ADF throwing java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - oracle-adf

Question

Our server has been upgraded as below,
Weblogic Server from version 10.3.3 to 10.3.6
Portal 11g Midtier from version 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.1.7
Portal repository (Portal-schemas in the database) from version 11.1.1.3 to version 11.1.1.6
We are getting following error on several pages, help appreciated
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.(XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.java:50)
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.RegistrationConfigurator.getExternalContext(RegistrationConfigurator.java:181)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.config.GlobalConfiguratorImpl.getExternalContext(GlobalConfiguratorImpl.java:368)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.context.FacesContextFactoryImpl$CacheRenderKit.(FacesContextFactoryImpl.java:86)
at org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.context.FacesContextFactoryImpl.getFacesContext(FacesContextFactoryImpl.java:64)
at oracle.portlet.bridge.adf.application.ADFBridgePortlet.doFacesRequest(ADFBridgePortlet.java:344)
at fi.luottokunta.partner.util.BridgePortlet.doFacesRequest(BridgePortlet.java:52)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221)
Caused By: oracle.portlet.server.containerimpl.ContainerIllegalArgumentException: Content type "text/xml;charset=utf-8" is not allowed in current context.
at oracle.portlet.server.containerimpl.RenderResponseImpl.setContentType(RenderResponseImpl.java:269)
at oracle.portlet.bridge.adf.application.ResourceResponseWrapper.setContentType(ResourceResponseWrapper.java:41)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.(XmlRenderResponseInvocationHandler.java:44)
at oracle.adfinternal.view.faces.config.rich.RegistrationConfigurator.getExternalContext(RegistrationConfigurator.java:181)
Additional information, The issue might be arising due to ADF components.
For example in below sample if we remove the selectionListener component from jspx the application works without error. SP500.jspx
<af:table contentDelivery="immediate" width="915" var="user" value="#{viewScope.SP500.sortableModel}" rowBandingInterval="0"
rendered="#{viewScope.SP500.renderResults}" autoHeightRows="12" immediate="true" binding="#{viewScope.SP500.userTable}"
rowSelection="multiple" selectionListener="#{viewScope.SP500.selectionListener}" columnStretching="last"
disableColumnReordering="true">
<af:column styleClass="datacolumns" minimumWidth="155" width="200px" headerText="#{msg.SP500_F016}" sortable="true"
sortProperty="uid">
<af:commandLink text="#{user.uid}" action="#{viewScope.SP500.viewUser}">
<af:setPropertyListener from="#{user}" to="#{requestScope.viewUser}" type="action"/>
</af:commandLink>
</af:column>
SP500.java
public void selectionListener(final SelectionEvent selectionEvent) {
//Trigger a check of whether the delete button is enabled
AdfFacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addPartialTarget(deleteButton);
}