portal:captcha does not support reCAPTCHA

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: portal-2.0.0, portal-3.0.0
• Fix Version/s: portal-2.0.1, portal-3.0.1
• Component/s: Liferay Faces Portal / Demos / Tests
• Labels: None

Steps to Reproduce

1. Add the following properties to the $LIFERAY_HOME/portal-ext.properties file:

captcha.engine.impl=com.liferay.captcha.recaptcha.ReCaptchaImpl
captcha.engine.recaptcha.key.private=<value-of-the-data-sitekey>
captcha.engine.recaptcha.key.public=<value-of-the-secret-key>

2. Start Liferay Portal 7.0

3. Deploy the portal-showcase-portlet to $LIFERAY_HOME/deploy

4. Add the Portal Showcase to a portal page

5. Reload the portal page

6. Navigate to the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/web/guest/portal-showcase/-/portal-tag/portal/captcha/general

7. Click on the "I'm not a robot" checkbox

8. Click on the Submit button

Expected Results

The informational message "You entered the correct text verification code." is displayed.

Actual Results

If the "I'm not a robot" text was displayed in step#7, then the informational message "No value was entered for the non-required captcha" is displayed.

Otherwise, if the "I'm not a robot" text was not displayed in step#7, then a ClassNotFoundException for "com.liferay.portal.captcha.recaptchaReCaptchaImpl" will appear in the server logs, or the following stacktrace:

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.liferay.portal.captcha.CaptchaImpl.isEnabled(CaptchaImpl.java:80)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.captcha.CaptchaUtil.isEnabled(CaptchaUtil.java:64)
	at com.liferay.faces.portal.component.captcha.Captcha.isRequired(Captcha.java:66)
	at com.liferay.faces.showcase.component.field.Field.getStyleClass(Field.java:69)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase$AttributesMap.get(UIComponentBase.java:2407)
	at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeBegin(GroupRenderer.java:76)
	at com.liferay.faces.util.render.DelegatingRendererBase.encodeBegin(DelegatingRendererBase.java:97)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeBegin(UIComponentBase.java:865)
	at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:302)
	at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:114)
	at com.liferay.faces.util.render.DelegatingRendererBase.encodeChildren(DelegatingRendererBase.java:120)
	at com.liferay.faces.showcase.component.example.internal.ExampleRenderer.encodeChildren(ExampleRenderer.java:133)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:890)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:1856)
	at javax.faces.render.Renderer.encodeChildren(Renderer.java:176)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:890)
	at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeRecursive(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:304)
	at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.GroupRenderer.encodeChildren(GroupRenderer.java:114)
	at com.liferay.faces.util.render.DelegatingRendererBase.encodeChildren(DelegatingRendererBase.java:120)
	at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:890)