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I ran into an issue where I couldn’t figure out why I was getting the following error when running a WebLogic Server 10.3.2 upgrade in silent mode pert the documentation:

C:tempten_two_domain1>java weblogic.Upgrade -mode silent
-type domain Calling Wizard framework for upgrade: args2:
[-mode=silent,-file=wcf/plugin_silent_wizard.xml,
-p:plugin:plugin.silent.response.file=weblog
ic-upgrade-domain-responses.xml,
-log=stdout,-p:plugin:plugin.executionPlan.file=weblogic/
upgrade/domain/execplan.xml,-p:plugin:I18N_PLUGI N=weblogic/
upgrade/i18n_upgrade,
-p:plugin:TARGET_VERSION=10.3.2.0] 2011-05-03 12:12:25,926
ERROR [inputAdapter_silent] com.bea.plateng.wizard.
WizardController - Uncaught Exception java.lang.
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 at weblogic.upgrade.domain.
directoryselection.SelectWebLogicVersionPlugIn.
validateInputAdapter(SelectWebLogicVersionPlugIn.java:50) at
com.bea.plateng.wizard.plugin.silent.tasks.
InputAdapterSilentTask.execute(InputAdapterSilentTask.java:178)
at com.bea.plateng.wizard.silent.tasks.AbstractSilentTask.
run(AbstractSilentTask.java:28) at java.lang.Thread.run(
Thread.java:619) A fatal error has occurred. This application 
will terminate.

I thought I had followed the example from http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15523_01/web.1111/e13754/xml_ref.htm#g1066162 perfectly:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<plugin-silent-responses>
</plugin-silent-responses>

<!-- SAMPLE BELOW -->
<!--
<plugin-silent-responses>
  <group name="DomainSelectionGroup">
    <plugin name="SelectWebLogicVersionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="ChoiceIA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>__WEBLOGIC_VERSION__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="DomainDirectorySelectionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="IA">
        <bind-property name="selectedFile">
          <value>__DOMAIN_DIR__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
  </group>
  <group name="PostDirSelectionGroup">
    <plugin name="AdminServerSelectionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="IA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>__ADMIN_SERVER_NAME__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="NodeManagerCredentialsPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="UsernameIA">
        <bind-property name="value">
          <value>__NODE_MANAGER_USERNAME__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
      <input-adapter name="PasswordIA">
        <bind-property name="value">
          <value>__NODE_MANAGER_PASSWORD__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
      <input-adapter name="PasswordConfirmIA">
        <bind-property name="value">
          <value>__NODE_MANAGER_PASSWORD__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="OptionalGroupsSelectionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="IA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>__OPTIONAL_ACTION_1__</value>
          <value> . . . </value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
  </group>
  <group name="PostDirSelectionPost81Group">
    <plugin name="AdminServerSelectionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="IA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>__ADMIN_SERVER_NAME__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
    <plugin name="OptionalGroupsSelectionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="IA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>__OPTIONAL_ACTION_1__</value>
          <value> . . . </value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
  </group>
  <group name="DomainBackupGroup">
    <plugin name="DomainDirectoryBackupPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="FileSelectionIA">
        <bind-property name="selectedFileNames">
          <value>__BACKUP_DIR__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
      <input-adapter name="TextIA">
        <bind-property name="value">
          <value>___BACKUP_FILE_NAME__</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>
  </group>
</plugin-silent-responses>

-->

But, as it turns out, where I wanted to be literal on the  SelectWebLogicVersionPlugIn value with 10.2, the correct format is to be a bit broader, with:

    <plugin name="SelectWebLogicVersionPlugIn">
      <input-adapter name="ChoiceIA">
        <bind-property name="selectedChoiceIds">
          <value>9.0 or higher</value>
        </bind-property>
      </input-adapter>
    </plugin>

Note the value 9.0 or higher

I hope this saves some folks the time I spent figuring it out 🙂

© Scott S. Nelson