Search and Invite Friends portlet

If you have been using the wol portlets you must have noticed that there is no easy way to invite a friend. Currently the way to invite a friend is to go to his/her public profile page and click on the "Add as Friend" link on the summary portlet of the friend. This makes it necessary for you to remember your friend's public profile page URL before you can request him/her to be a friend.

Here is a "Search and Invite Friends" portlet, derived from the "Directory" portlet that can simplify the "Freind Request" process. The screenshot below shows "paul" has logged in and the "Search and Invite Friends" portlet in his page.

 

 

 

The "Search and Invite Friends" portlet has a basic and advanced version of user search just like the "Directory" portlet. User "paul" now uses the advnaced search features to search for users with email id containing text 'example' and sees the following. User "pau" cannot send himself a friend request, so there is no "Add as Friend" link beside his name. User "ed" already is a friend of user "paul", hence there is no "Add as Friend" link beside ed's name (the "Search and Invite Friends" portlet can be modified to have a "Remove Friend" link in case the searched user is already a friend)

 

 

 

Now user "paul" clicks on "Add as Friend" link beside user "mary" to send her a friend request. This generates a popup box indicating the status of the request as shown below ...

 

 

 

Now login as user "mary" and you will find a friend request from user "paul" in mary's request portlet. If user "mary" clicks the confirm button, then user "paul" and user "mary" will become friends and user "mary"' 's and user "paul" 's "Activity" portlets should show the sameThe request portlet in user "mary" 's page is show below

 

 

 

Now login back as user "paul" and use the "Search and Invite Friends" portlet to search the "example" text again on the email field. The resutl of this search will not show "Add as Friend" link anymore beside user "mary", as they have just become friends. Here is a screenshot of it

 

 

Please add any comments on usability and enhancement for this protlet.

 

 

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Nice Neel. Btw, you might want to consider shrinking or cropping your images down a bit so they bit better on the page.
Hi Michael, I can understand what you mean, but there are many variables affecting this such as screen resolution, theme and layout template. Probably a crazy idea because of the computational overhead but would it not be better for liferay to make those scaling adjustments based on the available screen real estate? I've done resizing on import but not on the fly for each user.
Hi Neel. This would be very helpful. Where can I locate the portlet ?
Hi Eric, you can get it from the plugins directory. Look for search-and-invite-portlet
i just deploy your portlet through 'ant deploy', i now can drag it to the screen but it says "Search and Invite Friends is temporarily unavailable" did i miss something?

btw, good job mate emoticon
thx
Thanks Khomeini. It should work out of the box. I have tested it out on Tomcat and Glassfish. Try two things ...
1. Deploy any other portlet from plugins and see if that works
2. If anything on logs please send it to me.
Hi
ive tried too, through plugin installer. but the portlet i got was nowhere similar to the one you showed above..

it only had one link (OPEN) but redirect me to a portlet with 'HTTP Status 404 -/Search-invite-portlet/-

thx
Hi Neel,

Is this portlet still available? I have tried to install it through the control panel, and also by going to sourceforge.net to see if I can download it from here. But I can't find it anywhere

Thanks,
Dan
Hi Stan and Dan,

I dont see the portlet in plugins anymore. I will check it back in. Meanwhile if you want I can send you the source.

Thanks
-Neel
Hi! Nice work, guy! emoticon
How can I get your portlet? I can't find it nowhere
Thanks!
Hi Juan, Michal,

Thanks, I have checked back the portlet in trunk plugins repository. You can check it out, the portlet is named searchandinvite-portlet.

-Neel
I can't seem to be able to deploy this portlet. Anyone have the same problem?

