regex bug in dialog with a single textfield, AEM 5.6.1

[brunovianarezen]

Hi,

I've just found this bug in my AEM 5.6.1 instance: if a dialog tab has only 1 field and this field is a textfield with a regex property then the author will get the error 'this.regex.test is not a function'. Is this a known bug? if so, what is the recommendation to workaround it?

Bellow I'll put some of the investigation I've done, in case it might help:

I think the culprit is this piece of code (inside function FormatData in file /libs/cq/ui/widgets/source/utils/Util.js):

                            if (i == "items" && array.length == 1) {
                                // set single items directly as object
                                data[i] = array[0];
                            }
                            else {
                                data[i] = array;
                            }

other parts of the system expect data[i] to be an array, even it has only one element. For an example, the function 'CQ.Util.applyDefaults' has this piece of code:

                if (value && typeof value == "object" &&
                        !(value instanceof Array) && !isCqInstance(value)) {

                    base[name] = CQ.utils.Util.applyDefaults(base[name], value);
                }

as can be seen, the conditional will be evaluated to true and CQ.utils.Util.applyDefaults will be wrongly called. This call will in turn change the value of regex from a RegExp instance to an Object instance.

[smacdonald2008]

I am going to see if i can reproduce these results. I will post back the findings. 

[brunovianarezen]

smacdonald2008 wrote...

I am going to see if i can reproduce these results. I will post back the findings. 

thanks! Some more data:

1. if the dialog has more than one tab, the error doesn't happen

2. if the dialog has a sibling cq:editConfig node, the error doesn't happen

here is a definition of a dialog that triggers the error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jcr:root xmlns:cq="http://www.day.com/jcr/cq/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"
    jcr:primaryType="cq:Dialog" xtype="dialog">
    <items jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget" activeTab="{Long}0" xtype="tabpanel">
        <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
            <tab jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                xtype="panel"
                title="test">
                <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
                    <test
                       jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                       allowBlank="{Boolean}false"
                       regex="/[a-zA-Z0-9]+/"
                       fieldLabel="Test"
                       name="./test"
                       xtype="textfield" />
                </items>
            </tab>
        </items>
    </items>
</jcr:root>

if you add a new field called 'hack' of type hidden, the error disappears.

[edubey · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I was able to replicate this, can you please raise a day care ticket for the same.

[brunovianarezen]

ok, I'll.

[Former Community Member]

Hi,

I'm having the same issue. Is there a hot-fix available?

[vyan024]

Hi @bru

brunovianarezende wrote...

smacdonald2008 wrote...

I am going to see if i can reproduce these results. I will post back the findings. 

thanks! Some more data:

1. if the dialog has more than one tab, the error doesn't happen

2. if the dialog has a sibling cq:editConfig node, the error doesn't happen

here is a definition of a dialog that triggers the error:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jcr:root xmlns:cq="http://www.day.com/jcr/cq/1.0" xmlns:jcr="http://www.jcp.org/jcr/1.0"
    jcr:primaryType="cq:Dialog" xtype="dialog">
    <items jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget" activeTab="{Long}0" xtype="tabpanel">
        <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
            <tab jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                xtype="panel"
                title="test">
                <items jcr:primaryType="cq:WidgetCollection">
                    <test
                       jcr:primaryType="cq:Widget"
                       allowBlank="{Boolean}false"
                       regex="/[a-zA-Z0-9]+/"
                       fieldLabel="Test"
                       name="./test"
                       xtype="textfield" />
                </items>
            </tab>
        </items>
    </items>
</jcr:root>

if you add a new field called 'hack' of type hidden, the error disappears.

How did you fix this issue? Can you please share the solution?