How to run CSURLExternalClass from command line?

I'm currently working with TS 6.7.2 SP2 + P1 on W2K3.

I have a Java class that I created for use in a WFM that implements the CSURLExternalTask interface and while I can run make_toolkit.ipl and then launch a workflow to test it - I'd like to find out how to run the same class / program from the command line.

I assume that I need to include something like the following in my .java file:

...
    private static void main(String[] args) {
        CSFactory factory = CSFactory.getFactory(null);
        try {
            CSClient client = factory.getClientForTrustedUser("DOMAIN\\userid", "master", null, null, "SERVER_NAME");
            Hashtable myhash = new Hashtable();
            CSTask task = client.getTask(new Integer(args[0]));
// call default constructor implicitly created, to get a handle on the class
MyClassname obj = new MyClassname(); 
// call the execute() method with the expected arguments - hopefully
            obj.execute(client, (CSExternalTask)task, myhash);
        } catch (CSException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    ...

So, the first question is - does the above look about right? I am expecting to pass in a taskid from the command line, which should be all that I need to get the CSTask (CSExternalTask) object as long as a I have an authenticated CSClient object - right? And I believe those are the only two things I need to call the execute method (I've yet to figure out what the hashtable is for and haven't bothered to look inside it to see if there's anything there)

Assuming that the above looks "about" right - the next question is - How do I invoke it from the command line?

If I build it with make_toolkit.ipl - the results will be stored somewhere within

.../content_center/customer_src/.../bin/...

or they'll also be in

.../content_center/customer_out/...

. The first path seems a little easier since I'll have a command prompt open and sitting in customer_src from which to run the make_toolkit.ipl command - so, for the sake of providing a use-case example:

I'm sure it's something simple that I'm doing wrong, but I haven't figured it out yet, so if someone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

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vpatel

java -cp .\src\eFish\bin com.eFish.MyClassname taskid
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/interwoven/cssdk/workflow/CSURLExternalTask

Seems like its not able to find CSURLExternalTask -- you probably need to add all necessary JAR files to the path. Also I am not sure if there is a space between your class path and the actual package name or is it just that the forum posting has formatting issue?

Crsb

[QUOTE=ghoti]I'm currently working with TS 6.7.2 SP2 + P1 on W2K3.
Assuming that the above looks "about" right - the next question is - How do I invoke it from the command line?
...
If I build it with make_toolkit.ipl - the results will be stored somewhere within

.../content_center/customer_src/.../bin/...

or they'll also be in

.../content_center/customer_out/...

Assuming that your MyClass.java was compiled successfully and MyClass.class lives in iwhome/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish, and assuming that you need at least cssdkjava.jar for CSFactory and CSExternalTask, log4j-1.2.14.jar for logger (libraries you need depend on the imports you are making).c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java -classpath "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/log4j-1.2.14.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkjava.jar" MyClass

Adam Stoller

Hmm - well that idea seems to get me a bit closer (I think) but I'm still not there. I threw together a batch script:

set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java
set CCsrc=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src
set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib

%JAVA% -classpath "%CCSRC%/eFish/bin/com/eFish;%WEBINF%/log4j.1.2.14.jar;%WEBINF%/cssdkjava.jar" com.eFish.WFAuditFile %*

I then tried running it, passing in the taskid (5296) on the command line - and I get this:


C:\iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src>set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java 

C:\iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src>set CCsrc=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src 

C:\iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src>set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib 

C:\iw-home\local\config\lib\content_center\customer_src>c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java -classpath "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/log4j.1.2.14.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkjava.jar" com.eFish.WFAuditFile 5296 
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/eFish/WFAuditFile

(if I just use WFAuditFile instead of com.eFish.WFAuditFile I get an error indicating "

(wrong name com/eFish/WFAuditFile)

"

I'm sure it's some piece of syntactic juxtaposition that I have wrong, but I'm not sure what piece(s) need to be fixed in order to get it to work. So - I'm still looking for suggestions... (Perl is sooooo much easier ;-))

Crsb

try changing
c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish to c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/ then use com.eFish.WFAuditFile

i am sure you already verified that you are calling the right classname Smiley Happy

and that the .class file exists in c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish

vpatel

try changing
c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish to c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/ then use com.eFish.WFAuditFile

i am sure you already verified that you are calling the right classname and that the .class file exists in c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_src/src/eFish/bin/com/eFish

Standard practice would be to not have your .class files in "src" directory. Additionally, if you did a build via make_toolkit, your output was compiled into a customer.jar file. You'll have to include that in your path. Alternatively you could try running the command from customer_src_out -- that's where the .class files are located.

