Thanks for your response. The answer to all your questions is 'Yes' except for the logging. I turned on logging on now.
This time in addition to logging I directly queried the database. Previously I was refreshing the blog page and wrongly concluding that the post was not being deleted. In reality the weblogentry record is deleted the first time I try my code but a java exception is being thrown during rollers attempt to flush the cache. On each subsequent call I was getting false because that is what the code does when no weblogentry record is found. So there seems to be two issues: 1. Why is roller not rolling back the database transaction on exception (could be an issue with my test mysql implementation)? 2. Why is roller not able to flush the cache? See extract from roller.log below: DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:21:13,240 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - deletePost() Called =====[ SUPPORTED ]===== DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:21:13,240 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - Appkey: 0123456789ABCDEF DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:21:13,240 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - PostId: 3fd09285-9b46-4d98-8bcf-912d7c033861 DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:21:13,240 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - UserId: admin INFO 2009-10-30 15:21:52,818 RendererManager:<clinit> - Renderer Manager Initialized. INFO 2009-10-30 15:21:52,833 RollerVelocity:<clinit> - Initializing Velocity Rendering Engine DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:23:00,958 MetaWeblogAPIHandler:newPost - newPost() Called ===========[ SUPPORTED ]===== DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:23:00,958 MetaWeblogAPIHandler:newPost - BlogId: main DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:23:00,958 MetaWeblogAPIHandler:newPost - UserId: admin DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:23:00,958 MetaWeblogAPIHandler:newPost - Publish: true DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:23:00,990 MetaWeblogAPIHandler:newPost - Title: This is a test 9999 title DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:25:20,990 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - deletePost() Called =====[ SUPPORTED ]===== DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:25:20,990 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - Appkey: 0123456789ABCDEF DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:25:20,990 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - PostId: 64b8a4d0-4ecd-4f1b-8c93-d7734f4530b7 DEBUG 2009-10-30 15:25:20,990 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - UserId: admin ERROR 2009-10-30 15:25:21,193 BloggerAPIHandler:deletePost - ERROR in blogger.deletePost: java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.roller.weblogger.util.cache.CacheManager.invalidate(CacheManager.java:230) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc.BaseAPIHandler.flushPageCache(BaseAPIHandler.java:211) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc.BloggerAPIHandler.deletePost(BloggerAPIHandler.java:102) 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:592) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.invoke(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:111) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.execute(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:102) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServerWorker.execute(XmlRpcServerWorker.java:43) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer.execute(XmlRpcServer.java:83) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:182) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:103) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServlet.doPost(XmlRpcServlet.java:120) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:413) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:99) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.filters.RequestMappingFilter.doFilter(RequestMappingFilter.java:140) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.InitFilter.doFilter(InitFilter.java:71) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:60) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:65) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:264) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:107) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:72) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:110) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.wrapper.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:81) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:138) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:135) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:217) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:229) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:148) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.SchemeEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SchemeEnforcementFilter.java:121) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.CharEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharEncodingFilter.java:77) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:390) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) ERROR 2009-10-30 15:25:21,193 XmlRpcStreamServer:execute - execute: Error while performing request org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: Failed to invoke method deletePost in class org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc.MetaWeblogAPIHandler: ERROR in blogger.deletePost: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.invoke(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:122) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.execute(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:102) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServerWorker.execute(XmlRpcServerWorker.java:43) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer.execute(XmlRpcServer.java:83) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:182) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:103) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServlet.doPost(XmlRpcServlet.java:120) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:413) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:99) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.filters.RequestMappingFilter.doFilter(RequestMappingFilter.java:140) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.InitFilter.doFilter(InitFilter.java:71) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:60) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:65) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:264) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:107) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:72) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:110) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.wrapper.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:81) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:138) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:135) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:217) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:229) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:148) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.SchemeEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SchemeEnforcementFilter.java:121) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.CharEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharEncodingFilter.java:77) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:390) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) Caused by: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: ERROR in blogger.deletePost: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc.BloggerAPIHandler.deletePost(BloggerAPIHandler.java:106) 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:592) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.invoke(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:111) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.execute(ReflectiveXmlRpcHandler.java:102) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServerWorker.execute(XmlRpcServerWorker.java:43) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcServer.execute(XmlRpcServer.java:83) at org.apache.xmlrpc.server.XmlRpcStreamServer.execute(XmlRpcStreamServer.java:182) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServletServer.execute(XmlRpcServletServer.java:103) at org.apache.xmlrpc.webserver.XmlRpcServlet.doPost(XmlRpcServlet.java:120) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.doFilter(FilterDispatcher.java:413) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ActionContextCleanUp.doFilter(ActionContextCleanUp.java:99) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.filters.RequestMappingFilter.doFilter(RequestMappingFilter.java:140) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.InitFilter.doFilter(InitFilter.java:71) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:60) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:65) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:264) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:107) at org.acegisecurity.intercept.web.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:72) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:110) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.wrapper.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:81) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.securechannel.ChannelProcessingFilter.doFilter(ChannelProcessingFilter.java:138) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:135) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:217) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:229) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:274) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:148) at org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy.doFilter(FilterToBeanProxy.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.SchemeEnforcementFilter.doFilter(SchemeEnforcementFilter.java:121) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.CharEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharEncodingFilter.java:77) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:390) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:80) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) ________________________________ From: Brian Levine <levine_br...@hotmail.com> To: user@roller.apache.org Sent: Fri, October 30, 2009 3:01:15 PM Subject: RE: Usage for MetaWeblog API for deletePost. Have you tried adding log4j.category.org.apache.roller.weblogger.webservices.xmlrpc=DEBUG to your roller-custom.properties file? That should give you some more information on what's going on. Have you tried adding or editing posts? And does that work? Do you have preferences->settings->Enable weblog client support selected? I believe admin and atom protocols are separate from xmlrpc, but I wouldn't bet my life on it or anything. /Brian > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:19:56 -0700 > From: mkod...@yahoo.com > Subject: Usage for MetaWeblog API for deletePost. > To: user@roller.apache.org > > Hi - > > I am trying to delete a post using MetaWeblog API. My code is as folows: > > Boolean result = (Boolean) client.execute("metaWeblog.deletePost", > new Object[] {appKey, postId, username, password, Boolean.TRUE}); > > When I run this code I always get back false and the post is not deleted from > the roller database. > > I also have the following settings in my roller-custom.properties file: > > webservices.atomprotocol.enabled=true > webservices.adminprotocol.enabled=true > > What am I doing wrong? How come I cannot delete the post? > > Any pointers will be welcome. > > Manu > > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009