[jira] [Created] (FELIX-5105) Web Console configuration does not appear in configurations

["Miroslav Šulc (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Miroslav Šulc created FELIX-5105:
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             Summary: Web Console configuration does not appear in configurations
                 Key: FELIX-5105
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-5105
             Project: Felix
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Web Console
    Affects Versions: webconsole-4.2.14
            Reporter: Miroslav Šulc


since some time web console configuration is more and more broken it seems. there is for example bug related to lost localization of the configuration which i encountered on my installations too. in some cases it also happens that the web console configuration is not displayed at all. in fact i was not able to display it (and so edit it) at all. i tried to debug the issue but the only thing i found is that for some (to me) unknown reason the configuration from java class is not picked up.

in version 4.2.15-SNAPSHOT and older versions the metatype provider is implemented as java class org.apache.felix.webconsole.internal.servlet.ConfigurationMetatypeSupport. that is probably the cause of the problem that the configuration usually does not load, maybe because of some synchronization issue. i noticed some information about attempts to fix it in previous versions of web console but these were just attempts as the issue persists.

i have no idea why the metatype provider is implemented using ConfigurationMetatypeSupport class instead of using metatype.xml file which would be more transparent and easier to manage, maybe it's for historical reason when metatype implementation was not that capable as it is now.

so i created metatype.xml file that defines the same configuration as is done using ConfigurationMetatypeSupport and it seems to work fine. i did not remove the ConfigurationMetatypeSupport and related code though as i guess it would be better done by someone who better understands the code.

i will try to attach the patch i have if i find out how.



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