Adam Stoller

Standard practice would be to not have your .class files in "src" directory. Additionally, if you did a build via make_toolkit, your output was compiled into a customer.jar file. You'll have to include that in your path. Alternatively you could try running the command from customer_src_out -- that's where the .class files are located.

Okay - that makes sense - so I changed the batch script a bit:

set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java
set CCOUT=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out
set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib

%JAVA% -classpath "%CCOUT%/customer.jar;%WEBINF%/log4j.1.2.14.jar;%WEBINF%/cssdkjava.jar" com.eFish.WFAuditFile %*

But I now get the NoClassDefFoundError for "

com/interwoven/cssdk/workflow/CSURLExternalTask

" which I suppose means I need more jars from WEBINF besides cssdkjava.jar.

I'll tinker with it a bit and see if I can figure out all the [expletive deleted] jar files I need to include in the class path...

Crsb

Standard practice would be to not have your .class files in "src" directory. Additionally, if you did a build via make_toolkit, your output was compiled into a customer.jar file. You'll have to include that in your path. Alternatively you could try running the command from customer_src_out -- that's where the .class files are located.

Ops i missed the make_toolkit part, true make_toolkit compiles it to customer.jar so the classpath should include "c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/customer.jar" or "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out/customer.jar" or "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out/folder_structure..."

But I now get the NoClassDefFoundError for "com/interwoven/cssdk/workflow/CSURLExternalTask" which I suppose means I need more jars from WEBINF besides cssdkjava.jar.

cssdkiface.jar for CS worfklow tasks

Adam Stoller

cssdkiface.jar for CS worfklow tasks

Yeah - figured that out - so we're getting a bit further:[batch script]

set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java
set CCOUT=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out
set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib

%JAVA% -classpath "%CCOUT%/customer.jar;%WEBINF%/log4j.1.2.14.jar;%WEBINF%/cssdkjava.jar;%WEBINF%/cssdkiface.jar" com.eFish.WFAuditFile %*

plus I had to make my 'main' method public (heh, nobody noticed that mistake ;-) - so it now looks like:

 @SuppressWarnings({ "unused", "unchecked" })
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  CSFactory factory = CSFactory.getFactory(null);
  try {
   CSClient client = factory.getClientForTrustedUser("DOMAIN\\userid", "master", null, null, "SERVER");
   Hashtable myhash = new Hashtable();
   CSTask task = client.getTask(new Integer(args[0]));
   WFAuditFile obj = new WFAuditFile();
   obj.execute(client, (CSExternalTask)task, myhash);

  } catch (CSException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

The results ...

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSFactory.getFactory(CSFactory.java:119)
    at com.eFish.WFAuditFile.main (Unknown Source)

I changed the main code up a bit so it now looks like this:

 public static void main(String[] args) {
Properties props = new Properties();
  props.setProperty("cssdk.cfg.path", "c:/iw-home/cssdk/cssdk.cfg");
  CSFactory factory = CSFactory.getFactory(props);
  try {
   CSClient client = factory.getClientForTrustedUser("DOMAIN\\userid", "master", Locale.US, null, "SERVER");
   Hashtable myhash = new Hashtable();
   CSTask task = client.getTask(new Integer(args[0]));
   WFAuditFile obj = new WFAuditFile();
   obj.execute(client, (CSExternalTask)task, myhash);

  } catch (CSException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

It changed the error, but I still have one to get past:

Exception in thread "main" com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSFactoryIntializationException (no factory implementation specified)
    at com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSFactory.getFactory(CSFactory.java:122)
    at com.eFish.WFauditFile.main (Unknown Source)

Based on some debugging print statements I put into the code (not shown above) I'm assuming that the problem is still in the Properties argument being supplied to getFactory(). Is what I put there incorrect? (do I need the path without the cssdk.cfg file?) or am I missing other information?

