Error compiling Can't locate Foswiki/Form/Topic.pm

Summary

ERROR in Foswiki error.log:

error compiling class Foswiki::Form::Topic: Can't locate Foswiki/Form/Topic.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Foswiki::Form::Topic module)

I am using Foswiki 2.0.3, perl v5.18.2, Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. I have installed WikiworkbenchContrib and prerequisites. The Foswiki error log reports an error when I create a new Application.

The error message suggests that I need to install Topic.pm. However, I am unclear where this module is to be found. Have I missed a prerequisite? Can you assist?

Details

The following sequence works in version 1.1.9, but fails in 2.0.3 as follows.

1. WIKIDEBUG >>> 1. login 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:20:36 AEDT 2015
   • Success
2. WIKIDEBUG >>> 2. Create TestApp in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:22:22 AEDT 2015
   • Appears successful. three pages of topics reported in TestApp (WebHome). Directory contains 26 files plus history.
   • HOWEVER, the Foswiki log reports an error in this step. See below.
3. WIKIDEBUG >>> 3. Create a topic function in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:27:18 AEDT 2015
   • Success? After clicking "New", RenderTopicFunction appears in the edit template WITHOUT a form displayed. I assume the defaults are inserted.
   • After clicking "Save" the topic is displayed with the form: TopicFunction. And the TopicType is: WikiTopic
4. WIKIDEBUG >>> 4. Back to the TopicFunctions page in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:35:48 AEDT 2015
   • FAIL. The new function is not listed. Presumably because the TopicType does not include TopicFunction.

The contents of the foswiki log are: ( the markers >>>> WIKIDEBUG correspond to the steps above )

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIDEBUG >>> 1. login 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:20:36 AEDT 2015
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIDEBUG >>> 2. Create Test.App in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:22:22 AEDT 2015
| 2015-12-21T12:23:33+11:00 error | error compiling class Foswiki::Form::Topic: Can't locate Foswiki/Form/Topic.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Foswiki::Form::Topic module) (@INC contains: /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.18 /usr/share/perl/5.18 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/CPAN/lib) at (eval 274) line 2.
 at (eval 274) line 2.
        eval 'require Foswiki::Form::Topic' called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 404
        Foswiki::Form::createField('Foswiki::Form=HASH(0x9789cf0)', 'topic', 'web', 'Applications', 'topic', 'WikiApplication', 'definingTopic', '', 'title', ...) called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 361
        Foswiki::Form::__ANON__('close_tr') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Tables/Parser.pm line 268
        Foswiki::Tables::Parser::parse('---++ Documentation\x{a}%STARTSECTION{"documentation"}%\x{a}Normally ...', 'CODE(0x9769c48)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 376
        Foswiki::Form::__ANON__() called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 416
        eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 408
        Error::subs::try('CODE(0x976a198)', 'HASH(0x976a238)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 381
        Foswiki::Form::_parseFormDefinition('Foswiki::Form=HASH(0x9789cf0)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 136
        Foswiki::Form::new('Foswiki::Form', 'Foswiki=HASH(0x8d5f7e8)', 'Applications/TestApp', 'Applications.WikiApplication') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/JQGridPlugin/DBCacheConnector.pm line 172
        Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::DBCacheConnector::__ANON__() called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 416
        eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 408
        Error::subs::try('CODE(0x976ca80)', 'HASH(0x976c9e0)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/JQGridPlugin/DBCacheConnector.pm line 177
        Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::DBCacheConnector::search('Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::DBCacheConnector=HASH(0x979dc48)', 'web', 'Applications/TestApp', 'query', 'topic=\'.*\'', 'sort', 'Changed', 'reverse', 'on', ...) called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/JQGridPlugin/DBCacheConnector.pm line 111
        Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::DBCacheConnector::restHandleSearch('Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::DBCacheConnector=HASH(0x979dc48)', 'Foswiki::Request=HASH(0x8d42fa0)', 'Foswiki::Response=HASH(0x8d5f8c4)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/JQGridPlugin.pm line 100
        Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::__ANON__() called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 416
        eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 408
        Error::subs::try('CODE(0x97af70c)', 'HASH(0x97af8b0)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/JQGridPlugin.pm line 108
        Foswiki::Plugins::JQGridPlugin::restGridConnector('Foswiki=HASH(0x8d5f7e8)', 'JQGridPlugin', 'gridconnector', 'Foswiki::Response=HASH(0x8d5f8c4)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Func.pm line 768
        Foswiki::Func::__ANON__('Foswiki=HASH(0x8d5f7e8)', 'JQGridPlugin', 'gridconnector', 'Foswiki::Response=HASH(0x8d5f8c4)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/UI/Rest.pm line 275
        Foswiki::UI::Rest::__ANON__() called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 416
        eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 408
        Error::subs::try('CODE(0x97aca88)', 'HASH(0x97600bc)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/UI/Rest.pm line 290
        Foswiki::UI::Rest::rest('Foswiki=HASH(0x8d5f7e8)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 374
        Foswiki::UI::__ANON__() called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 416
        eval {...} called at /usr/share/perl5/Error.pm line 408
        Error::subs::try('CODE(0x83c9430)', 'HASH(0x8da409c)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 500
        Foswiki::UI::_execute('Foswiki::Request=HASH(0x8d42fa0)', 'CODE(0x8d92fb4)', 'rest', 1) called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/UI.pm line 326
        Foswiki::UI::handleRequest('Foswiki::Request=HASH(0x8d42fa0)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Engine/CGI.pm line 99
        Foswiki::Engine::CGI::run('Foswiki::Engine::CGI=HASH(0x887b4e0)') called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/bin/rest line 29
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIDEBUG >>> 3. Create a topic function in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:27:18 AEDT 2015
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIDEBUG >>> 4. Back to the TopicFunctions page in 2.0.3 - Mon Dec 21 12:35:48 AEDT 2015
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WIKIDEBUG >>> 5. END OFF EXPERIMENTS - Mon Dec 21 12:38:26 AEDT 2015  

