NPE is thrown during verify process in case of having a wc with a separator

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE
• Component/s: WCM
• Labels:
  • 62-ee-sp19
  • ee-6.2.x-only
  • 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/16137
• Bug Type: Regression Bug

Regression caused by LPS-67481

1. Install Liferay 6.2 with fixpack portal-116-6210 or newer
2. Start Liferay and create a Structure with a separator
3. Create a webcontent with previous created structure
4. Stop Liferay
5. Configure verify process to execute in next start, add to portal-ext.properties:
   verify.frequency=-1
6. Start Liferay: Following exception will be thrown:

   10:46:38,636 INFO  [localhost-startStop-1][VerifyProcess:65] Verifying com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal
   10:46:38,690 ERROR [localhost-startStop-1][VerifyJournal:518] Unable to update content for article 20465
   java.lang.NullPointerException
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal.updateDynamicElements(VerifyJournal.java:133)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal.verifyDynamicElements(VerifyJournal.java:561)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal$3.performAction(VerifyJournal.java:515)
   	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.BaseActionableDynamicQuery.performActionsInSingleInterval(BaseActionableDynamicQuery.java:324)
   	at com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.BaseActionableDynamicQuery.performActions(BaseActionableDynamicQuery.java:46)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal.verifyDynamicElements(VerifyJournal.java:527)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyJournal.doVerify(VerifyJournal.java:99)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcess.verify(VerifyProcess.java:68)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcess.verify(VerifyProcess.java:76)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcessSuite.doVerify(VerifyProcessSuite.java:46)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcess.verify(VerifyProcess.java:68)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcessUtil._verifyProcess(VerifyProcessUtil.java:111)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcessUtil._verifyProcess(VerifyProcessUtil.java:76)
   	at com.liferay.portal.verify.VerifyProcessUtil.verifyProcess(VerifyProcessUtil.java:46)
   	at com.liferay.portal.events.StartupHelper.verifyProcess(StartupHelper.java:140)
   	at com.liferay.portal.events.StartupHelperUtil.verifyProcess(StartupHelperUtil.java:67)
   	at com.liferay.portal.tools.DBUpgrader.verify(DBUpgrader.java:240)
   	at com.liferay.portal.events.StartupAction.doRun(StartupAction.java:239)
   	at com.liferay.portal.events.StartupAction.run(StartupAction.java:77)
   	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.processStartupEvents(MainServlet.java:1290)
   	at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.init(MainServlet.java:264)
   	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1284)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1197)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1087)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5266)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5554)
   	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
   	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:652)
   	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:677)
   	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1912)
   	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
   	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
   	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
   	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
   	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)