20:43:45,490 INFO [TomcatDeployer] deploy, ctxPath=/search-and-invite-portlet, warUrl=.../deploy/search-and-invite-portlet.war/
20:43:45,506 INFO [ContainerBase] Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/search-and-invite-portlet].[searchandinvite] has not been started
20:43:45,506 INFO [ContainerBase] Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/search-and-invite-portlet].[jsp] has not been started
20:43:45,506 INFO [ContainerBase] Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/search-and-invite-portlet].[default] has not been started
20:43:45,506 ERROR [BaseModelMBean] Exception invoking method destroy
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortalClassLoaderFilter.destroy(PortalClassLoaderFilter.java:58)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.release(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:332)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStop(StandardContext.java:3757)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4517)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.destroy(ContainerBase.java:1163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.destroy(StandardContext.java:4617)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:296)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:175)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:375)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:83)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:61)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor8.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy44.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:466)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor86.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.start(DeployerInterceptor.java:87)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.start(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:188)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:95)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy45.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor19.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225)
20:43:45,553 WARN [ServiceController] Problem starting service jboss.web.deployment:war=search-and-invite-portlet.war,id=-618208222
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method destroy)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:384)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:83)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:61)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor8.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy44.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:466)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor86.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.start(DeployerInterceptor.java:87)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.start(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:188)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:95)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy45.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor19.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225)
Caused by: javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method destroy
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:304)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:175)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:375)
... 66 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortalClassLoaderFilter.destroy(PortalClassLoaderFilter.java:58)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.release(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:332)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStop(StandardContext.java:3757)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4517)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.destroy(ContainerBase.java:1163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.destroy(StandardContext.java:4617)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:296)
... 71 more
20:43:45,615 ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not start deployment: file:/D:/workspace/liferay-portal-5.2.2/jboss-tomcat-4.2.3/server/default/deploy/search-and-invite-portlet.war/
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method destroy)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:384)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:83)
at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:61)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor8.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy44.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:466)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor86.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
at org.jboss.wsf.container.jboss42.DeployerInterceptor.start(DeployerInterceptor.java:87)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.start(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:188)
at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:95)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy45.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1025)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:819)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor19.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy9.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225)
Caused by: javax.management.RuntimeOperationsException: Exception invoking method destroy
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:304)
at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:175)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:375)
... 66 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortalClassLoaderFilter.destroy(PortalClassLoaderFilter.java:58)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.release(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:332)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStop(StandardContext.java:3757)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4517)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.destroy(ContainerBase.java:1163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.destroy(StandardContext.java:4617)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:296)
... 71 more
Wai,

You must have gotten a pretty old version. Please check-out the right version from ...

plugins/incubation/portlets/search-and-invite-friends-portlet

Thanks
-Neel
Hi Neel,

I am using liferay 5.2.3, Where can i locate search and invite portlet.
Please help me out.
Thanks in advance
Hi Neel,

