Refactor icefaces3-documents-portlet to use ace:fileEntry

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-ga1, 3.1.0-ga1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-ga1, 3.1.0-ga1
• Component/s: demos
• Labels: None
• Similar Issues: Show 5 results ; ;

  FACES-1510	Refactor icefaces3-documents-portlet to use ACE components
  FACES-1228	ICEfaces3 ace:fileEntry failing due to TCK fix for ExternalContext.getRequestContentType()
  FACES-1241	Refactor UploadedFile interface to better align with Servlet 3.0, ICEfaces, PrimeFaces, and RichFaces
  FACES-1189	ICEfaces ace:fileEntry not compatible with WSRP
  FACES-238	ace:fileEntry does not work when placed in view other than defaultView specified in portlet.xml

Currently the icefaces3-documents-portlet uses bridge:inputFile for file upload with a full postback. When you try and upload and click on Submit or Cancel, you get the following stacktrace:

19:55:22,593 ERROR [jsp:154] org.w3c.dom.DOMException: HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: An attempt was made to insert a node where it is not permitted.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.CoreDocumentImpl.insertBefore(CoreDocumentImpl.java:391)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.NodeImpl.appendChild(NodeImpl.java:235)
at org.icefaces.impl.context.DOMResponseWriter.appendToCursor(DOMResponseWriter.java:396)
at org.icefaces.impl.context.DOMResponseWriter.startElement(DOMResponseWriter.java:259)
at org.icefaces.impl.event.BridgeSetup$1.encode(BridgeSetup.java:251)
at org.icefaces.impl.event.UIOutputWriter.encodeBegin(UIOutputWriter.java:27)
at org.icefaces.impl.renderkit.DOMRenderKit$FormBoost.encodeEnd(DOMRenderKit.java:200)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:875)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1764)
at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1760)
at com.sun.faces.application.view.FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.renderView(FaceletViewHandlingStrategy.java:402)
at com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.renderView(MultiViewHandler.java:131)
at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:288)
at com.liferay.faces.bridge.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:91)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:121)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
at com.liferay.faces.bridge.BridgePhaseRenderImpl.execute(BridgePhaseRenderImpl.java:251)
at com.liferay.faces.bridge.BridgePhaseRenderImpl.execute(BridgePhaseRenderImpl.java:83)
at com.liferay.faces.bridge.BridgeImpl.doFacesRequest(BridgeImpl.java:85)

Rather than try and fix this, better to upgrade to ace:fileEntry for ajax-based file upload.