Crsb

plus I had to make my 'main' method public (heh, nobody noticed that mistake ;-)

that tells you the quality of support you get on here Smiley Very Happy

, JK

the properties look fine to me, use CSJavaFactory to get facotry obj:


....
import com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSJavaFactory;
....
CSJavaFactory factory = (CSJavaFactory) CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props);

also why don't you put everything inside the try/catch block.

Adam Stoller

the properties look fine to me, use CSJavaFactory to get facotry obj:
....
import com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSJavaFactory;
....
CSJavaFactory factory = (CSJavaFactory) CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props);
also why don't you put everything inside the try/catch block.

Keep in mind, all of this is in aid of trying to find a way to test out a CSURLExternalTask class in a manner similar to what one does with a externaltask perl script - i.e., comment out the transitions and run it, potentially from a debugger.I'm beginning to think that it's a waste of time trying to get this done (I could have invoked the workflow anew several times by now) - but I'm now curious what it actually takes to pull this off.

Crsb

[QUOTE=ghoti]

in this case, it is not worth the effort, but you will learn skills that you can use in other areas like using java to create new DCR or extend TS functionality...

Adam Stoller

I suggested CSJavaFactory for 2 reasons:
1) that is what i use if i am doing something outside the workflow with minimal configs in cssdk.cfg, it works for me.
2) based on cssdk docs, you use CSLocalFactory localFactory=CSLocalFactory.getFactory(localProperties); since you are on TS 6.7.2 then you are most likely using cssdk 3.1.1. CSLocalFactory was deprecated and replaced with CSJavaFactory in cssdk 3.1.1.
you can use CSFactory factory=CSFactory.getFactory(props) if cssdk.cfg contains valid value for com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSFactory property (see CSFactory doc).

Okay, I guess, but I wonder if there's a reason why using the "vanilla" CSFactory is insufficient...

That is a sign that you are making progress, if you have to add more things to classpath it is because you need them. i doubt if anything else is required by CSJavaFactory itself, it is probably for something else (workflow obj, task obj...), i cant tell without knowing the output.

See below

I figured that you just have plenty of time in your hands and you wanted to experiment with this idea. of course, your code is going to be a lot longer/complex and different when it runs as standalone class vs. when it is invoked by the workflow engine.

Well - my hope is that my code is not that much longer / more complex when running from the command line, as I'm trying to conjure up the same parameters I need for my class to run as-if it were run from the workflow (am I dreaming that this is possible?) What's turning out to be more complex is the means of invoking the program from the command line (see below)

you asked for help to run your code from cmd line, you didnt ask what the best/fastest way to test java task is . i always test using a simple wfm with a "retry" user task so i won't have to invoke a new workflow for every test. i think your issue with java task vs perl task is the need to run make_toolkit.

Point taken on the first part.
I did have a test workflow that looped around to provide continued testing, but that was for a different class. I suppose I could do it for this one too although there's an assumption in the design of the code that this program would only get run once per job - so I'm not sure if I'm going to run into issues with it being run multiple times for a single job (I can probably work around that though)
With regard to the last point - no, make_tooklit is not the only issue I have - the process that I'm going through right now, of trying to build up a batch script to build up a CLASSPATH to run the program from the command line is also an issue - but yes, the disruption to the services via make_toolkit is probably the #1 issue (it doesn't affect me right now because I'm banging away on my own personal Dev box, but at a customer site this would seem to be rather disruptive)

in this case, it is not worth the effort, but you will learn skills that you can use in other areas like using java to create new DCR or extend TS functionality...

Fair enough - I'll continue to try to persevere - at least for a little while longer. If I can't get it working by then (whenever I decide "then" is) - I'll rig the workflow to allow looping and just do it that way.

OKAY - with that out of the way - here's the latest version of the batch script :

echo off
set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java
set CCOUT=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out
set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib
set CLASSPATH=%CCOUT%/customer.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/log4j.1.2.14.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdkjava.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdkiface.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdk_sci.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/hopi.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/sci_hopi.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/commons-logging.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/serverutils100.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/commons-pool-1.3.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/searchiface.jar
echo on
%JAVA% -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" com.eFish.WFAuditFile %*

Here is the latest output from trying to run it:

