Overview
This version is for Appian 23.2 and above. Cloud customers on a lower version of Appian that want to install this plugin should open a support case. Self-managed customers can find the latest jar for Appian 23.1 and lower version in the folder pre-23.2
Convert, merge and generate DOCX, PDF and XML files automatically in an Appian process
Key Features & Functionality
Function: xsltransform - Transform source XML using XSL Transform
Changed the pauseonerror to False, the process model didn't stop at the node and NO DOCUMENT generated as PDF. Do find the log entry as below:
2021-01-28 09:49:07,513 [ajp-nio-0.0.0.0-8009-exec-129] ERROR com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration - java.lang.NullPointerException
PauseOnError is True in Dev as well where it is working fine. I will still try to troubleshoot by turning it to False in UAT. Wondering why will it be an issue if Dev is working all ok?
Looks like there is a bug in the error handling, can you turn `pauseOnError` to false and run again and check the logs?
2021-01-21 12:39:21,236 [ajp-nio-0.0.0.0-8009-exec-1] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest - An error occurred while executing activity: id=4199848, classname=com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.PdfFromHtml
java.lang.NullPointerException: bundleName for SmartServiceException, builder.smartServiceClass=class com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration
at com.appiancorp.suiteapi.process.exceptions.SmartServiceException.<init>(SmartServiceException.java:228)
at com.appiancorp.suiteapi.process.exceptions.SmartServiceException$Builder.build(SmartServiceException.java:145)
at com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration.run(AbstractDocumentGeneration.java:55)
at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.lambda$call$0(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131)
at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginUsageLogger.runWithPluginInformation(PluginUsageLogger.java:52)
at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131)
at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125)
at com.appiancorp.common.ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.runInContext(ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.java:25)
at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.execute(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:83)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ContinuationRequest.java:71)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:100)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.process(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:41)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessEngineServiceImpl.processUnattendedRequest(ProcessEngineServiceImpl.java:159)
at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ProcessEngineServiceImpl.processToNextAttended(ProcessEngineServiceImpl.java:210)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3446.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.appiancorp.util.MethodInvocationReflectionImpl.proceed(MethodInvocationReflectionImpl.java:23)
at com.appiancorp.security.authz.AuthorizationMethodInterceptor.invoke(AuthorizationMethodInterceptor.java:54)
at com.appiancorp.services.ServiceManager$ServiceInvocationHandler.invoke(ServiceManager.java:479)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy552.processToNextAttended(Unknown Source)
at com.appiancorp.uidesigner.TaskFormSubmissionActionRequest.call0(TaskFormSubmissionActionRequest.java:175)
at com.appiancorp.uidesigner.TaskFormSubmissionActionRequest.call0(TaskFormSubmissionActionRequest.java:68)
at com.appiancorp.uidesigner.AbstractActionRequest.call(AbstractActionRequest.java:24)
at com.appiancorp.rest.shared.WebSubmissionRequest.call0(WebSubmissionRequest.java:84)
at com.appiancorp.rest.shared.WebSubmissionRequest.call0(WebSubmissionRequest.java:52)
at com.appiancorp.rest.task.TaskRestService.reevaluateFormExpectingNormal(TaskRestService.java:736)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor3350.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:192)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$1.intercept(DispatchProviderHelper.java:83)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.expand.interceptor.ExpandInterceptor.intercept(ExpandInterceptor.java:34)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper.invokeMethodWithInterceptors(DispatchProviderHelper.java:110)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(DispatchProviderHelper.java:190)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:302)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1542)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1473)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1419)
at com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1409)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:409)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:558)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:154)
at com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.doFilter(ServletContainer.java:829)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:68)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:70)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:58)
at com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.doFilterInternal(RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:22)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.doFilter(RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:34)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)
at com.appiancorp.security.web.AppsPortalVisibilityFilter.doFilter(AppsPortalVisibilityFilter.java:79)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:389)
