Workflow expression compile error

[rbhoraskar]

Following code as in https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS260605&source=Case%20Viewer

To set the state of a Change Notice's Resulting Objects in Windchill

I am on WC Release: 11.1 M020-CPS03

using the following Code in expression Robot:

wt.lifecycle.State state = wt.lifecycle.State.toState("ISSUED");
wt.fc.QueryResult resulting = wt.change2.ChangeHelper2.service.getChangeablesAfter((wt.change2.ChangeOrderIfc) primaryBusinessObject);
while(resulting.hasMoreElements())
{
wt.fc.Persistable persistable = (wt.fc.Persistable) resulting.nextElement();

if (persistable instanceof wt.doc.WTDocument && !wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))
{
wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState((LifeCycleManaged)persistable, state);
}
}

Here is the error in Compile window >> Check Syntax

Error: MS Logs

2019-07-24 12:06:44,107 ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-6] WF_EXEC_EXPR Administrator -    compile - OUT: warning: Supported source version 'RELEASE_7' from annotation processor 'com.microsoft.azure.management.apigeneration.LangDefinitionProcessor' less than -source '1.8'

C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill\temp\WfExpression_11.java:46: error: cannot find symbol

      if (persistable instanceof UNDERREVIEW && !wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))

                                 ^

  symbol:   class UNDERREVIEW

  location: class WfExpression_11

C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill\temp\WfExpression_11.java:48: error: cannot find symbol

             wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState((LifeCycleManaged)persistable, state);

                                                                     ^

  symbol:   class LifeCycleManaged

  location: class WfExpression_11

Note: C:\ptc\Windchill_11.1\Windchill\temp\WfExpression_11.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.

Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

2 errors

1 warning

Looking for valuable help!

Thanks

[AbhijeetMule]

Hi Rahul

What is the java version on the Windchill server? I have seen this error in the past where I had Java 1.7 which was not compatible with Windchill 11.1. You may need to check the same.

Regards,

Abhijeet

[rbhoraskar]

Hi Abhijeet,

Do you mean system JRE or windchill java home ?

Rahul

[AbhijeetMule · Accepted solution]

Kindly ignore previous comment. I saw that you are doing it from workflow robot. If you are trying it from Workflow, use below code:

wt.lifecycle.State state = wt.lifecycle.State.toState("ISSUED");
wt.fc.QueryResult resulting = wt.change2.ChangeHelper2.service.getChangeablesAfter((wt.change2.ChangeOrderIfc) primaryBusinessObject);
while(resulting.hasMoreElements())
{
wt.fc.Persistable persistable = (wt.fc.Persistable) resulting.nextElement();

if (persistable instanceof wt.doc.WTDocument && !wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))
{
wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState((wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleManaged)persistable, state);
}
}

Copy it in notepad first and then Paste it in robot. it should work.

[rbhoraskar]

Hi Abhijeet,

I will definitely try that when I am back on server. I wonder if you can help in this expression.

This expression is basically for WTDocument, how should I make it more generic so that it should work for all resulting objects independent of object type like epm or wtpart too?

Looking forward for yours suggestions.

Thanks
Rahul

[AbhijeetMule]

You can try:

Approach 1: Just removing Document type from condition considering CA resulting items allows only WTDocument, WTPart or EPMDocument types in your environment.

if (!wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))
{
Condition
}

Approach 2: Tweaking if condition to check if the resulting items is any of types WTDocument, WTPart or EPMDocument and not checked out.

if ((persistable instanceof wt.doc.WTDocument||persistable instanceof wt.epm.EPMDocument||persistable instanceof wt.part.WTPart) && !wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))

{

Condition...

}

Try it on test server and make the necessary changes...

[rbhoraskar]

Thanks for suggestions Abhijeet.

Br,
Rahul

[rbhoraskar]

Hi Abhijeet,

this code works for all types of Object in Resulting table.

wt.lifecycle.State state = wt.lifecycle.State.toState("ISSUED");
wt.fc.QueryResult resulting = wt.change2.ChangeHelper2.service.getChangeablesAfter((wt.change2.ChangeOrderIfc) primaryBusinessObject);
while(resulting.hasMoreElements())
{
wt.fc.Persistable persistable = (wt.fc.Persistable) resulting.nextElement();

if (!wt.vc.wip.WorkInProgressHelper.isCheckedOut((wt.vc.wip.Workable) persistable))
{
wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState((wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleManaged)persistable, state);
}
}

Cheers

Rahul