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Enterprise Distributed Application Service:Error code: HSF-0012

Last Updated:Mar 10, 2026

Error message

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid route while WriteMode=unit, route : -1

This error occurs during a High-speed Service Framework (HSF) service call when HSF cannot resolve userId from the method parameters based on the configured route value.

Possible causes

The route attribute specifies the index position of the userId parameter in a method's parameter array. HSF throws this error when route has an invalid value:

ConstraintDescription
Non-negative integerroute must be 0 or a positive integer. Negative values such as -1 are invalid.
Within parameter boundsroute must not exceed the total number of parameters in the method's parameter array.

The default value of route is 0, which points to the first parameter in the array.

Troubleshooting steps

  1. Open your HSF service provider bean configuration.

  2. Locate the route property.

  3. Verify that route is set to a non-negative integer that does not exceed the number of parameters in the target method.

  4. If route is not specified, HSF uses the default value 0. Confirm that the first parameter in the method is userId.

Example configuration

The following Spring bean configuration sets route to 0, which means userId is the first parameter in the method's parameter array:

<bean id="helloWorldServiceProvider"
       init-method="init">
       <property name="serviceInterface">
           <value>com.taobao.hsf.jar.test.HelloWorldService</value>
       </property>
       <property name="target">
           <ref bean="helloWorldServiceImpl" />
       </property>
       <property name="serviceVersion">
           <value>1.0.zhouli</value>
       </property>
      <property name="writeMode">
           <value>center</value>
       </property>
      <property name="route">
           <value>0</value>
       </property>
</bean>
PropertyDescription
serviceInterfaceThe Java interface for the HSF service provider.
targetA reference to the service implementation bean.
serviceVersionThe version of the HSF service.
writeModeThe write mode for unitized deployment.
routeThe index of userId in the method's parameter array. Default: 0.