ADF throwing java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Question

Our server has been upgraded as below,

Weblogic Server from version 10.3.3 to 10.3.6 Portal 11g Midtier from version 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.1.7 Portal repository (Portal-schemas in the database) from version 11.1.1.3 to version 11.1.1.6

We are getting following error on several pages, help appreciated

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.(XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.java:50) at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.RegistrationConfigurator.getExternalContext(RegistrationConfigurator.java:181) at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.config.GlobalConfiguratorImpl.getExternalContext(GlobalConfiguratorImpl.java:368) at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.context.FacesContextFactoryImpl$CacheRenderKit.(FacesContextFactoryImpl.java:86) at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.context.FacesContextFactoryImpl.getFacesContext(FacesContextFactoryImpl.java:64) at oracle.portlet.bridge.adf.application.ADFBridgePortlet.doFacesRequest(ADFBridgePortlet.java:344) at fi.luottokunta.partner.util.BridgePortlet.doFacesRequest(BridgePortlet.java:52)

at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221) Caused By: oracle.portlet.server.containerimpl.ContainerIllegalArgumentException: Content type "text/xml;charset=utf-8" is not allowed in current context. at oracle.portlet.server.containerimpl.RenderResponseImpl.setContentType(RenderResponseImpl.java:269) at oracle.portlet.bridge.adf.application.ResourceResponseWrapper.setContentType(ResourceResponseWrapper.java:41) 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:597) at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.(XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.java:44) at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.RegistrationConfigurator.getExternalContext(RegistrationConfigurator.java:181)

Additional information, The issue might be arising due to ADF components.

For example in below sample if we remove the selectionListener component from jspx the application works without error. SP500.jspx

<af:table contentDelivery="immediate" width="915" var="user" value="#{viewScope.SP500.sortableModel}" rowBandingInterval="0"
                                  rendered="#{viewScope.SP500.renderResults}" autoHeightRows="12" immediate="true" binding="#{viewScope.SP500.userTable}"
                                  rowSelection="multiple" selectionListener="#{viewScope.SP500.selectionListener}" columnStretching="last"
                                  disableColumnReordering="true">
                            <af:column styleClass="datacolumns" minimumWidth="155" width="200px" headerText="#{msg.SP500_F016}" sortable="true"
                                       sortProperty="uid">
                                <af:commandLink text="#{user.uid}" action="#{viewScope.SP500.viewUser}">
                                    <af:setPropertyListener from="#{user}" to="#{requestScope.viewUser}" type="action"/>
                                </af:commandLink>
                            </af:column>

SP500.java

public void selectionListener(final SelectionEvent selectionEvent) {
    //Trigger a check of whether the delete button is enabled
    AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(deleteButton);
}