Cannot create XmlPullParser when importing LAR file in Weblogic Server 12c

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.10 EE GA1
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.2 CE GA3 , 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M3
• Component/s: Environments, Environments > App Servers, Staging > Export/Import, ~[Archived] WCM
• Labels:
  • QA-TP
  • liferay-fixpack-platform-32-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 16
• Fix Priority: 3
• Application Servers:
  Oracle Weblogic Server 12c (12.1.x)
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/20190

Steps to reproduce
1. Install clean Liferay on Weblogic 12c
2. Login and export the default site's public pages
3. Create new site
4. Try to import the LAR form step 2

Expected behavior: import is successful
Actual behavior: import fails with:

Failed Details
An unexpected error occurred with the publication process. Please check your portal and publising configuration.
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: Cannot create XmlPullParser

The exception is

14:24:08,093 ERROR [liferay/background_task-1][BackgroundTaskMessageListener:133] Unable to execute background task
com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.PortletDataException: com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: Cannot create XmlPullParser
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BasePortletDataHandler.importData(BasePortletDataHandler.java:337)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletImporter.importPortletData(PortletImporter.java:188)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletImporter.importPortletData(PortletImporter.java:1004)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletImporter.doImportPortletInfo(PortletImporter.java:565)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletImporter.importPortletInfo(PortletImporter.java:207)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importPortletInfo(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:1888)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importPortletInfo(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:1956)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:115)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceVirtualLayoutsAdvice.invoke(LayoutLocalServiceVirtualLayoutsAdvice.java:179)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.invoke(LayoutLocalServiceStagingAdvice.java:141)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.DefaultTransactionExecutor.execute(DefaultTransactionExecutor.java:62)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.transaction.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:51)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ChainableMethodAdvice.invoke(ChainableMethodAdvice.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.proceed(ServiceBeanMethodInvocation.java:111)
        at com.liferay.portal.spring.aop.ServiceBeanAopProxy.invoke(ServiceBeanAopProxy.java:175)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy102.importPortletInfo(Unknown Source)
        at com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutLocalServiceUtil.importPortletInfo(LayoutLocalServiceUtil.java:1385)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.backgroundtask.PortletImportBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(PortletImportBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:61)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.backgroundtask.SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:56)
        at com.liferay.portal.backgroundtask.messaging.BackgroundTaskMessageListener.doReceive(BackgroundTaskMessageListener.java:108)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.BaseMessageListener.receive(BaseMessageListener.java:26)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.InvokerMessageListener.receive(InvokerMessageListener.java:72)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.ParallelDestination$1.run(ParallelDestination.java:69)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask._runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:682)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:593)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: Cannot create XmlPullParser
        at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractXppDriver.createReader(AbstractXppDriver.java:56)
        at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:913)
        at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:904)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletDataContextImpl.fromXML(PortletDataContextImpl.java:798)
        at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletDataContextImpl.getZipEntryAsObject(PortletDataContextImpl.java:1323)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil._getStagedModel(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:327)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.importStagedModel(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:305)
        at com.liferay.portlet.journal.lar.JournalPortletDataHandler.doImportData(JournalPortletDataHandler.java:237)
        at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BasePortletDataHandler.importData(BasePortletDataHandler.java:330)
        ... 50 more