InstantiationException thrown during execution of JSR 329 TCK on WebLogic 12c

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: liferay-faces-3.1.3-ga4
• Fix Version/s: liferay-faces-3.0.4-legacy-ga5, liferay-faces-3.0.4-ga5, liferay-faces-3.1.4-ga5, liferay-faces-3.2.4-ga5
• Component/s: ZZZ: Legacy - Test
• Labels: None

When executing the JSR 329 TCK on WebLogic, the following exception appears in the WebLogic console log:

Feb 14, 2014 1:55:16 PM org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.StateManagerImpl restoreView
SEVERE: 
java.lang.InstantiationException: com.liferay.faces.bridge.tck.application.view.ViewDeclarationLanguageJspTCKImpl$EncodedURLHiddenField
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:342)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:310)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.Structure.createComponent(Structure.java:86)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.Structure.createComponent(Structure.java:107)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.Structure.createComponent(Structure.java:107)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.Structure.createComponent(Structure.java:107)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.StateManagerImpl.restoreView(StateManagerImpl.java:796)
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.ViewHandlingStrategy.restoreView(ViewHandlingStrategy.java:123)
	at com.liferay.faces.bridge.application.view.ViewDeclarationLanguageWrapper.restoreView(ViewDeclarationLanguageWrapper.java:54)
	at com.liferay.faces.bridge.application.view.ViewDeclarationLanguageWrapper.restoreView(ViewDeclarationLanguageWrapper.java:54)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.ViewDeclarationLanguageFactoryImpl$ChangeApplyingVDLWrapper.restoreView(ViewDeclarationLanguageFactoryImpl.java:335)
	at com.sun.faces.application.view.MultiViewHandler.restoreView(MultiViewHandler.java:141)
	at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.restoreView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:301)
	at org.apache.myfaces.portlet.faces.testsuite.common.util.faces.application.TestSuiteViewHandlerImpl.restoreView(TestSuiteViewHandlerImpl.java:92)
	at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.restoreView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:301)
	at com.liferay.faces.bridge.application.ViewHandlerImpl.restoreView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:86)
	at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.restoreView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:301)
	at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.restoreView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:301)
	at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.application.ViewHandlerImpl.restoreView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:242)
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.execute(RestoreViewPhase.java:192)
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RestoreViewPhase.doPhase(RestoreViewPhase.java:116)
	at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:118)
	at com.liferay.faces.bridge.BridgePhaseResourceImpl.execute(BridgePhaseResourceImpl.java:103)
	at com.liferay.faces.bridge.BridgeImpl.doFacesRequest(BridgeImpl.java:128)
	at javax.portlet.faces.GenericFacesPortlet.serveResource(GenericFacesPortlet.java:178)
	at com.liferay.portlet.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:122)
	at com.liferay.portlet.ScriptDataPortletFilter.doFilter(ScriptDataPortletFilter.java:82)
	at com.liferay.portlet.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:116)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.PortletFilterUtil.doFilter(PortletFilterUtil.java:71)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:112)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:844)

For some reason WebLogic is unable to create an instance of EncodedURLHiddenField as an inner-class. The solution is to simply refactor to make it a normal (non-inner) public class.