Title:
Session and Application scopes unavailable in REST service endpoint that returns void
| View in TrackerStatus/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Fixed/
Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): Johnny O / Johnny O (Johnny O)
Created: 07/07/2016
Components: REST Services
Versions: 10.0
Failure Type: Non Functioning
Found In Build/Fixed In Build: Final /
Priority/Frequency: Normal / Some users will encounter
Locale/System: English / Win All
Vote Count: 1
Problem Description:
After upgrading to ColdFusion 10 Update 20, REST services where the endpoint returns void no longer has access to Session and Application scopes. I believe this problem started with Update 14. Update 13 works fine.
Steps to Reproduce:
1) Upgrade to ColdFusion Update 20.
2) Create the following endpoint:
<cffunction name="check" access="remote" httpmethod="GET" produces="application/json" restpath="check" returntype="void">
<cfset var foo = StructKeyExists(Session, "UserContext") />
</cffunction>
3) Call the newly created endpoint. e.g.:
GET /rest/v1.0/widgets/check HTTP/1.1
4) Inspect the results:
HTTP/1.1 500 [coldfusion.runtime.UndefinedVariableException : Variable SESSION is undefined.]
Server: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
server-error: true
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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:09:56 GMT
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Actual Result:
500 error because Session scope is unavailable.
Expected Result:
Session (and Application) scope to be available.
Any Workarounds:
The only workaround is to set the returntype to something other than void (e.g. struct or string), but then RestSetResponse stops working, as RestSetResponse requires a returntype of 'void' for it to work.
----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------
Watson Bug ID: 4171125
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External Customer Name: Johnny O
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External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:
Windows 10, Intel i7 processor, ColdFusion 10.Attachments:
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