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Getting "Internal Error" When Viewing Documents in WebCenter Portal After Applying the WebCenter Content Bundle Patch from July 2023 (Doc ID 2965043.1)

Last updated on JUNE 25, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 12.2.1.4.0 to 12.2.1.4.230905
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Getting "Internal Error" when viewing Documents in WebCenter Portal after applying the following WebCenter Content Bundle Patch:

Patch 35254992 :WebCenter Content Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230718


ERROR

Internal Error (WCS#YYYY.MM.DD.HH.MI.SS)


STEPS

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

  1. Apply the following patch:
     
    Patch 35254992 :WebCenter Content Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.230718
     
     
  2. Restart the WC_Portal managed server.
     

  3. Connect to WebCenter Portal.
     

  4. Go to the Documents page in a portal or to a Content Manager Task Flow.
     
     
  5. Click the link to view a document.
    Here you will get "Internal Error"

 

The WC_Portal-diagnostic.log shows the following errors:

[<DATE-TIME>] [WC_Portal] [WARNING] [] [oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.context.RichExceptionHandler] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '5' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: <UserID>c] [ecid: <ECID>] [APP: webcenter] [partition-name: DOMAIN] [tenant-name: GLOBAL] [DSID: <DSID>] ADF_FACES-60098:Faces lifecycle receives unhandled exceptions in phase INVOKE_APPLICATION 5[[

javax.faces.FacesException: #{pageFlowScope.wccTaskFlowBean.getDocPropertiesOutcome}: /wcc/searchResults.jsff @328,879 action="#{pageFlowScope.wccTaskFlowBean.getDocPropertiesOutcome}": javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null

   at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:118)
   at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXCommand.broadcast(UIXCommand.java:190)
   at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXComponent.broadcastInContext(UIXComponent.java:373)
   at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.WrapperEvent.broadcastWrappedEvent(WrapperEvent.java:91)
   at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.UIXCollection.broadcast(UIXCollection.java:204)
...
Caused by: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /wcc/searchResults.jsff @328,879 action="#{pageFlowScope.wccTaskFlowBean.getDocPropertiesOutcome}": javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null

   at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.MethodExpressionMethodBinding.invoke(MethodExpressionMethodBinding.java:60)
   at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:102)
... 129 more
Caused by: javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null
   at com.sun.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createNodeInternal(ExpressionBuilder.java:172)
   at com.sun.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.build(ExpressionBuilder.java:237)
   at com.sun.el.lang.ExpressionBuilder.createMethodExpression(ExpressionBuilder.java:302)
   at com.sun.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl.createMethodExpression(ExpressionFactoryImpl.java:96)
   at org.jboss.weld.util.el.ForwardingExpressionFactory.createMethodExpression(ForwardingExpressionFactory.java:43)
...

[<DATE-TIME>] [WC_Portal] [WARNING] [] [oracle.webcenter.webcenterapp.internal.view.backing.PublicPageBean] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '43' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: <UserID>] [ecid: <ECID>] [APP: webcenter] [partition-name: DOMAIN] [tenant-name: GLOBAL] [DSID: <DSID>] Internal Error (WCS#YYYY.MM.DD.HH.MI.SS)


AND

[<DATE-TIME>] <Error> <oracle.webcenter.doclib.internal.view.wcc.filter.WccServletFilterWrapper> <WCS-07265> <An error occurred while invoking the WCC filter.
javax.servlet.ServletException: /wcc/searchResults.jsff @328,879 action="#{pageFlowScope.wccTaskFlowBean.getDocPropertiesOutcome}": javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:663)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:295)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:260)
..
..
Caused By: javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: /wcc/searchResults.jsff @328,879 action="#{pageFlowScope.wccTaskFlowBean.getDocPropertiesOutcome}": javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.MethodExpressionMethodBinding.invoke(MethodExpressionMethodBinding.java:60)
at com.sun.faces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:102)
..
..
Caused By: javax.el.ELException: Expression cannot be null
...

 

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