Problems running Richfaces on JBoss AS 5.0.0

[ohummel]

Hi,

did anyone ever manage to execute a Richfaces (3.2.2 or 3.3.0beta) application including Facelets 1.1.14 on JBoss AS 5.0.0 (GA2)?

I tried it, but deployment fails with the following exception:

Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.web.jsf.integration.config.JBossJSFConfigureListener
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.faces.config.WebConfiguration cannot be cast to com.sun.faces.config.WebConfiguration
 at com.sun.faces.config.WebConfiguration.getInstance(WebConfiguration.java:154)
 at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:144)
 at org.jboss.web.jsf.integration.config.JBossJSFConfigureListener.contextInitialized(JBossJSFConfigureListener.java:73)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3887)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4370)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:352)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:140)
 at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:459)
 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 $Proxy35.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(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)
 at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)
 at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
 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:672)
 at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:444)
 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(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62)
 at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:169)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1285)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1003)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1024)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:944)
 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:627)
 at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:541)
 at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.loadProfile(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:265)
 at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:143)
 at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:409)
 at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:209)
 at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:544)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

This is probably due to the fact that I included the jsf-api.jar and jsf-impl.jar in my webapps lib directory and somehow it conflicts with the built-in files in JBoss.

However, removing the two libs from the webapp does only solve this problem, but produces a new one:

[compiler] Missing Built-in Tag Libraries! Make sure they are included within the META-INF directory of Facelets' Jar
09:40:05,640 ERROR [viewhandler] Error Rendering View[/somthing.xhtml]
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
 at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:95)
 at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.buildView(FaceletViewHandler.java:490)
 at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:533)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:100)
 at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:196)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:109)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
 at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
 at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:266)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:177)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:307)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:423)
 at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:550)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:630)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:436)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:374)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
 at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doForward(PageContextImpl.java:696)
 at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.forward(PageContextImpl.java:667)
 at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:57)
 at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:369)
 at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:322)
 at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:249)
 at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:235)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:189)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:91)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:92)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
 at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
 at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
 at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:325)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:828)
 at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:601)
 at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Any ideas how to solve that?

Thanks in advance for any hints!

[ohummel]

Sorry, of course it is JBoss 5.0.0 CR2

[rahul_maha]

Rahul Mahajan

We too tried with Jboss 5 CR2 but it did not work.
I will recommend you to use last stable release JBoss 4.2.3

Apart from that few changes are required in web.xml , I am not sure if you want to change to 4.2.3.

[ohummel]

Yeah, just found the solution! And at least Rahul will probably be interested to read it. ;-)

It seems to be a bug in Facelets 1.1.4 as I read in some forum. The hint was that one should replace it with version 1.1.15b which is, however, not downloadable on the Facelets website. But it seems to be included in the latest version (I tried 2.0.3) of JBoss Seam. So you simply need to replace the jsf-facelets.jar in your webapps libs folder with the version from there.

Hope that helps!

[rahul_maha]

if that helps great.

But I don't think their is any issue with Facelets 1.1.14 as this is the one we too use, may be SEAM version on JBOss 4.2.x is older, so no conflict.

We were able to successfully use RichFaces on JBoss 4.2.2 and 4.2.3 only.

[nbelaevski]

You can get that version of Facelets from here: http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/com/sun/facelets/jsf-facelets/1.1.15.B1/

[ohummel]

Rahul, a colleague of mine told me that the our system worked with Facelets 1.1.4 on JBoss 4.2.3. But the same thing apparently did not on my JBoss 5.

Anyway, now it works, thanks for your help and your interest.