys
Hold down Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4 and release all keys

My favorite is the second option, the result will be on your desktop a new Image File :D