BeanLocator is not set in liferay 7.1 https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=110671190 2026-04-05T11:59:07Z 2026-04-05T11:59:07Z Olaf Kock https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=110671604 2018-08-06T13:13:41Z 2018-08-06T13:13:41Z

<blockquote> <div class="quote-title">Abhishek Jain:</div> <div class="quote"> <div class="quote-content"> <p>I am getting &quot;BeanLocatorException&quot; when calling GroupLocalServiceUtil.getFriendlyURLGroup(companyId, friendlyUrl) with valid arguments in liferay 7.1..The useful info about stacktrace is as follows:-</p> <p> <strong>com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException: BeanLocator is not set<br />     at com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.PortalBeanLocatorUtil.locate(PortalBeanLocatorUtil.java:74)<br />     at com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.GroupLocalServiceUtil.getService(GroupLocalServiceUtil.java:2508)</strong></p> <p>I went through several threads and tried with methods for groupLocalService using @Reference annotation but to no avail..</p></div></div></blockquote> <p>Please show the relevant part of your code, and the stacktrace down to your own call.</p> <p>Note that you shouldn't call GroupLocalServiceUtil any more if you write an OSGi bundle plugin. Rather call the direct @Reference to groupLocalService.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Olaf Kock 2018-08-06T13:13:41Z Abhishek Jain https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=110671189 2018-08-06T12:21:19Z 2018-08-06T12:21:19Z

<p>I am getting &quot;BeanLocatorException&quot; when calling GroupLocalServiceUtil.getFriendlyURLGroup(companyId, friendlyUrl) with valid arguments in liferay 7.1..The useful info about stacktrace is as follows:-</p> <p> <strong>com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException: BeanLocator is not set<br />     at com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.PortalBeanLocatorUtil.locate(PortalBeanLocatorUtil.java:74)<br />     at com.liferay.portal.kernel.service.GroupLocalServiceUtil.getService(GroupLocalServiceUtil.java:2508)</strong></p> <p>I went through several threads and tried with methods for groupLocalService using @Reference annotation but to no avail..Please help me in this approach..Your suggestions would be highly appreciated ...Thanks in advance..</p>

Abhishek Jain 2018-08-06T12:21:19Z