NullPointerException is thrown when performing a republish after parent and child pages are deleted and "Delete missing pages" checked

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.X, Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.10.13 DXP SP13, 7.0.X, 7.1.X, 7.2.10 DXP FP5, 7.2.10.2 DXP SP2, 7.2.X, 7.3.0 CE GA1, 7.3.10 DXP GA1, Master
• Component/s: Staging
• Labels:
  • INACTIVE
  • ee-ts
  • liferay-dxp-70-sp13
  • liferay-dxp-72-sp2
  • liferay-fixpack-de-90-7010
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-17-7110
  • liferay-fixpack-dxp-5-7210
• Branch Version/s:
  7.2.x, 7.1.x, 7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/82820

Steps to Reproduce

1. (On 7.1.x and beyond only) Update the log level for com.liferay.layout.internal.exportimport.data.handler.StagedLayoutSetStagedModelDataHandler to WARN
2. Create a new site
3. Enable local live staging
4. Create a new public page called 'Parent' (On Master make it a Widget page)
5. Create a child public page of 'Parent' called 'Child' (On Master make it a Widget page)
6. Publish to live
7. After publishing, navigate to the staging site and delete the 'Parent' page
8. Publish to live and select all pages to publish as well as select the 'Delete Missing Pages' checkbox

Expected Result
The publication finishes successfully with no errors or warnings in the logs.

Actual Result
On 7.0.x the publication fails with a NullPointerException:

2019-12-19 04:45:11.080 WARN  [liferay/background_task-1][LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor:177] Unable to publish layout: java.lang.NullPointerException
2019-12-19 04:45:11.091 ERROR [liferay/background_task-1][BackgroundTaskMessageListener:166] Unable to execute background task
com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.liferay.portlet.exportimport.service.impl.ExportImportLocalServiceImpl.importLayouts(ExportImportLocalServiceImpl.java:221)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:163)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:54)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:58)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:55)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanAopProxy.invoke(ServiceBeanAopProxy.java:169)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy104.importLayouts(Unknown Source)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.kernel.service.ExportImportLocalServiceUtil.importLayouts(ExportImportLocalServiceUtil.java:124)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.background.task.LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor$LayoutStagingImportCallable.call(LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:279)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.background.task.LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor$LayoutStagingImportCallable.call(LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:252)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInvokerImpl$CallableMethodInvocation.proceed(TransactionInvokerImpl.java:101)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:54)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInvokerImpl.invoke(TransactionInvokerImpl.java:47)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.transaction.TransactionInvokerUtil.invoke(TransactionInvokerUtil.java:28)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.background.task.LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(LayoutStagingBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:141)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.backgroundtask.SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:51)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.backgroundtask.DelegatingBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(DelegatingBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:41)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.backgroundtask.ThreadLocalAwareBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(ThreadLocalAwareBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:53)
	at com.liferay.portal.background.task.internal.messaging.BackgroundTaskMessageListener.doReceive(BackgroundTaskMessageListener.java:125)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.BaseMessageListener.receive(BaseMessageListener.java:26)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.InvokerMessageListener.receive(InvokerMessageListener.java:74)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.ParallelDestination$1.run(ParallelDestination.java:52)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask._runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:752)
	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:664)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl._resetPortalPreferences(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:3532)
	at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.deleteLayout(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:569)
	at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.doDeleteLayout(LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.java:499)
	at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.deleteLayout(LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.java:105)
	at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.invoke(LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.java:153)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
	at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:92)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:213)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy97.deleteLayout(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:163)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:54)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:58)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContextAdvice.invoke(ServiceContextAdvice.java:51)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:55)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:55)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:137)
	at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanAopProxy.invoke(ServiceBeanAopProxy.java:169)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy98.deleteLayout(Unknown Source)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.controller.LayoutImportController.deleteMissingLayouts(LayoutImportController.java:319)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.controller.LayoutImportController.doImportFile(LayoutImportController.java:911)
	at com.liferay.exportimport.controller.LayoutImportController.importFile(LayoutImportController.java:218)
	at com.liferay.portlet.exportimport.service.impl.ExportImportLocalServiceImpl.importLayouts(ExportImportLocalServiceImpl.java:206)
	... 30 more

On 7.1.x and beyond the publication succeeds but a warning is printed in the logs:

2019-12-19 17:22:52.061 WARN  [liferay/background_task-1][StagedLayoutSetStagedModelDataHandler:208] Unable to delete layout with UUID d9bd4672-e443-6bd0-29cd-739cc8020ace

Note

The difference between the versions is due to LPS-67968 where a caught exception was changed from NoSuchLayoutException to Exception:

7.0.x - https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/7.0.x/modules/apps/web-experience/export-import/export-import-service/src/main/java/com/liferay/exportimport/controller/LayoutImportController.java#L322
Master - https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/blob/master/modules/apps/layout/layout-impl/src/main/java/com/liferay/layout/internal/exportimport/data/handler/StagedLayoutSetStagedModelDataHandler.java#L206