Unable to create a new instance of 'org.ajax4jsf.application

[syvalta]

After upgrading to 3.2.0 from 3.1.4 I get the exception listed below. I'm using JSF RI 1.2_08 with Facelets. The app server is Websphere 6.1.0.13, using parent-last classloading. I know it's not in the list of supported app servers, but 3.1.4 worked on in so it would be nice to be able to use the latest version. Any suggestions? Unfortunately the real exception causing this isn't included, just the InvocationException.

Source Document: wsjar:file:/C:/Program%20Files/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv02/installedApps/foo-pcNode02Cell/
foo-ear.ear/foo-ui-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war/WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-impl-3.2.0.GA.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml
Cause: Unable to create a new instance of 'org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxStateManager': java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.createInstance(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:234)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.ApplicationConfigProcessor.setStateManager(ApplicationConfigProcessor.java:357)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.ApplicationConfigProcessor.process(ApplicationConfigProcessor.java:233)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.invokeNext(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:94)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.LifecycleConfigProcessor.process(LifecycleConfigProcessor.java:119)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.invokeNext(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:94)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.FactoryConfigProcessor.process(FactoryConfigProcessor.java:132)
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:202)
... 94 more

[syvalta]

Has anyone been successful at running RF 3.2 at Webshpehere 6.1?

[syvalta]

Actually, I have the same error also in Tomcat 5.5.23. Downgrading to 3.1.4 solves the problem in both platforms. Hope to have some time to investigate more.

[sergeysmirnov]

We cannot reproduce this problem based on information you provided.

[elik]

I have the same problem on IBM WebSphere 6.1.0.13. This is my stack trace:

[11.04.08 14:46:12:996 MSD] 00000021 WebApp E Exception caught while initializing context
com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED!
 Source Document: wsjar:file:/D:/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/installedApps/eppw506Node01Cell/sono-web.ear/sono-web-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war/WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-impl-3.2.0.GA.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml
 Cause: Unable to create a new instance of 'org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxStateManager': java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:212)
 at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:174)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp.java:906)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.commonInitializationFinish(WebApp.java:298)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:334)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.addWebApplication(WebGroup.java:90)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.VirtualHost.addWebApplication(VirtualHost.java:157)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebApp(WebContainer.java:665)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebApplication(WebContainer.java:618)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl.install(WebContainerImpl.java:395)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl.start(WebContainerImpl.java:611)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.start(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1302)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationImpl.fireDeployedObjectStart(DeployedApplicationImpl.java:1165)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedModuleImpl.start(DeployedModuleImpl.java:587)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationImpl.start(DeployedApplicationImpl.java:832)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.startApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:951)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl$1.run(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1493)
 at com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.runAs(ContextManagerImpl.java:4030)
 at com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.runAsSystem(ContextManagerImpl.java:4128)
 at com.ibm.ws.security.core.SecurityContext.runAsSystem(SecurityContext.java:245)
 at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.startApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1498)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
 at sun.reflect.misc.Trampoline.invoke(MethodUtil.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor20.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
 at sun.reflect.misc.MethodUtil.invoke(MethodUtil.java:265)
 at javax.management.modelmbean.RequiredModelMBean.invokeMethod(RequiredModelMBean.java:1089)
 at javax.management.modelmbean.RequiredModelMBean.invoke(RequiredModelMBean.java:971)
 at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.DynamicMetaDataImpl.invoke(DynamicMetaDataImpl.java:231)
 at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MetaDataImpl.invoke(MetaDataImpl.java:238)
 at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:833)
 at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:802)
 at com.ibm.ws.management.AdminServiceImpl$1.run(AdminServiceImpl.java:1080)
 at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
 at com.ibm.ws.management.AdminServiceImpl.invoke(AdminServiceImpl.java:973)
 at com.ibm.ws.management.commands.AdminServiceCommands$InvokeCmd.execute(AdminServiceCommands.java:251)
 at com.ibm.ws.console.core.mbean.MBeanHelper.invoke(MBeanHelper.java:239)
 at com.ibm.ws.console.appdeployment.ApplicationDeploymentCollectionAction.execute(ApplicationDeploymentCollectionAction.java:536)
 at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)
 at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)
 at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1486)
 at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:528)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:990)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:931)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:118)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:87)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:768)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:676)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:499)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:473)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:321)
 at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcessor.java:1070)
 at org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor.doForward(TilesRequestProcessor.java:273)
 at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(RequestProcessor.java:455)
 at org.apache.struts.tiles.TilesRequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(TilesRequestProcessor.java:319)
 at com.ibm.isclite.container.controller.InformationController.processForwardConfig(InformationController.java:206)
 at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:279)
 at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1486)
 at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:528)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:763)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:990)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:931)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:145)
 at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.setUpCommandAssistence(WSCUrlFilter.java:792)
 at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.continueStoringTaskState(WSCUrlFilter.java:363)
 at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.doFilter(WSCUrlFilter.java:229)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:190)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:130)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:87)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:768)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:676)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:499)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:473)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:90)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:744)
 at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1455)
 at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:113)
 at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:454)
 at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:383)
 at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:102)
 at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
 at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
 at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
 at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
 at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
 at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
 at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
 at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1469)
Caused by: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException:
 Source Document: wsjar:file:/D:/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/installedApps/eppw506Node01Cell/sono-web.ear/sono-web-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war/WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-impl-3.2.0.GA.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml
 Cause: Unable to create a new instance of 'org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxStateManager': java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.createInstance(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:234)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.ApplicationConfigProcessor.setStateManager(ApplicationConfigProcessor.java:357)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.ApplicationConfigProcessor.process(ApplicationConfigProcessor.java:233)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.invokeNext(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:94)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.LifecycleConfigProcessor.process(LifecycleConfigProcessor.java:119)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.invokeNext(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:94)
 at com.sun.faces.config.processor.FactoryConfigProcessor.process(FactoryConfigProcessor.java:132)
 at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:202)
 ... 94 more

[syvalta]

I submitted an issue against Mojarra for losing the stack trace information:
https://javaserverfaces.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=731

[syvalta]

Ok, had some time to do some debugging. The cause is that Richfaces depends on commons-collections 3.2 (LazyMap), but due to some maven bug commons-collections 2.1.1 was included in my build.

Example of dependency:tree in my build:

 +- org.richfaces.ui:richfaces-ui:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile
 | \- org.richfaces.framework:richfaces-impl:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile
 | +- commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:1.8:compile
 | | \- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.7.0:compile
 | \- org.richfaces.framework:richfaces-api:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile

Same for simple test build:

 \- org.richfaces.ui:richfaces-ui:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile
 \- org.richfaces.framework:richfaces-impl:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile
 +- commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:1.8:compile
 | \- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.7.0:compile
 +- org.richfaces.framework:richfaces-api:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile
 | \- commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2:compile
 \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.0.4:compile

I'm using Hibernate which has dependency to collections 2.1.1, and for some reason maven chooses to use that version.

So a workaround is to add implicit dependency to commons-collections 3.2.

[syvalta]

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-612

org.richfaces.framework:richfaces-api:jar:3.2.0.SR1:compile (selected for compile)
commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2:compile (removed - nearer found: 2.1.1)

So maven chooses "nearest" match, which is wrong in this case.