C:\> c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java -classpath "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out/customer.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/log4j.1.2.14.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkjava.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkiface.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdk_sci.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/hopi.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/sci_hopi.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/serverutils100.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/commons-pool-1.3.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/searchiface.jar " com.eFish.WFAuditFile 5296
# Before CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props)
Dec 28, 2009 6:11:09 PM com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.search.CSSearchUtil 
INFO: Search Connection Pool initialized with 10 connections.
# After CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props) / Before factory.getClientForTrustedUser(...)
com.interwoven.cssdk.access.CSAuthenticationException: SSL Certs are not present(Authentication error)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.exception.ExceptionHandler.handleExceptionSci(ExceptionHandler.java:180)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.data.CSSessionCache.getSessionStringForTrustedUser(CSSessionCache.java:557)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.access.AccessServiceSciImpl.beginSessionForTrustedUser(AccessServiceSciImpl.java:504)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.access.java.AccessServiceAdapterImpl.beginSessionForTrustedUser(AccessServiceAdapterImpl.java:52)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSJavaFactory.getClientForTrustedUser(CSJavaFactory.java:110)
        at com.eFish.WFAuditFile.main(Unknown Source)

Any ideas on this?
Apparently trying to get a CSClient object for a "trusted user" requires a lot more effort than just including the parameters for the method.

Crsb

Not sure if you are done with this but i will follow up anyway.

my hope is that my code is not that much longer / more complex when running from the command line, as I'm trying to conjure up the same parameters I need for my class to run as-if it were run from the workflow (am I dreaming that this is possible?) What's turning out to be more complex is the means of invoking the program from the command line

Sorry I think i expressed the wrong idea (again), the code in the external task itself should be the same since that is what we are trying to invoke from the cmd line. so all the extra coding and the complexity goes in the WFAuditFile class that you are trying to write now. the complexity would depend on what the workflow task does. Assuming that all what the task does is to print "hello world" and transition, then invoking it from the workflow will require no extra coding, just include it in a workflow and invoke the workflow. if we want to invoke it from the cmd line then we would write code to create all the necessary parameters to invoke the task (CSlient, CSExternalTask and hashtable) and that is the minimum extra code. i think that is already complex enough as you can tell from your expirement. the Hashtable includes all URL parameters from external task command in WFT (from cssdk docs).
I am not sure if this is what you had in mind but let s assume your workflow (WFM) is start->task 1->task2->task3->end, the workflow is invoked and is in task 1 and now you want to invoke task2.
in theory and with some coding, i don't see why it wouldnt be possible to invoke task 2 from cmd line, but would the workflow behave the way you would expect it to behave? you have a lot more experience with the fundamentals of teamsite workflow so you probably can answer that question better than me. if you are able to invoke task 2 then i can see how you will transition to task 3, but what happens to the current active task (task 1), are you going to deactivate it yourself (that is some extra coding)? will the workflow deactivate it? i wouldn't know without a working experiment...

OKAY - with that out of the way - here's the latest version of the batch script :

echo off
set JAVA=c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java
set CCOUT=c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out
set WEBINF=c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib
set CLASSPATH=%CCOUT%/customer.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/log4j.1.2.14.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdkjava.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdkiface.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/cssdk_sci.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/hopi.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/sci_hopi.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/commons-logging.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/serverutils100.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/commons-pool-1.3.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WEBINF%/searchiface.jar
echo on
%JAVA% -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" com.eFish.WFAuditFile %*

Here is the latest output from trying to run it:

C:\> c:/iw-home/tools/java/bin/java -classpath "c:/iw-home/local/config/lib/content_center/customer_out/customer.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/log4j.1.2.14.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkjava.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdkiface.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/cssdk_sci.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/hopi.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/sci_hopi.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/serverutils100.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/commons-pool-1.3.jar;c:/iw-home/httpd/webapps/content_center/WEB-INF/lib/searchiface.jar " com.eFish.WFAuditFile 5296
# Before CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props)
Dec 28, 2009 6:11:09 PM com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.search.CSSearchUtil 
INFO: Search Connection Pool initialized with 10 connections.
# After CSJavaFactory.getFactory(props) / Before factory.getClientForTrustedUser(...)
com.interwoven.cssdk.access.CSAuthenticationException: SSL Certs are not present(Authentication error)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.exception.ExceptionHandler.handleExceptionSci(ExceptionHandler.java:180)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.data.CSSessionCache.getSessionStringForTrustedUser(CSSessionCache.java:557)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.sci.access.AccessServiceSciImpl.beginSessionForTrustedUser(AccessServiceSciImpl.java:504)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.access.java.AccessServiceAdapterImpl.beginSessionForTrustedUser(AccessServiceAdapterImpl.java:52)
        at com.interwoven.cssdk.factory.CSJavaFactory.getClientForTrustedUser(CSJavaFactory.java:110)
        at com.eFish.WFAuditFile.main(Unknown Source)

Any ideas on this?
Apparently trying to get a CSClient object for a "trusted user" requires a lot more effort than just including the parameters for the method.

