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Error uploading file: ClassCastException: class com.liferay.portal.repository.liferayrepository.model.LiferayFileEntry cannot be cast to class com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.BaseModel

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Issue

  • I get an error like this in the logs when uploading a file:
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: class com.liferay.portal.repository.liferayrepository.model.LiferayFileEntry cannot be cast to class com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.BaseModel (com.liferay.portal.repository.liferayrepository.model.LiferayFileEntry and com.liferay.portal.kernel.model.BaseModel are in unnamed module of loader com.liferay.shielded.container.internal.ShieldedContainerClassLoader @337fb1a5)
at com.liferay.portal.search.internal.indexer.DefaultIndexer.reindex(DefaultIndexer.java:45) ~[?:?]

Environment

  • 2023.q4.3 (others possibly as well)

Resolution

 

 

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