Error Could not initialise deployment jbossws.sar on running

[leo_shal2001]

Hi, I am new to JBOSS, I downloaded jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6.zip file and extracted it. Now when running C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA\bin\run.bat .. its throwing following error.

JAVA_HOME is not set. Unexpected results may occur.
Set JAVA_HOME to the directory of your local JDK to avoid this message.
===============================================================================

JBoss Bootstrap Environment

JBOSS_HOME: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA

JAVA: java

JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000

CLASSPATH: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA\bin\run.jar

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16:00:22,859 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)...
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Trinity] 4.2.3.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_3_GA date=200807181439)
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Home Dir: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Home URL: file:/C:/jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6/jboss-4.2.3.GA/
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Patch URL: null
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Server Name: default
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Server Home Dir: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Server Home URL: file:/C:/jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6/jboss-4.2.3.GA/server/default/
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Server Log Dir: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\log
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Server Temp Dir: C:\jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\tmp
16:00:22,875 INFO [Server] Root Deployment Filename: jboss-service.xml
16:00:23,109 INFO [ServerInfo] Java version: 1.5.0_06,Sun Microsystems Inc.
16:00:23,109 INFO [ServerInfo] Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 1.5.0_06-b05,Sun Microsystems Inc.
16:00:23,109 INFO [ServerInfo] OS-System: Windows XP 5.1,x86
16:00:23,515 INFO [Server] Core system initialized
16:00:25,093 INFO [WebService] Using RMI server codebase: http://127.0.0.1:8083/
16:00:25,093 INFO [Log4jService$URLWatchTimerTask] Configuring from URL: resource:jboss-log4j.xml
16:00:25,562 INFO [TransactionManagerService] JBossTS Transaction Service (JTA version) - JBoss Inc.
16:00:25,562 INFO [TransactionManagerService] Setting up property manager MBean and JMX layer
16:00:25,734 INFO [TransactionManagerService] Starting recovery manager
16:00:25,812 INFO [TransactionManagerService] Recovery manager started
16:00:25,812 INFO [TransactionManagerService] Binding TransactionManager JNDI Reference
16:00:27,937 INFO [EJB3Deployer] Starting java:comp multiplexer
16:00:28,531 ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not initialise deployment: file:/C:/jboss-4.2.3.GA-jdk6/jboss-4.2.3.GA/server/default/deploy/jbossws.sar/
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ejb/Stateless
at org.jboss.ejb3.EJB3Util.isStateless(EJB3Util.java:42)
at org.jboss.ejb3.EJB3Deployer.hasEjbAnnotation(EJB3Deployer.java:219)
at org.jboss.ejb3.EJB3Deployer.accepts(EJB3Deployer.java:271)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
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)

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I need to integrate one custom application on JBOSS. I am not having good knowledge of JBOSS startup but trying to learn it step by step. Anyone can please assist me for possible cause of this error.

Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Leo

[peterj]

1) You are using an old JDK - 1.5.0_06. Please download and install the latest 1.5 JDK. (Hold it, read and do step 2 instead.)

2) It also appears that you downloaded the JDK6 version of JBossAS. In that case you should download and install the latest JDK6. (Do not install it into Program Files, I have mine installed at c:/apps/jdk-1.6.0_07

3) It appears that you do not have JAVA_HOME set. You need to set it to where you installed you JDK. Example:

set JAVA_HOME=c:\apps\jdk-1.6.0_07

[defrian]

I am facing the same problem. Did you resolve it?

I downloaded 4.2.3 Source to my windows xp installation and ran the build.bat. Bevor I added the following Parameters to the <jboss-src-folder>/build/build.bat:

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15
set ANT_HOME=D:\Libs\apache-ant-1.6.5-bin\apache-ant-1.6.5
set PATH=%ANT_HOME%\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin

The build succeds with no errors. Afterwards i ran the run.bat in which i also added the same JAVA_HOME and PATH settings. On startup after a few seconds i get the same error.

ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not initialise deployment: file:/D:/ProgramFiles/jboss-4.2.3.GA-src/build/output/jboss-4.2.3.GA/server/default/deploy/jbossws.sar/
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ejb/Stateless

i checked the file system. there is a jbossws.sar in the folder specified in the error message.

to my understanding i did everything needed to compile and start jboss 4.2.3. What am i doing wrong or where is my understanding of the build process wrong?

Defrian

[jaikiran]

Where did you download the source from? Going by the stacktrace, it looks like the source was built using a patch and JDK 6 and is now being run using JDK 5.