I am not sure what your code looks like now, it seems like you went beyond creating CSFactory obj and getting a CSClient obj.
If you are running the code with a user who has teamsite access you can use getClientForCurrentUser(locale, "APP Context", "serverName") no need to specify account info or was that what you meant by "just including the parameters for the method"?

Adam Stoller

Not sure if you are done with this but i will follow up anyway.

Sorry I think i expressed the wrong idea (again), the code in the external task itself should be the same since that is what we are trying to invoke from the cmd line. so all the extra coding and the complexity goes in the WFAuditFile class that you are trying to write now. the complexity would depend on what the workflow task does. Assuming that all what the task does is to print "hello world" and transition, then invoking it from the workflow will require no extra coding, just include it in a workflow and invoke the workflow. if we want to invoke it from the cmd line then we would write code to create all the necessary parameters to invoke the task (CSlient, CSExternalTask and hashtable) and that is the minimum extra code. i think that is already complex enough as you can tell from your expirement. the Hashtable includes all URL parameters from external task command in WFT (from cssdk docs).
I am not sure if this is what you had in mind but let s assume your workflow (WFM) is start->task 1->task2->task3->end, the workflow is invoked and is in task 1 and now you want to invoke task2.
in theory and with some coding, i don't see why it wouldnt be possible to invoke task 2 from cmd line, but would the workflow behave the way you would expect it to behave? you have a lot more experience with the fundamentals of teamsite workflow so you probably can answer that question better than me. if you are able to invoke task 2 then i can see how you will transition to task 3, but what happens to the current active task (task 1), are you going to deactivate it yourself (that is some extra coding)? will the workflow deactivate it? i wouldn't know without a working experiment...

I'll try to clear up some of the confusion.

I have a WFM:

[UserTask-A]->(a)->[URLExternalTask-C]->[EndTask-D]
           +->(b)->[GroupTask-B]->(a)->[UserTask-A]...
                               +->(b)->[URLExternalTask-C]...

As the name of the class implies, the code creates an audit trail of the job (e.g.: a java version of iwgetwfobj [lite]) and it's really only intended to be called once, just before the EndTask.

If I comment out the transition code in my class I should (theoretically) be able to run the class from the command line with the URLExternalTask-C being the currently active task - again, theoretically, to debug it as I continue working on it. (note: while this is being done for this specific class that has this specific usage, the concept I'm trying to follow should be applicable for other such classes that I develop over time).

I will probably add another UserTask-E to my workflow to come after URLExternalTask-C so that I can just let the class transition and then allow the UserTask-E to either go back to URLExternalTask-C or end by going to EndTask-D (as you previously suggested). This approach does seem to be far simpler than what I was trying to achieve, though it requires that I do the full make_toolkit.ipl each time as opposed to just building everything (without re-starting servleted) and re-testing my code from the command line -- which is what I was trying to do (save a few cycles)

I am not sure what your code looks like now, it seems like you went beyond creating CSFactory obj and getting a CSClient obj.
If you are running the code with a user who has teamsite access you can use getClientForCurrentUser(locale, "APP Context", "serverName") no need to specify account info or was that what you meant by "just including the parameters for the method"?

That's a good point - I think I went for TrustedUser based on a conversation I had with vpatel on a different matter, I'll try CurrentUser and see if that works any better ...

Nope - same error about SSL Certs not being present - I guess I'll just do the WFM-loop thing for now...

Adam Stoller

Thanks to some off-line assistance from Crsb - I think we managed to solve some of the problems. I had to do two things:

Since I've added looping in my test workflow, surrounding the URLExternalTask - it's not as big a deal, I just rebuild and transition the workflow back to the task to try it out - not great, but not horrible either.If anyone knows the reason (and fix for) the SSL Certs issue above - I'd be interested in hearing about it.