topic Issue: not possible to update WCM item with formatted file in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-not-possible-to-update-wcm-item-with-formatted-file/m-p/183479#M136609 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, All.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The issue is reproduced at the build of alfresco community for 24-Nov-2008</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(</SPAN><A href="http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/nightly/dist/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/nightly/dist/</A><SPAN>)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The case is: </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>A. create web form, add it to project, then create xml file using web forms section of project.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>B then view content of this xml, copy it to disk, re-format it at favorite editor (\t,\n,\r added depending on os and editor)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>C. at WCM click "update" button and then try to edit this xml.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Something like that appears </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Validator.checkDatatype(Validator.java:351)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Validator.validate(Validator.java:317)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Validator.validate(Validator.java:280)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Validator.validate(Validator.java:259)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Model.revalidate(Model.java:812)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.core.Model.performDefault(Model.java:911)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.events.impl.DefaultXMLEventService.dispatch(DefaultXMLEventService.java:286)<BR />at org.chiba.xml.xforms.Container.dispatch(Container.java:481)<BR />… 64 more<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I have applied the following fix at the chiba sources (seems to be it could be done in other way - to remove thus values \t\r\n when performing update operation - but that is for alfresco developers to think over it). For now just think it could be useful.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/src/org/chiba/xml/xforms/core/Validator.java#public void validate(ModelItem modelItem)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Appropriate code in this method contained before the fix </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (modelItem.isXSINillable() &amp;&amp; (value == null || value.length() == 0)) {<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>and for our element this was not true, as it had values like "\n\t\t\t". For now this check contains </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (modelItem.isXSINillable() &amp;&amp; (value == null || value.length() == 0) || isTabbed(modelItem.getNode(), value)) {<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>and function for check is added</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public static final String TABS_LINE_ENDING_FILTER = "^[\\t\\n\\r]+$";<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public static boolean isTabbed(final Object node, final String value) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // only for elements<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (node instanceof Element) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (value.matches(TABS_LINE_ENDING_FILTER)) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return true;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return false;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:58:33 GMT zmicer 2009-01-15T12:58:33Z Issue: not possible to update WCM item with formatted file https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-not-possible-to-update-wcm-item-with-formatted-file/m-p/183479#M136609 Hi, All.The issue is reproduced at the build of alfresco community for 24-Nov-2008(http://dev.alfresco.com/downloads/nightly/dist/)The case is: A. create web form, add it to project, then create xml file using web forms section of project.B then view content of this xml, copy it to disk, re-format i Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:58:33 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-not-possible-to-update-wcm-item-with-formatted-file/m-p/183479#M136609 zmicer 2009-01-15T12:58:33Z Re: Issue: not possible to update WCM item with formatted file https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-not-possible-to-update-wcm-item-with-formatted-file/m-p/183480#M136610 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Could you open a new bug report in JIRA and post the link here?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Then me and others interested in getting this fixed could vote on the ticket and maybe create a patch…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cheers,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; Michael.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:32:14 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/issue-not-possible-to-update-wcm-item-with-formatted-file/m-p/183480#M136610 mhanisch 2009-01-30T16:32:14Z