However, if you need your own version of those jar files, then you need to go for classloader scoping of your application.
i did a classloading scoping as you recommended following the wiki
https://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-9288
in fact, i added a jboss-app.xml described below into the flashrecruit.ear\META-INF folder but that did not solve the problem
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jboss-app>
<loader-repository> com.example:archive=flashrecruit.ear </loader-repository>
</jboss-app>
however, based on the jboss server log when deploying the application it sticks at a file named /recruit-config.xml as you can see below
11:40:54,796 ERROR [FileUtil] Could not load: WEB-INF/recruit-config.xml - getFileContents()
11:40:54,796 INFO [RecruitStart] Initializing configuration
11:40:54,906 ERROR [STDERR] [Fatal Error] :1:49: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity.
11:40:54,906 ERROR [ConfigurationReader] Exception parsing XML content:
Could not load: WEB-INF/recruit-config.xml
org.vectrics.SystemException: SAX Exception parsing content
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:238)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parse(ConfigurationReader.java:70)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.RecruitStart.initializeWebApplication(RecruitStart.java:149)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.struts.RecruiterServlet.initialize(RecruiterServlet.java:140)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:98)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:799)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1048)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4122)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4421)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:367)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:146)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:460)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:96)
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 org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
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:668)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206)
at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContex
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:146)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:45)
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeploye
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1178)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:545)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.loadProfile(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:304)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:205)
at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:405)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:209)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:547)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:224)
... 67 more
11:40:54,968 ERROR [RecruitStart] Exception starting web app
org.vectrics.SystemException: Excpeption parsing config file.
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:247)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parse(ConfigurationReader.java:70)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.RecruitStart.initializeWebApplication(RecruitStart.java:149)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.struts.RecruiterServlet.initialize(RecruiterServlet.java:140)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:98)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:799)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1048)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4122)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4421)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:367)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:146)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:460)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:96)
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 org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
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:668)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206)
at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContex
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:146)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:45)
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeploye
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1178)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:545)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.loadProfile(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:304)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:205)
at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:405)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:209)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:547)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.vectrics.SystemException: SAX Exception parsing content
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:238)
... 67 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:224)
... 67 more
11:40:55,093 INFO [SessionCount] Session is null, ignoring close request
11:40:55,093 ERROR [VectricsServlet] Exception intializing
org.vectrics.SystemException: Exception starting web app
at org.vectrics.recruiter.RecruitStart.initializeWebApplication(RecruitStart.java:199)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.struts.RecruiterServlet.initialize(RecruiterServlet.java:140)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:98)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
at org.vectrics.struts.VectricsServlet.init(VectricsServlet.java:799)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1048)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4122)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4421)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:367)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:146)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:460)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:96)
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 org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
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:668)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206)
at $Proxy36.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContex
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:146)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:104)
at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:45)
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeploye
at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1439)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1157)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1178)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1210)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1098)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1598)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1062)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:781)
at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:545)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.loadProfile(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:304)
at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:205)
at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:405)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:209)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:547)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: org.vectrics.SystemException: Excpeption parsing config file.
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:247)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parse(ConfigurationReader.java:70)
at org.vectrics.recruiter.RecruitStart.initializeWebApplication(RecruitStart.java:149)
... 65 more
Caused by: org.vectrics.SystemException: SAX Exception parsing content
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:238)
... 67 more
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: XML document structures must start and end within the same entity.
at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.vectrics.common.util.ConfigurationReader.parseContent(ConfigurationReader.java:224)
... 67 more
however the content of this file seems to be valid and does not contain errors:
site template-name="default" resource-path="/recruit/custom">
<jdbc-driver value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
<hibernate-dialect value="org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect"/>
i think it's not a problem of libs that are in conflict with those of joss but in this xml file knowing that the structure of the ear file is as follow:
/flashrecruit/META-INF
-manifest.mf
-application.xml
/flashrecruit/recruiter-intranet.war that contains a folder named custom and in the xml file its ressource-path is /recruiter/custom
so could the problem be from this file?