DeploymentException: Error during deploy

[glynj]

Hi,

I'm trying to deploy an ear file to JBoss 3.07-Tomcat 4.1.24. The Java environment is 1.3.1_04. This is an ear file I have successfully deployed to a number of other app servers. The EJB's appear to deploy correctly but the war file fails. Has anyone seen this error before? Any help would be gratefully accepted.

Excerpt from log file
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2003-05-06 10:59:00,308 INFO [org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer] Starting deployment of package: file:/D:/jboss-3.0.7/server/rvwebserver/deploy/rvweb.ear
2003-05-06 10:59:02,822 INFO [org.jboss.deployment.EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/D:/jboss-3.0.7/server/rvwebserver/deploy/rvweb.ear
2003-05-06 10:59:11,744 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Creating
2003-05-06 10:59:11,804 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying ControllerBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,585 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying SystemConfigurationBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,615 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying PreDealCheckControllerBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,655 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying StandingDataBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,685 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying WhatIfProfileControllerBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,705 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying ExposureProfileControllerBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,735 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying LimitDetailsControllerBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,755 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying JalapinoBean
2003-05-06 10:59:12,885 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Deploying APIBean
2003-05-06 10:59:13,136 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Created
2003-05-06 10:59:13,136 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Starting
2003-05-06 10:59:13,516 INFO [org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule] Started
2003-05-06 10:59:15,198 WARN [org.jboss.util.NestedThrowable] Duplicate throwable nesting of same base type: class org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException is assignable from: class org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException
2003-05-06 10:59:15,268 INFO [org.jboss.web.catalina.EmbeddedCatalinaService41] deploy, ctxPath=, warUrl=file:/D:/jboss-3.0.7/server/rvwebserver/tmp/deploy/server/rvwebserver/deploy/rvweb.ear/25.rvweb.ear-contents/rvweb_web.war
2003-05-06 10:59:15,369 ERROR [org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer] could not start deployment: file:/D:/jboss-3.0.7/server/rvwebserver/tmp/deploy/server/rvwebserver/deploy/rvweb.ear/25.rvweb.ear-contents/rvweb_web.war
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Error during deploy; - nested throwable: (java.lang.NullPointerException)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:310)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:814)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:806)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:627)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:591)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy3.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:435)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:656)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:507)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:266)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:165)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:1003)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:413)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy2.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:232)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:814)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:627)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:591)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:575)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:324)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:221)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:148)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
+ nested throwable:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.ejb.EjbUtil.resolveLink(EjbUtil.java:82)
at org.jboss.ejb.EjbUtil.findEjbLink(EjbUtil.java:48)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.linkEjbRefs(AbstractWebContainer.java:556)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.parseWebAppDescriptors(AbstractWebContainer.java:461)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer$DescriptorParser.parseWebAppDescriptors(AbstractWebContainer.java:877)
at org.jboss.web.catalina.EmbeddedCatalinaService41.initENC(EmbeddedCatalinaService41.java:440)
at org.jboss.web.catalina.EmbeddedCatalinaService41.createWebContext(EmbeddedCatalinaService41.java:427)
at org.jboss.web.catalina.EmbeddedCatalinaService41.performDeploy(EmbeddedCatalinaService41.java:306)
at org.jboss.web.AbstractWebContainer.start(AbstractWebContainer.java:301)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:814)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:806)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:627)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:591)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy3.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:435)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:656)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:507)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner.startService(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:266)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:165)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:1003)
at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:413)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy2.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.start(SARDeployer.java:232)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:814)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:627)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:591)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:575)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:517)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:324)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:221)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:148)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:381)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)

[adrian.brock]

You haven't specified an <ejb-link> for
your <ejb-ref> or alternatively put a <jndi-name>
in jboss-web.xml for the <ejb-ref>

I'm fixing the error reporting so it shows
a meaningful message.

Regards,
Adrian

[glynj]

I do have a jndi-name tag in the jboss-web.xml file as shown below but it didn't make any difference.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE jboss-web
PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-web_3_0.dtd">

<jboss-web>
<context-root>/</context-root>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>Controller</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/Controller</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>SystemConfigurationBean</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/SystemConfiguration</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>PreDealCheckController</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/PreDealCheckController</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>StandingData</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/StandingData</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>WhatIfProfileController</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/WhatIfProfileController</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>ExposureProfileController</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/ExposureProfileController</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>LimitDetailsController</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/LimitDetailsController</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>Jalapino</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/Jalapino</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>API</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>com/misys/riskvision/ejb/API</jndi-name>
</ejb-ref>
</jboss-web>

[adrian.brock]

Are you sure you have them all specified?

If you download the latest 3.0
version from cvs it will tell you which one is wrong
rather than throwing an NPE. :-(

cvs ... co -r Branch_3_0 jboss-3.0

Regards,
Adrian

[glynj]

Yes. They are all specified.

I'm having trouble getting the source.

CVS returns

cvs [log aborted]: recv() from server cvs.sourceforge.net: EOF

[glynj]

and also

cvs [checkout aborted]: recv() from server cvs.sourceforge.net: EOF

[glynj]

I finally managed to check out the source code and built it.

The error messages are a great improvement and I then tracked down the problem. It was a usual obvious error. The names in the jboss-web.xml didn't match the ejb names in the web.xml file.

Thanks that has saved me much stress and time.