ObjectNotFoundException while removing Portlet from display

Question

Hi,
My requirement on Personalization is to display all Portlets(names) with Checkboxes, user can decide which portlets to be displayed/not.
I'm using streaming mode.
I have 2 methods to do this: getPageView and removePlaceableInstances.
I'm getting the following exception:
<pre>com.bea.netuix.application.exception.ObjectNotFoundException: [Primary desktop] with id [Webapp: [myGearbox] PortalPath:
[personalization] DesktopPath: [personalize.jsp]] could not be found in the database.
at com.bea.netuix.application.manager.persistence.jdbc.DesktopInstanceDelegate.createDesktopInstance(Ljava.sql.C
onnection;Lcom.bea.netuix.application.identifier.DesktopDefinitionId;Ljava.lang.String;)Lcom.bea.netuix.application.inst
ance.internal.DesktopInstanceInternal;(DesktopInstanceDelegate.java:458)
at com.bea.netuix.application.manager.persistence.jdbc.DesktopInstanceDelegate.getCreateDesktopInstance(Ljava.sq
l.Connection;Lcom.bea.netuix.application.identifier.DesktopDefinitionId;Ljava.lang.String;)Lcom.bea.netuix.application.i
dentifier.DesktopInstanceId;(DesktopInstanceDelegate.java:1012)</pre>
I have attached the code here with for reference.
<pre>public class PersonalizationUtil
public static PageView getPageView( String pageInstanceId, String webAppName, String portalPath,
String desktopPath, Locale locale, HttpServletRequest request ) {
PortalCustomizationManager cmgr = PortalBeanManager.getPortalCustomizationManager();
PageDefinitionManager pmgr = PortalBeanManager.getPageDefinitionManager();
try
return PortalManager.getPageView( pageInstanceId, webAppName, portalPath, desktopPath, true, locale, request );
catch( Exception e )
System.out.println( "PortalVisitorManager - " + e );
return null;
public static void removePlaceableInstances( String placeableId, String webapp, String portalPath,
String desktopPath, HttpServletRequest request )
placeableId = "portletCompanyStore_1";
try {
PortalCustomizationManager cmgr = PortalBeanManager.getPortalCustomizationManager();
PageDefinitionManager pmgr = PortalBeanManager.getPageDefinitionManager();
//AppContext ac = AppContext.getAppContext(request);
CustomizationContext customizationContext = new CustomizationContext(request);
customizationContext.setVisitorMode(true);
DesktopView desktopView = cmgr.getDesktopView(customizationContext, webapp, new PortalPath(portalPath), new DesktopPath(desktopPath));
System.out.println("desktopview - " + desktopView);
DesktopDefinitionId ddId = new DesktopDefinitionId( webapp, new PortalPath( portalPath ), new DesktopPath( desktopPath ) );
//customizationContext.setUserDesktopInstanceId(
InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();
PageDefinitionManagerHome home = (PageDefinitionManagerHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ic.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/PageDefinitionManager"), PageDefinitionManagerHome.class);
PageDefinitionManager mgr = home.create();
PageDefinition homePageDefinition = mgr.getPageDefinition(customizationContext,
"home",
webapp);
PageView homePageView = mgr.getPageView(customizationContext,homePageDefinition.getPageDefinitionId());
PageView usersHomePageView = PersonalizationUtil.getPageView(homePageView.getPageDefinitionId().toString(),webapp,portalPath,desktopPath,request.getLocale(),request);
PlaceableInstance placeableInstance = usersHomePageView.getPortletView(placeableId).getPlaceableInstance();
System.out.println("NNINFO: PlaceableInstance - " + placeableInstance);
//PageView usersHomePageView = (PageView) request.getAttribute("usersHomePageView");
if ( usersHomePageView != null ) {
//PlaceableInstance placeableInstance = usersHomePageView.getPortletView("portletCompanyStore_1").getPlaceableInstance();
cmgr.removePlaceable( customizationContext, new DesktopDefinitionId( webapp, new PortalPath( portalPath ), new DesktopPath( desktopPath ) ), placeableInstance );
} else {
System.out.println("nulll");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}</pre>
Am i doing anything wrong??
Any help or hint would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
-Nach.

Answer 1

Chris, Thank you very much for your valueable inputs.
Now i have changed the code as per your inputs.
I'm currently getting PortalCustomizationManager as follows:
PortalCustomizationManager cmgr = PortalBeanManager.getPortalCustomizationManager();
1) Is this the right way?
CustomizationContext customizationContext = new CustomizationContext(Locale.US,request);
customizationContext.setVisitorMode(true);
DesktopView desktopView = cmgr.getDesktopView(customizationContext, webapp, new PortalPath(portalPath), new DesktopPath(desktopPath));
System.out.println("desktopview - " + desktopView);
But desktopView is null.......
2) What could be the possible reason?
Also in the JSP,
AppContext ac = AppContext.getAppContext(request);
if (!ac.isDotPortal()) {
String currentWebAppName = ac.getWebAppName();
String currentDesktopPath = ac.getDesktopPath();
String currentPortalPath = ac.getPortalPath();
currentDesktopPath and currentPortalPath are null....
Hence i'm getting the desktopPath and portalPath as follows:
String pathInfo = request.getPathInfo();
String portalPath = pathInfo.substring(1, pathInfo.lastIndexOf("/"));
String desktopPath = pathInfo.substring(pathInfo.lastIndexOf("/") + 1, pathInfo.length());
3) What is the right approach to get portalPath and desktopPath. If i should get the desktopPath and portalPath from AppContext, then what could be the possible reasons for getting null.
Again, your inputs are more valueable and crucial to me now.
Thanks
-Nach.