Starting portal on Websphere 8.5 fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0 M3
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.2 CE GA3 , 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 M1
• Component/s: Environments, Environments > App Servers
• Labels:
  • liferay-fixpack-platform-26-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 12
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/hhuijser/liferay-portal/pull/1989

First, I need to disable this:

ehcache.portal.cache.manager.jmx.enabled=false

(previously, this was needed so portal could be restarted). Portal gets deployed, but can not be started, due to this issue:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'com.liferay.portal.template.DefaultTemplateResourceLoader#5d583a53' defined in class path resource [META-INF/util-spring.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 1 of type [java.lang.String[]]: Could not convert constructor argument value of type [com.sun.proxy.$Proxy263] to required type [[Ljava.lang.String;]: Failed to convert value of type 'com.sun.proxy.$Proxy263 implementing java.lang.Cloneable,java.io.Serializable,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised' to required type 'java.lang.String[]'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot convert value of type [com.sun.proxy.$Proxy263 implementing java.lang.Cloneable,java.io.Serializable,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised] to required type [java.lang.String]: no matching editors or conversion strategy found

DefaultTemplateResourceLoader in util-spring.xml is created like this:

<constructor-arg>
<util:constant static-field="com.liferay.portal.kernel.template.TemplateConstants.LANG_TYPE_FTL" />
</constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg>
<util:constant static-field="com.liferay.portal.util.PropsValues.FREEMARKER_ENGINE_TEMPLATE_PARSERS" />
</constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg>
<util:constant static-field="com.liferay.portal.util.PropsValues.FREEMARKER_ENGINE_RESOURCE_MODIFICATION_CHECK_INTERVAL" />
</constructor-arg>

It happens that String[] object is proxified (above: FREEMARKER_ENGINE_TEMPLATE_PARSERS).

Here are the advisors:

+ org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.ADVISOR

+ org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultBeanFactoryPointcutAdvisor: pointcut [AspectJExpressionPointcut: () bean(com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutSetLocalService)]; advice bean 'com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutSetLocalServiceStagingAdvice'

+ org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultBeanFactoryPointcutAdvisor: pointcut [AspectJExpressionPointcut: () bean(com.liferay.portal.service.PortletPreferencesLocalService)]; advice bean 'com.liferay.portal.service.impl.PortletPreferencesLocalServiceStagingAdvice'