4 Replies Latest reply on Nov 3, 2008 2:13 PM by bogdanminciu.bogdan.minciu.yahoo.com

    Seam component packed in jar file

    bogdanminciu.bogdan.minciu.yahoo.com

      Hello guys,


      I was wondering if there is any possibility to define Seam components inside .jar files. The scenario I took to test this was to create a Seam component named AtlasPropertiesLoader and to pack it into a commons.jar file among other common classes in my application.


      During deployment, Seam reported this component as started:


      17:15:29,801 INFO  [Component] Component: atlasPropertiesLoader, scope: APPLICATION,
      type: STATELESS_SESSION_BEAN, class: org.comp.atlas.transport.common.AtlasPropertiesLoader,
      JNDI: mat/AtlasPropertiesLoader/local
      



      But when I tried to use it like this: <h:outputText value="#{atlasPropertiesLoader.getSomething()}" />, I got the following exception:


      SEVERE: Error Rendering View[/home.xhtml]
      org.jboss.seam.InstantiationException: Could not instantiate Seam component: atlasPropertiesLoader
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1986)
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1876)
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1843)
              at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:55)
              at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:50)
              at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.resolveBase(SeamELResolver.java:166)
              at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.getValue(SeamELResolver.java:53)
              at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:53)
              at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:64)
              at org.jboss.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:44)
              at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:63)
              at org.jboss.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:186)
              at com.sun.facelets.el.TagValueExpression.getValue(TagValueExpression.java:71)
              at javax.faces.component.UIOutput.getValue(UIOutput.java:173)
              at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicInputRenderer.getValue(HtmlBasicInputRenderer.java:189)
              at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.getCurrentValue(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:320)
              at com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.HtmlBasicRenderer.encodeEnd(HtmlBasicRenderer.java:200)
              at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:836)
              at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:286)
              at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:262)
              at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:199)
              at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:194)
              at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:121)
              at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
              at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
              at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
              at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:592)
              at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
              at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:216)
              at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
              at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
              at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
              at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
              at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:164)
              at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:141)
              at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:90)
              at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:406)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
              at org.jboss.seam.debug.hot.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:68)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141)
              at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281)
              at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:60)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
              at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
              at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
              at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
              at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
              at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
              at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
              at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
              at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262)
              at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
              at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
              at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)
              at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
      Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: AtlasPropertiesLoader not bound
              at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:529)
              at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getBinding(NamingServer.java:537)
              at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.getObject(NamingServer.java:543)
              at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:267)
              at org.jnp.server.NamingServer.lookup(NamingServer.java:270)
              at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:667)
              at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:627)
              at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiateSessionBean(Component.java:1290)
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiate(Component.java:1276)
              at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1970)
              ... 74 more
      
      



      This is the component:


      @Stateless
      @Scope(ScopeType.APPLICATION)
      @Name("atlasPropertiesLoader")
      public final class AtlasPropertiesLoader {
      
      ...
          public String getSomething() {
              return "something...";
          }
      ...
      }
      



      What am I doing wrong? Could anyone please post a hint on this issue?


      Many thanks in advance,
      Bogdan.