3 Replies Latest reply on Oct 20, 2006 3:11 AM by jyoonyang

ClassCastException during startup if ear is used

jyoonyang Oct 19, 2006 10:18 PM

Hi

I have a war inside an ear. During startup, I get a ClassCastException, which does not occur if I deploy the war without wrapping inside an ear.

I have experiemented with other wars. The problem is consistent. Only difference is the class that gets this ClassCastException.

It seems like some sort of class loader issue, but I don't know how to resolve this.

Here are the contents of my ear:

META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
mysar.sar
mywar.war
META-INF/jboss-app.xml
META-INF/application.xml

jboss-app.xml

<!DOCTYPE jboss-app PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD J2EE Application 1.4//EN"
 "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-app_4_0.dtd">
<jboss-app>
 <loader-repository>myapp:loader=myear.ear</loader-repository>
 <module>
 <service>mysar.sar</service>
 </module>
</jboss-app>

application.xml

<application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" version="1.4"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com /xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/application_1_4.xsd">

<display-name>My App</display-name>
 <module>
 <web>
 <web-uri>mywar.war</web-uri>
 <context-root>/test</context-root>
 </web>
 </module>
</application>

Exception stack

19:13:50,291 ERROR [[/cas]] Servlet /cas threw load() exception
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.jasig.cas.web.init.SafeDispatcherServlet
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1055)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:932)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:3917)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4201)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:739)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:524)
 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:585)
 at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5116)
 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:585)
 at org.apache.commons.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:503)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.RawDynamicInvoker.invoke(RawDynamicInvoker.java:164)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployer.java:297)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.TomcatDeployer.performDeploy(TomcatDeployer.java:103)
 at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebDeployer.start(AbstractWebDeployer.java:371)
 at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:83)
 at org.jboss.web.WebModule.startService(WebModule.java:61)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:289)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalLifecycle(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:245)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor2.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:978)
 at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor9.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:466)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.DynamicInterceptor.invoke(DynamicInterceptor.java:97)
 at org.jboss.system.InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.invokeNext(InterceptorServiceMBeanSupport.java:238)
 at org.jboss.ws.server.WebServiceDeployer.start(WebServiceDeployer.java:117)
 at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptorSupport$XMBeanInterceptor.start(SubDeployerInterceptorSupport.java:18
 at org.jboss.deployment.SubDeployerInterceptor.invoke(SubDeployerInterceptor.java:95)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy37.start(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:1007)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:997)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:808)
 at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:771)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor51.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
 at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
 at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
 at $Proxy8.deploy(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:421)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:610)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.doScan(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:263)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:274)
 at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:225)

Thanks in advance,
Jennifer

1. Re: ClassCastException during startup if ear is used

jaikiran Oct 20, 2006 1:10 AM (in response to jyoonyang)

Have a look at:

http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=ClassCastExceptions

Specifically, the jmx-console method that has been mentioned over there.
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2. Re: ClassCastException during startup if ear is used

jyoonyang Oct 20, 2006 2:29 AM (in response to jyoonyang)
Thanks for your reply.

Well, it looks like the class didn't load at all. Here is the result of invoking displayClassInfo() from the JMX Console:

org.jasig.cas.web.init.SafeDispatcherServlet Information Not loaded in repository cache

Probably due to ClassCastException...
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3. Re: ClassCastException during startup if ear is used

jyoonyang Oct 20, 2006 3:11 AM (in response to jyoonyang)

Found the culprit. There was servlet-api.jar in the war.
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