java.lang.ClassCastException when searching and hitting web contents and folders in Web Content Administration

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Master
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 DXP FP18, 7.0.3 CE GA4, 7.0.0 DXP SP4, 7.0.X EE, 7.1.X, Master
• Component/s: WCM, WCM > Web Content Administration
• Labels:
  • liferay-digital-enterprise-70-sp4
  • liferay-fixpack-de-18-7010
• Branch Version/s:
  7.0.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Story Points: 1
• Fix Priority: 4
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/liferay/com-liferay-journal/pull/317

Steps to reproduce:

1. Add a web content with title aa
2. Publish a new version of this web content without changing anything.
3. Add a folder with name aa
4. Search for aa
5. Go to the tab Versions

Actual results:

• A java.lang.ClassCastException is thrown:

  java.lang.ClassCastException: com.liferay.journal.model.impl.JournalFolderImpl cannot be cast to com.liferay.journal.model.JournalArticle
          at org.apache.jsp.view_005fversions_jsp._jspService(view_005fversions_jsp:483)
          at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:111)
          at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
          at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:411)
          at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:473)
          at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:377)
          at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
          at com.liferay.portal.osgi.web.servlet.jsp.compiler.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:413)
          at com.liferay.portal.osgi.web.servlet.jsp.compiler.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:424)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.registration.EndpointRegistration.service(EndpointRegistration.java:153)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.servlet.ResponseStateHandler.processRequest(ResponseStateHandler.java:62)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.context.DispatchTargets.doDispatch(DispatchTargets.java:117)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet.internal.servlet.RequestDispatcherAdaptor.include(RequestDispatcherAdaptor.java:48)
          at com.liferay.portal.servlet.DirectServletPathRegisterDispatcher.include(DirectServletPathRegisterDispatcher.java:67)
          at com.liferay.portal.servlet.ClassLoaderRequestDispatcherWrapper.doDispatch(ClassLoaderRequestDispatcherWrapper.java:78)
          at com.liferay.portal.servlet.ClassLoaderRequestDispatcherWrapper.include(ClassLoaderRequestDispatcherWrapper.java:53)
          at com.liferay.taglib.util.IncludeTag.includePage(IncludeTag.java:372)
          at com.liferay.taglib.util.IncludeTag.include(IncludeTag.java:349)
          at com.liferay.taglib.util.IncludeTag.doInclude(IncludeTag.java:202)
          at com.liferay.taglib.util.IncludeTag.doEndTag(IncludeTag.java:86)
  

Expected result:

• The two versions of the web content and the folder previously created appear in the list.