Iterative Publishing of a WLP Application through OEPE results in Null Pointer Exception Followed by javax.naming.NameAlreadyBoundException

(Doc ID 1538384.1)

Last updated on JULY 17, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle WebLogic Portal - Version 10.3.4 and later
Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 10.3.4.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Iterative publishing of a WebLogic Portal Application through OEPE (WLP 10.3.5) for the 3rd time to the WebLogic Server fails with the following exception:

This exception occurs when the java class is modified in WebLogic Portal application and you try to publish it, the publishing will go through successfully for the first two times. However, on modifying the class for the third time and trying to publish it, the server will try to undeploy the app subsequently resulting in the above exception. In order to recover from this error, you have to restart your servers.

Cause

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