Cannot process metadata

[ohmygod]

I have checked that this class indeed exists in a jar at WEB-INF\lib folder but why I am getting this error "Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.globalsight.everest.webapp.pagehandler.administration.tmprofile.UpdateLeverageMatchMDB from BaseClassLoader@1456c99".  And what metadata cannot be processed?

23:40:28,468 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to PostClassLoader: name=vfs:///C:/Welocalize/globalsight/server/GlobalSight_20101206/GlobalSight/jboss/jboss_server/server/default/deploy/globalsight.ear state=ClassLoader mode=Manual requiredState=PostClassLoader: org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Cannot process metadata
        at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployment.AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.deploy(AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.java:188) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.deployment.AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.deploy(AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.java:95) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1832) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1550) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1603) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1491) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.change(DeployersImpl.java:1983) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:1076) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:679) [:2.2.0.Alpha8]
        at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.deployers.MainDeployerPlugin.process(MainDeployerPlugin.java:106) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileControllerContext$DelegateDeployer.process(ProfileControllerContext.java:130) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction.deploy(ProfileDeployAction.java:148) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction.installActionInternal(ProfileDeployAction.java:94) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54) [jboss-kernel.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42) [jboss-kernel.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.Alpha10]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileServiceController.activate(ProfileServiceController.java:188) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.AbstractProfileService.activateProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:170) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.activate(AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.java:117) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.resolver.BasicResolverFactory$ProfileResolverFacade.deploy(BasicResolverFactory.java:89) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.profileservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.start(AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.java:97) [:0.1.0.Alpha1]
        at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.start(BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.java:130) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.start(BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.java:56) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer.startBootstraps(AbstractServer.java:827) [jboss-bootstrap-impl-base.jar:2.1.0-alpha-5]
        at org.jboss.bootstrap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer$StartServerTask.run(AbstractServer.java:417) [jboss-bootstrap-impl-base.jar:2.1.0-alpha-5]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) [:1.6.0_07]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: could not find class: com.globalsight.everest.webapp.pagehandler.administration.tmprofile.UpdateLeverageMatchMDB
        at org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.ejb.jboss.JBoss50Creator.processClassesWithoutTopLevelAnnotations(JBoss50Creator.java:183) [:2.0.0-alpha-22]
        at org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.ejb.jboss.JBoss50Creator.create(JBoss50Creator.java:106) [:2.0.0-alpha-22]
        at org.jboss.deployment.OptAnnotationMetaDataDeployer.processJBossMetaData(OptAnnotationMetaDataDeployer.java:108) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.deployment.OptAnnotationMetaDataDeployer.processMetaData(OptAnnotationMetaDataDeployer.java:74) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        at org.jboss.deployment.AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.deploy(AnnotationMetaDataDeployer.java:184) [:6.0.0.20101110-CR1]
        ... 44 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.globalsight.everest.webapp.pagehandler.administration.tmprofile.UpdateLeverageMatchMDB from BaseClassLoader@1456c99{vfs:///C:/Welocalize/globalsight/server/GlobalSight_20101206/GlobalSight/jboss/jboss_server/server/default/deploy/globalsight.ear}
        at org.jboss.classloader.spi.base.BaseClassLoader.loadClass(BaseClassLoader.java:480) [jboss-classloader.jar:2.2.0.Alpha9]
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) [:1.6.0_07]
        at org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.ejb.jboss.JBoss50Creator.processClassesWithoutTopLevelAnnotations(JBoss50Creator.java:148) [:2.0.0-alpha-22]
        ... 48 more

[ohmygod]

Is the "Cannot process metadata" issue caused by some xml header version issue?

Now I am using version 5. For example, header of application.xml:

<application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd"
version="5">

jboss-app.xml:

<!DOCTYPE jboss-app PUBLIC
    "-//JBoss//DTD J2EE Application 5.0//EN"
    "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-app_5_0.dtd">

web.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<web-app version="2.5"
         xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

ejb-jar.xml:

<ejb-jar
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/ejb-jar_3_0.xsd"
    version="3.0">

jboss.xml:

<jboss xmlns="http://www.jboss.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.jboss.com/xml/ns/javaee http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/schema/jboss_5_1.xsd"
version="5.1">

Does any of it need to be changed for version 6.0.0.CR1?

[ohmygod]

I think this relates to the JMS configuration. I commented the UpdateLeverageMatchMDB in jboss.xml, ejb-jar.xml and hotnetq-jms.xml and then the same error happens for another MDB.

[jaikiran]

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:  com.globalsight.everest.webapp.pagehandler.administration.tmprofile.UpdateLeverageMatchMDB from BaseClassLoader@1456c99{vfs:///C:/Welocalize/globalsight/server/GlobalSight_20101206/GlobalSight/jboss/jboss_server/server/default/deploy/globalsight.ear}

I have checked that this class indeed exists in a jar at WEB-INF\lib

The .ear classloader cannot see the classes present in .war/WEB-INF/lib since the .war has its own separate isolated classloader. You will have to move such jars to the .ear/lib folder.

[ohmygod]

Do I need to specify the classpath in MENIFEST.MF? Just putting the jars in ear/lib is ok?

And how about the classes directory? also move them to .ear/lib?

[jaikiran]

mike just wrote:

Do I need to specify the classpath in MENIFEST.MF?

Not needed.

mike just wrote:

Just putting the jars in ear/lib is ok?

The jars in .ear/lib directory are meant for all components (EJBs, .war etc...) in the .ear.

mike just wrote:

And how about the classes directory? also move them to .ear/lib?

The WEB-INF/classes of the .war should contain only those classes which are meant for the .war. If you need those classes in some other component(s) in the .ear then create a jar for those classes and move that jar to .ear/lib.

[brian.hayes]

Mike - In your application.xml make sure you have this in it and make sure you do not have anything listing in the classpath of your menifest.mf. This is what I did for my ear's migrating from Jboss 4 to 5. We (I) drop all jar's at the root of the ear file so my lib dir is set like below.

<library-directory>/</library-directory>