ClassCastException when trying to create a new item

[Nicklas Nordborg]

UPDATE It seems that the same error can happen in many other places as well if a filter is present in a column that is listing a linked item. For example, in the "Samples" list if there is a filter in the "Protocol" or "Kit" column.

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If there is a filter on the "Plugin definition" column in the "Plugin configurations" list when the "New" button is clicked in order to create a new configuration a popup window is opened with an error message:

class java.lang.String cannot be cast to class net.sf.basedb.core.Type ...
java.lang.ClassCastException
...at net.sf.basedb.clients.web.Base.getFirstMatching(Base.java:1760)
...at org.apache.jsp.admin.pluginconfigurations.edit_005fconfiguration_jsp._jspService(edit_005fconfiguration_jsp.java:252)
...at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
...

The error goes away if the filter in the "Plugin definition" column is removed.

[Nicklas Nordborg]

In 7733:

Fixes #2187: ClassCastException when trying to create a new item

It seems like the issue was caused by a side-effect to the changes made in [7605] #2151. The introduction of implicit casting to the PropertyFilter.getValueAsObject() caused the compiler to select the Expressions.parameter(String, Type) method instead of the Expressions.parameter(String, Object) method. Solved by using Expressions.parameter(String, Object, Type) instead.