topic Constraint problem updating 3.2 preview to 3.2 community in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227240#M180370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A custom constrain we wrote that returns the members of a group fails during start up after upgrading 3.2 preview to 3.2 community. Java is not my strong suit so any help would be appreciated. I think all the relevant information has been included, if I've missed anything please let me know.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><STRONG>Excerpt from faces-config-custom.xml </STRONG><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;managed-bean&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;description&gt;Group Member Constraint&lt;/description&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-name&gt;GroupMembersConstraint&lt;/managed-bean-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-class&gt;com.efoundry.alfresco.constraints.GroupMembersConstraint&lt;/managed-bean-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-scope&gt;request&lt;/managed-bean-scope&gt;<BR />&lt;/managed-bean&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><STRONG><BR />Excerpt from model:</STRONG><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&lt;!–&nbsp; seed value for Members of the Analyst Group –&gt;<BR />&lt;constraint name="ygwf:AnalystConstraint" type="com.efoundry.alfresco.constraints.GroupMembersConstraint"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;parameter name="allowedValues"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;list&gt;&lt;value&gt;GROUP_Analyst&lt;/value&gt;&lt;/list&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/parameter&gt;<BR />&lt;/constraint&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><STRONG>Excerpt from constraint:</STRONG><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public List&lt;String&gt; getAllowedValues() {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; logger.info( "getAllowedValues()" );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("getAllowedValues()");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ArrayList&lt;String&gt; list = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; List&lt;String&gt; groupMembers = super.getAllowedValues();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; groupMembers = getMemberList( groupMembers.get(0) );<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PersonService personService =&nbsp; Repository.getServiceRegistry(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()).getPersonService();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeService nodeService =&nbsp; Repository.getServiceRegistry(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()).getNodeService();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; for( String memberName : groupMembers ) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( memberName );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( " - " );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeRef memberNodeRef = personService.getPerson( memberName );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( nodeService.getProperty( memberNodeRef, org.alfresco.model.ContentModel.PROP_FIRSTNAME ) );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( " " );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( nodeService.getProperty( memberNodeRef, org.alfresco.model.ContentModel.PROP_LASTNAME ) );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/*sb.append( " (" );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( groupMembers.get(0) );<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;sb.append( ")" ); */<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;list.add( sb.toString() );&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return list;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<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>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><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 /><STRONG>The error from catalina.out:</STRONG><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>getAllowedValues()<BR />18:08:16,829 User:System ERROR [web.context.ContextLoader] Context initialization failed<BR />java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: FacesContext must not be null<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.util.Assert.notNull(Assert.java:112)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.jsf.FacesContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(FacesContextUtils.java:50)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.jsf.FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(FacesContextUtils.java:81)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.bean.repository.Repository.getServiceRegistry(Repository.java:593)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at com.efoundry.alfresco.constraints.GroupMembersConstraint.getMemberList(GroupMembersConstraint.java:80)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at com.efoundry.alfresco.constraints.GroupMembersConstraint.getAllowedValues(GroupMembersConstraint.java:108)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISBasePropertyDefinition.&lt;init&gt;(CMISBasePropertyDefinition.java:108)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISAbstractTypeDefinition.createProperty(CMISAbstractTypeDefinition.java:126)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISAbstractTypeDefinition.createProperties(CMISAbstractTypeDefinition.java:104)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISAbstractDictionaryService.init(CMISAbstractDictionaryService.java:394)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISAbstractDictionaryService.afterDictionaryInit(CMISAbstractDictionaryService.java:465)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.cmis.dictionary.CMISAbstractDictionaryService.onBootstrap(CMISAbstractDictionaryService.java:483)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.util.AbstractLifecycleBean.onApplicationEvent(AbstractLifecycleBean.java:62)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster$1.run(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:77)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.core.task.SyncTaskExecutor.execute(SyncTaskExecutor.java:49)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:75)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.publishEvent(AbstractApplicationContext.java:246)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:617)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:355)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:189)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.alfresco.web.app.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:69)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3843)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:525)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:627)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:553)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:488)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1149)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)<BR />Jul 10, 2009 6:08:16 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start<BR />SEVERE: Error listenerStart<BR />Jul 10, 2009 6:08:16 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start<BR />SEVERE: Context [/alfresco] startup failed due to previous errors<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>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><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> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:43:25 GMT jarrett 2009-07-13T12:43:25Z Constraint problem updating 3.2 preview to 3.2 community https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227240#M180370 A custom constrain we wrote that returns the members of a group fails during start up after upgrading 3.2 preview to 3.2 community. Java is not my strong suit so any help would be appreciated. I think all the relevant information has been included, if I've missed anything please let me know.Excerpt Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:43:25 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227240#M180370 jarrett 2009-07-13T12:43:25Z Re: Constraint problem updating 3.2 preview to 3.2 community https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227241#M180371 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Would having the full source to the constraint be beneficial to anyone? Or is there a better way to query group members so we don't have to rely on this constrain any longer?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:19:55 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227241#M180371 jarrett 2009-07-14T20:19:55Z Re: Constraint problem updating 3.2 preview to 3.2 community https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227242#M180372 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The error tells you that FacesContext.getCurrentInstance() is null.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>That should mean that, when this class is called, no one is "browsing" your Alfresco.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>FacesContext is not null when someone is surfing on the application.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>When is this error raised ? At startup ? When going to some web page ?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Can you describe it more precisely ?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:54:48 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/constraint-problem-updating-3-2-preview-to-3-2-community/m-p/227242#M180372 jayjayecl 2009-07-20T09:54:48Z