I have downloaded search and invite friends portlet in following path.http://svn.liferay.com/repos/public/plugins/incubation/portlets/ but while adding portlet in application getting following error.
08:45:55,240 ERROR PortletRequestDispatcherImpl:316 - org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:88)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.processIncludeDirective(Parser.java:351)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseIncludeDirective(Parser.java:384)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:496)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1568)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:132)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:212)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:101)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:156)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:296)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:307)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.include(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:107)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.include(JSPPortlet.java:193)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.include(JSPPortlet.java:177)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.doView(JSPPortlet.java:139)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.LiferayPortlet.doDispatch(LiferayPortlet.java:149)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.doDispatch(JSPPortlet.java:168)
at javax.portlet.GenericPortlet.render(GenericPortlet.java:233)
at com.sun.portal.portletcontainer.appengine.filter.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:126)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.PortletFilterUtil.doFilter(PortletFilterUtil.java:69)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:100)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invoke(InvokerPortletImpl.java:618)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invokeRender(InvokerPortletImpl.java:700)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.render(InvokerPortletImpl.java:419)
at org.apache.jsp.html.portal.render_005fportlet_jsp._jspService(render_005fportlet_jsp.java:1462)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.renderPortlet(PortalImpl.java:2923)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.renderPortlet(PortalImpl.java:2844)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalUtil.renderPortlet(PortalUtil.java:885)
at com.liferay.portal.action.RenderPortletAction.execute(RenderPortletAction.java:96)
at com.liferay.portal.action.UpdateLayoutAction.addPortlet(UpdateLayoutAction.java:260)
at com.liferay.portal.action.UpdateLayoutAction.execute(UpdateLayoutAction.java:211)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at com.liferay.portal.struts.PortalRequestProcessor.process(PortalRequestProcessor.java:157)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.callParentService(MainServlet.java:608)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:846)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter.processFilter(StripFilter.java:142)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.gzip.GZipFilter.processFilter(GZipFilter.java:140)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.secure.SecureFilter.processFilter(SecureFilter.java:282)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.sharepoint.SharepointFilter.processFilter(SharepointFilter.java:193)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.virtualhost.VirtualHostFilter.doFilter(VirtualHostFilter.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.threadlocalcache.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.processFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:55)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:738)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:875)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
08:45:55,240 ERROR PortletServlet:104 - javax.portlet.PortletException: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
javax.portlet.PortletException: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:318)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.include(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:107)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.include(JSPPortlet.java:193)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.include(JSPPortlet.java:177)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.doView(JSPPortlet.java:139)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.LiferayPortlet.doDispatch(LiferayPortlet.java:149)
at com.liferay.util.bridges.jsp.JSPPortlet.doDispatch(JSPPortlet.java:168)
at javax.portlet.GenericPortlet.render(GenericPortlet.java:233)
at com.sun.portal.portletcontainer.appengine.filter.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:126)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet.PortletFilterUtil.doFilter(PortletFilterUtil.java:69)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.PortletServlet.service(PortletServlet.java:100)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invoke(InvokerPortletImpl.java:618)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.invokeRender(InvokerPortletImpl.java:700)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.render(InvokerPortletImpl.java:419)
at org.apache.jsp.html.portal.render_005fportlet_jsp._jspService(render_005fportlet_jsp.java:1462)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.renderPortlet(PortalImpl.java:2923)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.renderPortlet(PortalImpl.java:2844)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalUtil.renderPortlet(PortalUtil.java:885)
at com.liferay.portal.action.RenderPortletAction.execute(RenderPortletAction.java:96)
at com.liferay.portal.action.UpdateLayoutAction.addPortlet(UpdateLayoutAction.java:260)
at com.liferay.portal.action.UpdateLayoutAction.execute(UpdateLayoutAction.java:211)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at com.liferay.portal.struts.PortalRequestProcessor.process(PortalRequestProcessor.java:157)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:647)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.callParentService(MainServlet.java:608)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.service(MainServlet.java:846)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter.processFilter(StripFilter.java:142)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.gzip.GZipFilter.processFilter(GZipFilter.java:140)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.secure.SecureFilter.processFilter(SecureFilter.java:282)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.sharepoint.SharepointFilter.processFilter(SharepointFilter.java:193)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.virtualhost.VirtualHostFilter.doFilter(VirtualHostFilter.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.threadlocalcache.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.processFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:55)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:738)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:215)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:875)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:88)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.processIncludeDirective(Parser.java:351)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseIncludeDirective(Parser.java:384)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:496)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1568)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:132)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:212)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:101)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:156)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:296)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:679)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:584)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:497)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(PortletRequestDispatcherImpl.java:307)
... 101 more
08:45:55,240 ERROR jsp:165 - org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:40)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:88)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.processIncludeDirective(Parser.java:351)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseIncludeDirective(Parser.java:384)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:496)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1568)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:132)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:212)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:101)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:156)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:296)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:277)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:265)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:564)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:302)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:729)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)


help me out in this please
This is great! For future development maybe we can borrow from the facebook/linked in model and allow the portlet to search our email and invite friends that way...

What do you think? These would not be people in a directory neccesarily as they may not have joined yet, but could be of course.

Any thoughts?
Hi neel,

I got the output we need to add following jar files underlib folder,

jsp-api.jar,
struts-el.jar,
struts.jar,
jstl.jar,
standard.jar,
jsr107cache.jar.

Any thanks for your expalnation as mentioned above
Currently the portlet is for users present in Liferay database only.
However what you are asking can also be achieved, but that would require more work on the current portlet.
I was surprised to find out that inviting a friend simply sends them an email with your private URL, which they cannot see. They should be automatically added as a friend, with view permissions enabled.

