problem - JNDI InitialContext properties:null

[tthiele]

When I try to start with a simple seam app from scratch, I get the following error when I send the first request:

2006-06-20 00:28:11,052 DEBUG [org.jboss.seam.util.Naming] JNDI InitialContext properties:null
2006-06-20 00:28:11,052 DEBUG [org.jboss.mx.loading.RepositoryClassLoader] setRepository, repository=org.jboss.mx.loading.HeirarchicalLoaderRepository3@620402, cl=org.jboss.mx.loading.HeirarchicalLoaderRepository3$CacheClassLoader@1139acf{ url=null ,addedOrder=0}
2006-06-20 00:28:11,062 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[localhost].[/dekra-ap].[Faces Servlet]] Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not start transaction
 at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.begin(SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.java:77)
 at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.beforePhase(SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.java:35)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.informPhaseListenersBefore(LifecycleImpl.java:520)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.restoreView(LifecycleImpl.java:105)
 at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:66)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:106)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at de.ems.dap.appengine.web.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:54)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter.doFilter(SeamRedirectFilter.java:30)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.session.ClusteredSessionValve.invoke(ClusteredSessionValve.java:95)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.jboss.seam.util.Naming.getInitialContext(Naming.java:26)
 at org.jboss.seam.util.Naming.getInitialContext(Naming.java:37)
 at org.jboss.seam.util.Transactions.getUserTransaction(Transactions.java:48)
 at org.jboss.seam.util.Transactions.isTransactionActiveOrMarkedRollback(Transactions.java:30)
 at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.begin(SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener.java:68)
 ... 30 more
2006-06-20 00:28:11,062 DEBUG [org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.session.JBossCacheManager] check to see if needs to store and replicate session with id N15gE2eYVoGB1pI8e8LobQ**
2006-06-20 00:28:11,062 DEBUG [org.jboss.web.tomcat.tc5.session.ClusteredSession] processSessionRepl(): session is dirty. Will increment version from: 0 and replicate.
2006-06-20 00:31:38,820 ERROR [org.jboss.naming.JNDIView] JNDIView.getHAJndiAttributes() failed
java.lang.NullPointerException: name cannot be null
 at javax.management.ObjectName.construct(ObjectName.java:342)
 at javax.management.ObjectName.<init>(ObjectName.java:1304)
 at org.jboss.naming.JNDIView.getHAJndiAttributes(JNDIView.java:836)
 at org.jboss.naming.JNDIView.getHAUrl(JNDIView.java:811)
 at org.jboss.naming.JNDIView.list(JNDIView.java:193)
 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.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.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOpByName(Server.java:258)
 at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.control.Server.invokeOp(Server.java:223)
 at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.invokeOp(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:262)
 at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.processRequest(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:100)
 at org.jboss.jmx.adaptor.html.HtmlAdaptorServlet.doPost(HtmlAdaptorServlet.java:82)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

When I look at the samples (which run smoothly), there is never set the jndi properties. Can someone please give me a pointer to what might be missing here?

I am using:
JBoss 4.0.4GA/clustered+EJB3.0RC8
Seam-1.0.0.GA

[gavin.king]

Does not seem to have anything to do with Seam. Try the EJB3 forum.

[tthiele]

It seems to work now. After removing the file WEB-INF/faces-config.xml I can see my pages.

But - does this mean that it is not possible to provide my application with an individual faces-config? What if i need sth. like a custom validator...

[theute]

You can keep faces-config.xml

What's in your file ?

[tthiele]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd">
<faces-config>

 <navigation-rule>
 <from-view-id>/login.jsp</from-view-id>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>kunde</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/home-kunde.jsp</to-view-id>
 </navigation-case>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>dekra-hv</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/home-dekra-hv.jsp</to-view-id>
 </navigation-case>
 <navigation-case>
 <from-outcome>dekra-nl</from-outcome>
 <to-view-id>/home-dekra-nl.jsp</to-view-id>
 </navigation-case>
 </navigation-rule>

 <!-- Phase listener needed for all Seam applications -->

 <lifecycle>
 <phase-listener>org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener</phase-listener>
 </lifecycle>

</faces-config>

[tthiele]

okay thomas, you made me to proceed trying.

If I remove the element

 <!-- Phase listener needed for all Seam applications -->
 <lifecycle>
 <phase-listener>org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamExtendedManagedPersistencePhaseListener</phase-listener>
 </lifecycle>

it woks.
So, if this is the solution - what is the explanation?

[gavin.king]

It is not possible to get an NPE from that line of code unless you forgot to start Seam. ie. you do not have SeamListener registered in web.xml.