The problem appears to occur here:

require Foswiki::Form::Topic' called at /var/www/Foswiki-2.0.3/lib/Foswiki/Form.pm line 404

Topic.pm is not found anywhere in my Foswiki 2.0.3 installation tree.

The code in Form.pm at line 404 does not refer explicitly to Topic.pm.

    386 # PROTECTED
    387 # Create a field object. Done like this so that this method can be
    388 # overridden by subclasses to extend the range of field types.
    389 sub createField {
    390     my $this = shift;
    391     my $type = shift;
    392 
    393     # The untaint is required for the validation *and* the ucfirst, which
    394     # retaints when use locale is in force (hence we do the validation *after*
    395     # the ucfirst)
    396     my $class = Foswiki::Sandbox::untaint(
    397         $type,
    398         sub {
    399             my $class = ucfirst(shift);
    400             $class =~ m/^([a-zA-Z0-9_]*)/;    # cut off +buttons etc
    401             return "Foswiki::Form::$1";
    402         }
    403     );
    404     eval 'require ' . $class;
    405     if ($@) {
    406         $this->session->logger->log( 'error',
    407             "error compiling class $class: $@" );
    408 
    409         # Type not available; use base type
    410         require Foswiki::Form::FieldDefinition;
    411         $class = 'Foswiki::Form::FieldDefinition';
    412     }
    413     return $class->new( session => $this->session(), type => $type, @_ );
    414 }

All this suggests that I need to install Topic.pm. However, I am unclear where this module is to be found. Have I missed a prerequisite? Can you assist?

Thanks in advance.

-- BramVanOosterhout - 21 Dec 2015

Yes, I have found the answer. Topic.pm is in MoreFormFieldsPlugin. Installed that with all prerequisites and the compile error went away. I still don't get the same behaviour as under 1.1.9. That is the created TopicFunction onle has a WikiTopic type. But that is clearly a different problem. I will close this error report.. Thanks for letting me formulate the question.

-- BramVanOosterhout - 21 Dec 2015

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