ScriptingExecutor may execute scripts before their dependent components are deployed.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.1 CE GA2
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.1 CE GA2
• Component/s: Portal Services, Portal Services > Scripting
• Labels:
  • boa
• Story Points: 1.5
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/40601

Steps to replicate:

• Set logging level for com.liferay.portal.scripting.executor to ALL
• Create a module that has Groovy scripts in the resources/META-INF/resources/scripts folder
• In script create new GroovyScriptingContext and print anything to log to easily track it in the server log
• Make sure server is not running
• Deploy module to server
• Start server and look through log files

Expected: Server starts and the script gets run without errors

Actual: Null pointer exception thrown GroovyScriptingContext line 38

Related issues can be found by using other services before they are registered. For example when using the DDMStructureLocalServiceUtil.fetchStructure(), I get a null pointer exception on line 324 because the getService() method returns null.