[RAVE-478] Portal does not start without pre-population from initial_data.sql

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8-INCUBATING
• Fix Version/s: 0.9-INCUBATING
• Assignee: Jasha Joachimsthal
• Reporter: Jasha Joachimsthal
• Created: 21/Feb/12 13:44
• Updated: 16/Apr/12 18:59
• Resolved: 22/Feb/12 10:37

Description

DefaultPagePermissionEvaluator and DefaultPageService (and maybe other components) do a call in the constructor to PageTypeRepository to fetch values from the database. This only works if the portal is started with the initial_data.sql population script. This script only works on H2 (and possibly MySQL) but does not work in PostgreSQL or Oracle.
Without a pre populated database these calls throw an NPE and as a result the /portal context is not loaded at all.

The constructor of components should not rely on a populated database or should use default values if the database is empty.