Merge branch 'dev' into feature/bad_request_group_api_issue#539

Author: mtwomey

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               only: [dev, dev-sts, 'feature/bad_request_group_api_issue#539']
+
       - build-qa:
           context : org-global      
           filters:

components/project_management/src/java/main/com/topcoder/management/project/ProjectGroup.java

@@ -22,12 +22,20 @@
  * <p>
  * Changes related to v5-groups-api
  * </p>
- *
- * @author dushyantb
- * @version 1.1
+ * Version 1.2 (Fixing serilization error for ProjectGroup):
+ * <ul>
+ *     <li>Added serlization version id to avoid marshlling errors</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * @author dushyantb, vikasrohit
+ * @version 1.2
  */
 
 public class ProjectGroup implements Serializable {
+    /**
+     * Unique seriliazation version id
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 652485342267757690L;
+
     /**
      * Represents group id
      */

services/contest_service_facade/src/java/main/com/topcoder/service/facade/contest/ejb/ContestServiceFacadeBean.java

@@ -4061,7 +4061,6 @@ else if (isDevContest) {
         } else {
           if(isPrivateProject(contest)) { // no forum to be created for private tasks
             logger.debug("Skip forum creation for private task: "+assetDTO.getName());
-            forumId = -1;
           } else {
             if (!isStudio(contest)) {
               // software contest
@@ -4224,10 +4223,8 @@ else if (isDevContest) {
       // "0");
       // }
 
-      if (forumId > 0) {
-        contest.getProjectHeader().setProperty(ProjectPropertyType.DEVELOPER_FORUM_ID_PROJECT_PROPERTY_KEY,
+      contest.getProjectHeader().setProperty(ProjectPropertyType.DEVELOPER_FORUM_ID_PROJECT_PROPERTY_KEY,
             String.valueOf(forumId));
-      }
 
       contest.getProjectPhases().setStartDate(getDate(productionDate));
     }
@@ -5988,7 +5985,7 @@ private long createStudioForum(String name, long userId) {
       logger.error("*** Could not create a studio forum for " + name);
       logger.error(e);
     }
-    return -1;
+    return 0;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -6036,7 +6033,7 @@ public long createForum(TCSubject tcSubject, AssetDTO asset, long userId, long p
       logger.error("*** Could not create a forum for " + asset.getName());
       logger.error(e);
 
-      return forumId;
+      return 0;
     }
   }
 
@@ -7759,10 +7756,8 @@ else if (autoDevCreating && isDevContest) {
         dto.getForum().setCompVersion(null);
       }
 
-      if (forumId > 0) {
-        contest.getProjectHeader().setProperty(ProjectPropertyType.DEVELOPER_FORUM_ID_PROJECT_PROPERTY_KEY,
+      contest.getProjectHeader().setProperty(ProjectPropertyType.DEVELOPER_FORUM_ID_PROJECT_PROPERTY_KEY,
             String.valueOf(forumId));
-      }
 
       contest.setStartDate(getDate(startDate));
       // 3.create the project