UnsuppportedOperationException when importing lar with a WCD which references a content from a parent site based on a global structure

• Type: Regression Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE
• Component/s: Content Display Widgets > Web Content Display widget, Staging > Export/Import, WCM > Publication
• Labels:
  • 6.2.x-only
  • 62-ee-sp19
  • liferay-fixpack-portal-140-6210
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal-ee/pull/16164

Steps to reproduce:

1. Configure two Liferay environments A and B
   With A:
2. Create a site "Father"
3. Create a child site of this site "Father" called "Son"
4. Create a structure StrGlobal in Global
5. Create a template TemGlobal for this structure in Global
6. Create a content FatherContent based on the structure StrGlobal
7. Create a public page in the site "Son"
8. Add a Web Content Display to that page
9. Configure the Web Content Display to select content FatherContent
10. Export the site "Son"
11. Export the web contents from Global
    With B:
12. Import the web contents of Global from A
13. Create a site "Father"
14. Create a child site of this site "Father" called "Son"
15. Import the site "Son" from A in the site "Son"

Actual result:

• An UnsupportedOperationException is thrown:

  09:38:59,388 ERROR [liferay/background_task-1][BackgroundTaskMessageListener:133] Unable to execute background task
  com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.PortletDataException: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BaseStagedModelDataHandler.importParentSiteStagedModel(BaseStagedModelDataHandler.java:165)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.importReferenceStagedModel(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:255)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.importReferenceStagedModels(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:410)
          at com.liferay.portlet.journal.lar.JournalArticleStagedModelDataHandler.doImportStagedModel(JournalArticleStagedModelDataHandler.java:594)
          at com.liferay.portlet.journal.lar.JournalArticleStagedModelDataHandler.doImportStagedModel(JournalArticleStagedModelDataHandler.java:1)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BaseStagedModelDataHandler.importStagedModel(BaseStagedModelDataHandler.java:189)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.importStagedModel(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:432)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.importReferenceStagedModels(StagedModelDataHandlerUtil.java:393)
          at com.liferay.portlet.journal.lar.JournalContentPortletDataHandler.doProcessImportPortletPreferences(JournalContentPortletDataHandler.java:260)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BasePortletDataHandler.processImportPortletPreferences(BasePortletDataHandler.java:596)
          at com.liferay.portal.lar.PortletImporter.importPortletPreferences(PortletImporter.java:1189)
          at com.liferay.portal.lar.LayoutImporter.doImportLayouts(LayoutImporter.java:792)
          at com.liferay.portal.lar.LayoutImporter.importLayouts(LayoutImporter.java:253)
          at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:1771)
          at com.liferay.portal.service.impl.LayoutLocalServiceImpl.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceImpl.java:1820)
          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:182)
          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:65)
          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.ServiceBeanAopProxy.invoke(ServiceBeanAopProxy.java:175)
          at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.importLayouts(Unknown Source)
          at com.liferay.portal.service.LayoutLocalServiceUtil.importLayouts(LayoutLocalServiceUtil.java:1314)
          at com.liferay.portal.lar.backgroundtask.LayoutImportBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(LayoutImportBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:61)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.backgroundtask.SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.execute(SerialBackgroundTaskExecutor.java:57)
          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$1.run(ParallelDestination.java:71)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask._runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:682)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:593)
          at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BaseStagedModelDataHandler.doImportGroupStagedModel(BaseStagedModelDataHandler.java:288)
          at com.liferay.portal.kernel.lar.BaseStagedModelDataHandler.importParentSiteStagedModel(BaseStagedModelDataHandler.java:153)
          ... 38 more
  

Expected results:

• The site is imported successfully