at com.appiancorp.tempo.util.PerformanceLogFilter.doFilter(PerformanceLogFilter.java:124)
at com.appiancorp.common.web.PathMatchExclusionFilter.doFilter(PathMatchExclusionFilter.java:68)
at com.appiancorp.security.web.FrameOptionsFilter.doFilter(FrameOptionsFilter.java:40)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.ForceSetPasswordFilter.doFilter(ForceSetPasswordFilter.java:47)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.AuthenticationStatusHeaderFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationStatusHeaderFilter.java:38)
at com.appiancorp.security.xss.XssFilter.doFilter(XssFilter.java:30)
at com.appiancorp.security.csp.CspFilter.doFilter(CspFilter.java:77)
at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:317)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.activity.UserActivityFilter.doFilter(UserActivityFilter.java:47)
at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:127)
at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:91)
at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114)
at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:137)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.rememberme.CookieTheftRedirectFilter.doFilter(CookieTheftRedirectFilter.java:37)
at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:158)
at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:170)
at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63)
at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:200)
at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:158)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
at org.springframework.security.web.access.channel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:157)
at com.appiancorp.security.csrf.CsrfChannelProcessingFilter.callSuperDoFilter(CsrfChannelProcessingFilter.java:107)
at com.appiancorp.security.csrf.CsrfChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(CsrfChannelProcessingFilter.java:93)
at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:56)
at org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:155)
at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:105)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.MobileClientValidationFilter.doFilter(MobileClientValidationFilter.java:48)
at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:214)
at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:177)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:347)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:263)
at com.appiancorp.common.web.HttpMethodOverrideFilter.doFilter(HttpMethodOverrideFilter.java:34)
at com.appiancorp.security.cors.CorsFilter.doFilter(CorsFilter.java:274)
at com.appiancorp.security.cors.CorsFilter.doFilter(CorsFilter.java:226)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.maintwindow.MaintWindowHeaderFilter.doFilter(MaintWindowHeaderFilter.java:31)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.logging.AuthenticationLoggingFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationLoggingFilter.java:37)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.mobile.MobileAuthContextFilter.doFilter(MobileAuthContextFilter.java:35)
at com.appiancorp.security.auth.AuthProviderFilter.doFilter(AuthProviderFilter.java:80)
at com.appiancorp.common.web.UserAgentFilter.doFilter(UserAgentFilter.java:40)
at com.appiancorp.security.web.DomainFilter.doFilter(DomainFilter.java:50)
at com.appiancorp.ap2.environment.EnvironmentFilter.doFilter(EnvironmentFilter.java:87)
at com.appiancorp.common.web.ThreadLocalRequestFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalRequestFilter.java:34)
at com.appiancorp.ap2.NullByteInjectionFilter.doFilter(NullByteInjectionFilter.java:32)
at com.appiancorp.ap2.EncodingFilter.doFilter(EncodingFilter.java:58)
at com.appiancorp.common.web.HttpStrictTransportSecurityFilter.doFilter(HttpStrictTransportSecurityFilter.java:50)
at com.appiancorp.common.monitoring.prometheus.HttpResponseMetricsFilter.doFilter(HttpResponseMetricsFilter.java:67)
at com.appiancorp.tomcat.cookies.AppianCookieProcessorRequestInfoStoringFilter.doFilter(AppianCookieProcessorRequestInfoStoringFilter.java:24)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:668)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:690)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343)
at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:525)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:818)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1627)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
It looks like a missing jar or older version on a jar. In order to do any debugging I would need an exampe of what you are trying.
Are you still having this issue? It may have been due to the font capitalization.
Were there any lines in the stack trace where the error occurred? This null pointer exception seems to have occurred while processing another exception, so it might not be the true issue.
If you include the entire stacktrace here it would help.
Hello there. While using PDF from HTML, we are facing following issue in one of the environment (it is working fine for lower environment):
Error Message: bundleName for SmartServiceException, builder.smartServiceClass=class com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration
Analysing logs gave further information as below:
ERROR com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest - An error occurred while executing activity: id=4xxxxx8, classname=com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.PdfFromHtml
Looked into the security aspect and all seems to be fine. Any assistance here is much appreciated.