[defrian]

Hi,

I downloaded the source-zip-package from jboss.org. to be sure, that the source is compiled an run by jdk1.5 i added the following lines to the build.bat and run.bat to assure that it is compiled and run by my jdk 1.5

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

when i start jboss i get the following log output

===============================================================================

 JBoss Bootstrap Environment

 JBOSS_HOME: D:\ProgramFiles\jboss-4.2.3.GA-src\build\output\jboss-4.2.3.GA

 JAVA: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15\bin\java

 JAVA_OPTS: -Dprogram.name=run.bat -server -Xms128m -Xmx512m -Dsun.rmi.dgc.cl
ent.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000

 CLASSPATH: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15\lib\tools.jar;D:\ProgramFiles\jb
ss-4.2.3.GA-src\build\output\jboss-4.2.3.GA\bin\run.jar

===============================================================================

for my understanding it is started by a jdk 1.5.

i also tried to compile the source with a java 1.6 jdk. doing this i get warning messages in the build log althoug the build seem to work (last log message: success). but i also get the same error when i start the jdk 1.6 compiled jboss.

so at the moment i am pretty helpless...

[jaikiran]

"Defrian" wrote:
i added the following lines to the build.bat and run.bat to assure that it is compiled and run by my jdk 1.5

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

I think i know what the problem is. You are setting JAVA_HOME to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15.
Java (and JBoss too) does not like space in the folder names. It always recommended to install Java and JBoss in a folder without a space in its path name.

In your case, you then set the PATH as

set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

Later on during the build when a java command is issued, the PATH is checked. Since the JAVA_HOME has a space in its path, that folder will be completely ignored during this check and the rest of the PATH will be checked for "java.exe". I believe, your PATH already has a reference to the bin folder of JDK6. As a result, the build process uses JDK6 for building the server. Later on when you start the server with JDK5, it throws those errors.

Just to verify that this is what is happening, you can add the following statement just after setting the JAVA_HOME and PATH in the build.bat :

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15
set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

java -version

Then you can check the output in the build.log file.

To fix this, i would recommend that you move your JDK installation to a folder which does not have a space in its path name. I have it installed at C:\jdk1.5.0_10.

[defrian]

Hi jaikiran,

thanks for your reply. i also thought about it could relate to the blank in the system path definition.

i now added the following code to the build.bat just behind my PATH definition:

echo JAVA VERSION:
java -version

when i run bulid. bat i get this output:

JAVA VERSION:
java version "1.5.0_15"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_15-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_15-b04, mixed mode, sharing)
Calling ..\tools\bin\ant.bat

But due to your advice then i masked the blank in build.bat and run.bat by this definition:

set JAVA_HOME=C:\PROGRA~1\JAVA\jdk1.5.0_15

set PATH=%ANT_HOME%\bin;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

Then i rebuilded jboss. when i start it get the same error message...

Java is 1.5, Ant 1.6.5, the jbossws.sar is where it should be...to me it is quite nebulous why a build form source of jboss 4.2.3 does not work on my windows xp pc.

[jaikiran]

Okay, now that you have tried the possible options and ruled out some obvious errors, let me download the source and see if it works on my setup.

[jaikiran]

Works for me. So no issues with the source available on jboss.org.

Now try this (after you have set the path and the java_home appropriately to point to JDK5):

set JAVA_HOME=C:\PROGRA~1\JAVA\jdk1.5.0_15

set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%

1) cd to the build folder of JBoss and run the following command:

build.bat clean

This will clean any previously compiled JDK6 classes.

2) Now run the following command:

build.bat

[defrian]

That´s it! Thank you so much! After the build clean it worked like magic!

Before each build i deleted the output folder and there for tought that i did a fresh new build. do you know where ant stores previous build configurations?

[jaikiran]

"Defrian" wrote:
That´s it! Thank you so much! After the build clean it worked like magic!

Before each build i deleted the output folder and there for tought that i did a fresh new build. do you know where ant stores previous build configurations?

Each module has its own output folder. Ex: src/connector/output. I guess, you deleted only the build/output folder (where the JBoss AS is generated). The best way to clean everything is using the clean target as you did through the build.bat

[tommyzed]

I guess as a MacOS 10.4 user, I am just screwed? It doesn't look like there's a 1.6 Java port for MacOS 10.4 (they force you to upgrade to 10.5). What's the best version of JBoss I can use? I am stuck on Java 1.5.0_13

Thanks,
tom

[peterj]

tommyzed, why do you say that? The 4.2.3 version comes with two variations - one for JDK 5, the other for JDK 6. Earlier 4.2.x versions and the 4.0.x versions were for JDK 5 only. Also, I have been using the 5.0 release candidates with both JDK 5 and JDK 6.

By the way, you should have started a new topic because you issue is not the same as the one tackled in this topic.

[pravipravi]

Me too facing the same issue . Its happening for me in jboss-4.2.3.GA version.What might be the reason ?

[jaikiran]

Praveen,

You should have opened a separate thread to discuss your issue.

Me too facing the same issue .

What issue?

Its happening for me in jboss-4.2.3.GA version

Are you building from source or have you downloaded the binary? If you have downloaded the binary zip, where did you download it from and what is the name of the file? There are 2 variants of JBoss-4.2.3 - one for JDK5 and one for JDK6. Which one did you download? And which JDK version are you using when starting JBoss?