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Getting a Blank Page and java.lang.ClassCastException Error in the Logs After Redeploying a WebCenter Portal Application with Content Presenter (Doc ID 1664144.1)

Last updated on MARCH 15, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.7.1 to 11.1.1.8.3 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

WebCenter Portal applications with Content Presenter configured with Coherence comes up with a blank page after redeploying the application.

Refreshing the browser brings the page.
However the Content Presenter is not displayed.
 
The managed server log will show the following error:
 

<ContentTypeFetchAndCacheListener> <contextInitialized> Exception occurred when initializing content type cache in ContentTypeFetchAndCacheListener.
java.lang.ClassCastException: oracle.webcenter.content.integration.ContentType
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.UCMCacheHelper.getContentType(UCMCacheHelper.java:361)
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.factory.ContentTypeFactory.getMinimalContentTypes(ContentTypeFactory.java:238)
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.factory.ContentTypeFactory.ensureAllContentTypesLoaded(ContentTypeFactory.java:273)
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.factory.ContentTypeFactory.<init>(ContentTypeFactory.java:78)
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.factory.ContentTypeFactory.getInstance(ContentTypeFactory.java:97)
    at oracle.webcenter.content.integration.spi.ucm.ContentTypeFetchAndCacheListener.contextInitialized(ContentTypeFetchAndCacheListener.java:93)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:481)
    at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
    at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextCreatedEvent(EventsManager.java:181)
    at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1874)
...



This happens only when having the following 2 patches applied:


Without Patch 17292891 the issue doesn't reproduce.


The issue is cleared doing any of the following:

 

Cause

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