[tthiele]

alright. Maybe the problem is my Filter. I have a (Authentication-)Filter installed. If the branch

request.getRequestDispatcher(fwd).forward(request, response);

is being called, the NPE occurs. If the branch

chain.doFilter(request, response);

is being called, the seam processes the request properly.

web.xml is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" 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/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4">
 <distributable/>

 <filter>
 <filter-name>Seam Redirect Filter</filter-name>
 <filter-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamRedirectFilter</filter-class>
 </filter>

 <filter>
 <filter-name>Seam Exception Filter</filter-name>
 <filter-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamExceptionFilter</filter-class>
 </filter>

 <filter>
 <filter-name>Authentication</filter-name>
 <filter-class>de.ems.dap.appengine.web.AuthenticationFilter</filter-class>
 <init-param>
 <param-name>failedForward</param-name>
 <param-value>/login.seam</param-value>
 </init-param>
 </filter>

 <filter-mapping>
 <filter-name>Seam Redirect Filter</filter-name>
 <url-pattern>*.seam</url-pattern>
 </filter-mapping>

 <filter-mapping>
 <filter-name>Authentication</filter-name>
 <url-pattern>/noch-nicht*</url-pattern>
 </filter-mapping>

 <listener>
 <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class>
 </listener>

 <!-- beginn workaround ... es gibt hierfuer keine andere moeglichkeit, es ueber xdoclet einzusteuern -->
 <context-param>
 <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
 <param-value>client</param-value>
 </context-param>
 <!-- ende workaround -->

 <servlet>
 <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
 <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
 <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
 </servlet>

 <servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>*.seam</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>

 <!--
 To specify mime mappings, create a file named mime-mappings.xml, put it in your project's mergedir.
 Organize mime-mappings.xml following this DTD slice:

 <!ELEMENT mime-mapping (extension, mime-type)>
 -->

 <!--
 To specify error pages, create a file named error-pages.xml, put it in your project's mergedir.
 Organize error-pages.xml following this DTD slice:

 <!ELEMENT error-page ((error-code | exception-type), location)>
 -->

 <!--
 To add taglibs by xml, create a file called taglibs.xml and place it
 in your merge dir.
 -->

 <!--
 To set up security settings for your web app, create a file named web-security.xml, put it in your project's mergedir.
 Organize web-security.xml following this DTD slice:

 <!ELEMENT security-constraint (display-name?, web-resource-collection+, auth-constraint?, user-data-constraint?)>
 <!ELEMENT web-resource-collection (web-resource-name, description?, url-pattern*, http-method*)>
 <!ELEMENT web-resource-name (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT url-pattern (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT http-method (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT user-data-constraint (description?, transport-guarantee)>
 <!ELEMENT transport-guarantee (#PCDATA)>

 <!ELEMENT login-config (auth-method?, realm-name?, form-login-config?)>
 <!ELEMENT auth-method (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT realm-name (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT form-login-config (form-login-page, form-error-page)>
 <!ELEMENT form-login-page (#PCDATA)>
 <!ELEMENT form-error-page (#PCDATA)>
 -->

</web-app>

AuthenticationFilter is:

package de.ems.dap.appengine.web;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import de.ems.dap.appengine.business.AppSession;

/**
 * Filter class
 *
 * @web.filter name="Authentication"
 * @web.filter-mapping url-pattern="/*"
 * @web.filter-init-param
 * name="failedForward"
 * value="/login.seam"
 */
public class AuthenticationFilter implements Filter {

 //private static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log = org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(AuthenticationFilter.class);
 private String authenticationFailedForward;

 public AuthenticationFilter() {
 }

 public void init(FilterConfig cfg) throws ServletException {
 authenticationFailedForward = cfg.getInitParameter("failedForward");
 }

 public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {

 HttpSession session = ((HttpServletRequest) request).getSession(true);
 AppSessionHolder ash = AppSessionHolder.getInstance(session);

 AppSession as = null;
 if(ash!=null) {
 ash.getAppSession();
 }
 boolean ok = (as!=null);

 String url = ((HttpServletRequest) request).getServletPath();
 ok |= url.startsWith("/login.");
 ok |= url.startsWith("/logout.");
 ok |= url.startsWith("/life-check.");

 if (ok) {
 chain.doFilter(request, response);
 } else {
 String fwd = authenticationFailedForward;

 request.getRequestDispatcher(fwd).forward(request, response);
 }
 }

 public void destroy() {
 }

}

[gavin.king]

Did you read my last post?

I don't see this anywhere in web.xml:

<listener>
 <listener-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener</listener-class>
</listener>

[tthiele]

just in time...
very well - now it works! great!...

With this listener element, I got a deployment error.
But - after changing in components.xml

<component class="org.jboss.seam.core.Ejb" installed="true"/>

to

<component class="org.jboss.seam.core.Ejb" installed="false"/>

I see what I expected.

Thanks a lot
/Tilo