PortalObjectsFactory.CreateSession Fails 5.0.2

Question

I coded a portlet using the 5.0.1 com.plumtree.server class to find out experts assigned to a folder. After installing 5.0.2, the portlet broke. It seems that it fails on the line... IPTSession ptSess = PortalObjectsFactory.CreateSession();with the exception...java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError at com.plumtree.server.PortalObjectsFactory.CreateSession(PortalObjectsFactory.java:130)which implies the class can not be found but I have the plumtreeserver.jar file in the same location (WEB-INF\lib) Any ideas -What am I missing?

Answer 1

Phil,
Basically, that's reasonable, except for the following considerations:
- You need to insure all the COM DLL's are properly registered on the machine. If it's the same machine as the portal, then it's fine; if it's another machine you'll need to install the portal even if you don't use it.
- The PT_HOME, PORTAL_HOME, and PATH environment variables must all be precisely configured to point to a valid ptportal\5.0\* tree. Once again, if you're on the portal box, fine; if not, run the installer.
- This also means you need to be talking to the exact same database instance with the proper security. Once again, on a non-portal machine use the installer, which then configures the registry keys and ODBC system instances.
An example of a JAR that ties everything together would be pthome.jar, which reads environemtn variables to create hardcoded paths to JARs and DLL's for classloading and library loading.
David Phipps
Plumtree Software