Still teetering on the top of my To Do list

On 2011-07-27, at 11:48 AM, Michael Gargano wrote:

> was there ever a resolution to this.  i'm encountering this problem a lot.
> 
> -mike
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
> 
>> Try the second one I sent out... That one is simpler and easier to 
>> understand.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>> 
>>> I will try it later.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2011-07-15, at 7:11 AM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have some good news.  I have a little test app with a simple Main 
>>>> component that reproduces the problem in 5 easy steps.
>>>> 
>>>> Who is interested in trying it out?  :-)  You just import into Eclipse and 
>>>> follow the 5 easy steps on the Main component.
>>>> 
>>>> <PageCacheTest.zip>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I have, sort of, understood this code in the past.  It is tricky, you 
>>>>> really have to pay attention.  IIRC what it has is a two level cache for 
>>>>> (potentially) every page in the regular cache.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chuck
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2011-07-14, at 9:39 AM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Oh... for reference that code in ERXAjaxSession.java looks like this:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> public void savePage(WOComponent page) {
>>>>>>          ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>    // Remove the oldest entry if we're about to add a new one and that 
>>>>>> would put us over the cache size ...
>>>>>>    // We do a CACHE_SIZE*2 here because for every page, we have to 
>>>>>> potentially store its previous contextid to prevent
>>>>>>    // race conditions, so there technically can be 2x cache size many 
>>>>>> pages in the cache.
>>>>>>    boolean removedCacheEntry = 
>>>>>> cleanPageReplacementCacheIfNecessary(pageCacheKey);
>>>>>> 208:    if (!removedCacheEntry && pageReplacementCache.size() >= 
>>>>>> ERXAjaxSession.MAX_PAGE_REPLACEMENT_CACHE_SIZE * 2) {
>>>>>>      Iterator entryIterator = pageReplacementCache.entrySet().iterator();
>>>>>>      Map.Entry oldestEntry = (Map.Entry) entryIterator.next();
>>>>>>      entryIterator.remove();
>>>>>>      if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) logger.debug(pageCacheKey + 
>>>>>> "pageReplacementCache too large, removing oldest entry = " + 
>>>>>> ((TransactionRecord)oldestEntry.getValue()).key());
>>>>>>    }
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>          ...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I don't understand the code in ERXAjaxSession.java:208-213 very well 
>>>>>>> but I can see that the size of the page replacement cache referred to 
>>>>>>> by that code is growing with every AJAX request until it is >= two 
>>>>>>> times the size specified by er.extensions.maxPageReplacementCacheSize.  
>>>>>>> From there on it removes entries from there.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> At this point if I close the dialog (AMD) and then click on the link on 
>>>>>>> the page I get the "You backtracked too far" error.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Anybody understands that code?  :-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm gonna compare with my test Wonder app which all it has is the AMD 
>>>>>>> and link on the page to test this and try to find out why I don't get 
>>>>>>> the error there.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I don't get the error if I set 
>>>>>>>> er.extensions.maxPageReplacementCacheSize=50 in my Properties.dev file.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So now I'm focusing on ERXAjaxSession.java:208-213 to see if that code 
>>>>>>>> to try to figure out if that code has anything to do with the problem 
>>>>>>>> I have when I reduce the cache size.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Alexis Tual wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> have you tried to raise the er.extensions.maxPageReplacementCacheSize 
>>>>>>>>> (default is 30) ? It should delay the page restauration error, not 
>>>>>>>>> fixing the real issue... and if you have few users and enough memory, 
>>>>>>>>> it might be the cheapest way to get it done.
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, I filled a jira for this a year ago 
>>>>>>>>> http://issues.objectstyle.org/jira/browse/WONDER-545 (Don't try the 
>>>>>>>>> attached patch though, it's worse :))
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Still in Quebec, back to Poutine free area soon
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Le 12 juil. 2011 à 19:29, Ricardo J. Parada a écrit :
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Ricardo,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Ricardo J. Parada wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does anybody have an idea what could be causing this problem?  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The user clicks on an AjaxModalDialogOpener which opens the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dialog.  Then the user does a whole bunch of stuff in the dialog 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that involves many clicks
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does it still happen if they don't make so many clicks?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> If they make a few clicks then it works okay.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then finally clicks a DONE link to close the dialog.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are all of these links and clicks Ajax actions?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, they are clicking on links generated by AjaxSubmitButton 
>>>>>>>>>>>> components to be exact.  :-)
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> And you are certain that there are no /wo/ or /wa/ requests mixed 
>>>>>>>>>>> in here?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I set this property in my Properties.dev:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> log4j.logger.er.extensions.ERXApplication.RequestHandling=DEBUG
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> and then I looked at all the uri's of the requests coming in.  They 
>>>>>>>>>> have /ajax/ in there and when the dialog first comes up I see a few 
>>>>>>>>>> /_wr_/ and I guess the browser caches those since I don't see 
>>>>>>>>>> requests for those anymore on subsequent requests after the dialog 
>>>>>>>>>> is displayed.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> All the requests for the "many clicks" I mentioned have /ajax/ in 
>>>>>>>>>> them.  I don't see any /wo/ requests mixed in.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Also I set a breakpoint in ERXAjaxSession.java at the only place it 
>>>>>>>>>> calls super.savePage() where I assume the current page would be 
>>>>>>>>>> saved but I never hit the breakpoint.  I would think that regular 
>>>>>>>>>> component requests would be generating new context IDs and therefore 
>>>>>>>>>> saving the page in the cache for those context IDs.  But I don't see 
>>>>>>>>>> the page getting saved.  :-/
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The dialog has a closeUpdateContainerID bound with the id of an 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ajax update container to refresh, which it does refresh upon 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> closing the dialog.  But then the user clicks on a link on the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> page that is outside the refreshed AjaxUpdateContainer and the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> app displays the error "You backtracked too far.  The 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> application backtracking limit of 30 has been exceeded."
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ajax links or regular component actions links?  I do what seems 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be the same thing (except maybe the "does a whole bunch of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stuff in the dialog") and have not had any problems.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> They are regular component action links.  The context ID for which 
>>>>>>>>>>>> the page is being restored is 22.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> The original URL is 21?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Well, I just put in there a <wo:link string="test" action="$test"/> 
>>>>>>>>>> and by inspecting that link after I close the ajax modal dialog and 
>>>>>>>>>> the update container refreshes the href for the link is:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.9:53295/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Phynance.woa/wo/EmqPpwSYBiOiS7PPSLDXzw/8.0.0.9.1.1.13.1.5.1.2.1.1.3.51
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> and clicking that generates the "You backtracked too far" error.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The key to tracking this down is to know if it is the Ajax or the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> regular page cache that is missing the component.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm stepping through the restorePageForContextID() in 
>>>>>>>>>>>> ERXAjaxSession.java but I'm not sure what to look for.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, I just meant if the URL that caused the error was a /ajax/ 
>>>>>>>>>>> or /wo/ URL.  It sounds like a /wo/ URL so that suggests to me that 
>>>>>>>>>>> something in your dialog is generating /wo/ or /wa/ requests that 
>>>>>>>>>>> are pushing the page out of the standard page cache.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I did not see any /wo/ nor /wa/ requests.  They are all /ajax/ 
>>>>>>>>>> requests.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I'll try to create a test Wonder app with an ajax modal dialog 
>>>>>>>>>> with a single ajax link in it that displays the current time when 
>>>>>>>>>> clicked... Then I can click it many many times.  Then close the 
>>>>>>>>>> dialog and then click on a link on the page afterwards to see if I 
>>>>>>>>>> can reproduce.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Chuck
>>>>>>>>>>> 
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