Thanks
Hi Michael,
I have been trying to use "PDF from EML" smart service and getting this error "An error occurred in executing an Activity Class." in Appian.
Here are logs from the server -
2020-09-01 14:57:27,655 [ThreadPoolTaskExecutor-140] ERROR com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItemListener - The following exception occurred while attempting to complete work item [(WorkId: 3, WorkType: {Process Id:536870922,Point Id:536871072} Activity Metadata:{Id:536871072,ACPs:{ActivityClassParameter[name=SourceDocument,it=13,v=2175],ActivityClassParameter[name=CreateNewDocument,it=26,v=1],ActivityClassParameter[name=NewDocumentName,it=3,v=New EML PDF Generated],ActivityClassParameter[name=NewDocumentDesc,it=3,v=],ActivityClassParameter[name=SaveInFolder,it=12,v=2177],ActivityClassParameter[name=ExistingDocument,it=13,v=<null>],ActivityClassParameter[name=PauseOnError,it=26,v=1]},ARVs:{ActivityReturnVariable[name=ErrorOccurred,it=26,v=<null>],ActivityReturnVariable[name=ErrorText,it=3,v=],ActivityReturnVariable[name=NewDocumentCreated,it=13,v=<null>]}}, Response: null, ServerName: execution02)] - Exception: javax.resource.spi.work.WorkCompletedException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.<init>(Ljava/io/InputStream;Z)V at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:247) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.<init>(Ljava/io/InputStream;Z)V at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.load(InternetHeaders.java:422) at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.<init>(InternetHeaders.java:380) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.createInternetHeaders(MimeMessage.java:2304) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.parse(MimeMessage.java:353) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.<init>(MimeMessage.java:223) at org.nickrussler.mimeparser.MimeMessageConverter.convertToPdf(MimeMessageConverter.java:93) at com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.PdfFromEml.runSmartService(PdfFromEml.java:39) at com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration.run(AbstractDocumentGeneration.java:49) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.lambda$call$0(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131) at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginUsageLogger.runWithPluginInformation(PluginUsageLogger.java:52) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125) at com.appiancorp.common.ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.runInContext(ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.java:25) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.execute(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:83) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ContinuationRequest.java:71) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:100) at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36) at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:93) at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:239) ... 3 more Exception in thread "ThreadPoolTaskExecutor-140" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.sun.mail.util.LineInputStream.<init>(Ljava/io/InputStream;Z)V at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.load(InternetHeaders.java:422) at javax.mail.internet.InternetHeaders.<init>(InternetHeaders.java:380) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.createInternetHeaders(MimeMessage.java:2304) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.parse(MimeMessage.java:353) at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.<init>(MimeMessage.java:223) at org.nickrussler.mimeparser.MimeMessageConverter.convertToPdf(MimeMessageConverter.java:93) at com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.PdfFromEml.runSmartService(PdfFromEml.java:39) at com.appiancorp.ps.xmlfo.ss.AbstractDocumentGeneration.run(AbstractDocumentGeneration.java:49) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.lambda$call$0(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131) at com.appiancorp.plugins.PluginUsageLogger.runWithPluginInformation(PluginUsageLogger.java:52) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:131) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor$1.call(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125) at com.appiancorp.common.ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.runInContext(ContextClassLoaderSwitcher.java:25) at com.appiancorp.process.runtime.framework.DefaultActivityExecutor.execute(DefaultActivityExecutor.java:125) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:83) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.execute0(UnattendedJavaActivityRequest.java:55) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.executeOuter(ContinuationRequest.java:71) at com.appiancorp.process.engine.ContinuationRequest.execute(ContinuationRequest.java:100) at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.onMessage(UnattendedRequestHandlerBean.java:36) at com.appiancorp.process.workpoller.WorkItem.run(WorkItem.java:93) at org.springframework.jca.work.SimpleTaskWorkManager$DelegatingWorkAdapter.run(SimpleTaskWorkManager.java:239) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Can you please help if I am missing something?
Yogesh