Am I missing something?
Although I have an SVN account I am unable to access http://svn.liferay.com/repos/public/plugins/incubation/portlets/search-and-invite-friends-portlet

Why?
I'm unable to access too.
Hi Neel, can you please post the source and portlet as attachment in message board.
http://www.liferay.com/web/guest/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/4278015

Thanks
Hi Neel.

We also very interested in the search and invite friends portlet. Could you please send me the .war to luthor101@gmail.com

Thanks
Hi Lex and Mouli,

The source code has been checked into LR repository under ..../plugins/incubation/portlets/search-and-invite-friends-portlet

Please check out the portlet code from above location.

Thanks
-Neel
Will this portlet also be available in Liferay 6?
I have tried both .war file for Liferay 5 and 6: the attachment found at another blog (search-and-invite-friends-portlet-6.0.0.1.war) and found this url (http://liferay.cignex.com/palm_tree/book/0387/chapter10/)

It seems to deploy using the hot deploy method. But I get a message "0 portlets avail in search-and-invite-friends-portlet" and nothing shows up in ADD | Applications | More?

DOes anyone have the exact location of the search-and-invite-friends-portlet.war file for Liferay 6 that works?

Is there any other way to invite friends (easy way not email - like a facebook or LinkedIn)?
I can download the source code and create the war file. I modified portlet.xml in line 7:
<portlet-class>com.liferay.util.bridges.mvc.MVCPortlet</portlet-class>

I can deploy it in Liferay 6. But when I added the portlet to page, I get error:

06:46:52,292 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /view.jsp(46,0) The absolute uri: http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application
If anyone has created a working war file for search-and-invite-friends-portlet (specific to Liferay 6.x), could you post as attachment here? or some other reachable location?

again the one at location http://liferay.cignex.com/palm_tree/book/0387/chapter10/ does not work for me?
I have got a modified version compiled for 6. Minor corrections were made to

liferay-plugin-package.properties:

portal.dependency.jars=\
jstl-api.jar,\
jstl-impl.jar,\
struts.jar,\
struts-el.jar

portal.dependency.tlds=\
c.tld,\
liferay-portlet-ext.tld,\
liferay-portlet.tld,\
liferay-security.tld,\
liferay-theme.tld,\
liferay-ui.tld,\
liferay-util.tld,\
struts-bean-el.tld,\
struts-bean.tld,\
struts-html-el.tld,\
struts-html.tld,\
struts-logic-el.tld,\
struts-logic.tld,\
struts-nested.tld,\
struts-tiles-el.tld,\
struts-tiles.tld

FRInterpreter.java: line 104 and 173:

ExpandoTable table = ExpandoTableLocalServiceUtil.getDefaultTable(themeDisplay.getCompanyId(), "com.liferay.portlet.social.model.SocialRequest");

web.xml: line 5 to 8:

<taglib>
<taglib-uri>http://java.sun.com/jstl/core</taglib-uri>
<taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tld/c.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

init.jsp: line 32:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>

If someone knows where the original source repository is, please let me know so that these changes can be included.
I forgot to mention that the change above are for the enhanced version of the portlet available at:

http://www.liferay.com/web/srk/blog/-/blogs/4694249/maximized

I am not sure where this version is in SVN.
Hi Neel,
check the svn for the following link the portlet class is missing for search-and-invite-friends-portlet,
/svn.liferay.com/repos/public/plugins/incubation/portlets/search-and-invite-friends-portlet/docroot/WEB-INF/src/com/liferay/portlet/searchandinvite/
Hi I have been able to deploy the portlet but when I click on Add as Friend link nothing happens. Can you please help
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Hi Neel, where can I download this portlet? All the links proposed on this Blog are broken! Is this repo http://svn.liferay.com/browse/plugins/trunk/portlets/ only for internal usage at Liferay Corp or is it allowed to access it as community member if subscriped at fisheye?
Hi Neel, I am not able to checkout code from " http://svn.liferay.com/repos/public/plugins/incubation/portlets/search-and-invite-friends-portlet ".

can you please mail me "search-and-invite-friends-portlet" to career.ketan@gmail.com
please reply me asap.
Thanks in advance...