JB 4.0.2 to 4.0.3 -> jar stopped working

[lmasters]

I previously had my application working fine in JB 4.0.2. I have a bunch of jars (xalan.jar, xerces.jar, fop.jar, classes12.jar, jconn2.jar, etc.) that I put in the server/lib directory and all was well.

When I upgraded to 4.0.3, I now get the following error in my log when trying to invoke fop:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/fop/apps/Driver

I tried adding the jar manually to the jboss classpath, but that made no difference.

Did something change with the jar loader in this point release? Anyone know how to fix this issue?
Thanks,
Lou

[adrian.brock]

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossHelp
IT DOES NOT WORK.
You should certainly never modify the classpath unless you know what you are doing.

[lmasters]

Ouch. OK, how can I word this better...

I'm running win32 (2000) and jdk 1.4.

In 4.0.2, I placed my jars in the server/myserver/lib directory. I use Xalan, Xerces, Batik and FOP to render PDF reports. The reports rendered PDF OK.

I upgraded to 4.0.3 and placed my jars in the server/myserver/lib directory. Now, when I run a PDF report, I get the following error:

at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor75.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
 at org.jboss.invocation.Invocation.performCall(Invocation.java:345)
 at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionContainer.java:214)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionInterceptor.invoke(CachedConnectionInterceptor.java:149)
 at org.jboss.webservice.server.ServiceEndpointInterceptor.invoke(ServiceEndpointInterceptor.java:54)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CallValidationInterceptor.invoke(CallValidationInterceptor.java:48)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptor.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptor.java:106)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptorBMT.java:158)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorBMT.invoke(TxInterceptorBMT.java:62)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.java:154)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:153)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LogInterceptor.invoke(LogInterceptor.java:192)
 at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.invoke(ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.java:122)
 at org.jboss.ejb.SessionContainer.internalInvoke(SessionContainer.java:624)
 at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:873)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor73.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
 at org.jboss.invocation.local.LocalInvoker$MBeanServerAction.invoke(LocalInvoker.java:155)
 at org.jboss.invocation.local.LocalInvoker.invoke(LocalInvoker.java:104)
 at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invokeLocal(InvokerInterceptor.java:179)
 at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invoke(InvokerInterceptor.java:165)
 at org.jboss.proxy.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:46)
 at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:55)
 at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.StatelessSessionInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInterceptor.java:97)
 at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:86)
 at $Proxy53.dispatch(Unknown Source)
 at com.lognet.servlets.DispatcherServlet.doWork(DispatcherServlet.java:513)
 at com.lognet.servlets.DispatcherServlet.wrapper(DispatcherServlet.java:54)
 at com.lognet.servlets.DispatcherServlet.doPost(DispatcherServlet.java:834)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:81)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:39)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:159)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:59)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/fop/apps/Driver
 at com.lognet.reports.engine.FOPGenerator.(FOPGenerator.java:43)

-Lou

[adrian.brock]

Your problem is the (lack of) information provided not the wording:
http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=68044

[adrian.brock]

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

The class (or one of the classes it imports, etc.)
is not visible from the importing class's classloader.

[lmasters]

OK, I figured it out. The avalan jar was missing from the lib directory and that was causing the fop jar to throw the exception.
Thanks.