No available JAR files in the classpath define the class org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl

[justin.kenel]

A bit of background - I'm in the midst of migrating something from JBoss AS 5.1 to JBoss AS 7.1 and have come across this problem when starting the server.

I'm haivng a problem in some parts of an application using the Xerces library - JBoss claims that it is not in the classpath. I have done no configuration specifically for the Xerces library, and this same error occurs whether I have xercesImpl.jar in the lib/ or not.

The full stack trace is:

18:02:12,902 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/ae]] (MSC service thread 1-10) Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/conf/spring-baseApplicationContext.xml]; nested exception is javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory could not be instantiated: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find JAXP implementation using classloader=ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.suite.ear:main" from Service Module Loader. No available JAR files in the classpath define the class org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:412) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:334) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:174) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:209) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:180) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:125) [spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94) [spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:131) [spring-context-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:522) [spring-context-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:436) [spring-context-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:384) [spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283) [spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:111) [spring-web-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3392) [jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:]

        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3850) [jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:]

        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:90) [jboss-as-web-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]

        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811)

        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746)

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_27]

        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_27]

        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_27]

Caused by: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory could not be instantiated: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find JAXP implementation using classloader=ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.suite.ear:main" from Service Module Loader. No available JAR files in the classpath define the class org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl

        at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(DocumentBuilderFactory.java:129) [rt.jar:1.6.0_27]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.createDocumentBuilderFactory(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:89) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:70) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:388) [spring-beans-3.1.0.RELEASE.jar:3.1.0.RELEASE]

        ... 21 more

I am using JBoss-as-7.1.1.Final. Has this error been seen? I've tried searching for a solution, an am aware of similar bugs that have existed in past JBoss AS products. Is there a way to force the jar to be in the class path, whether it's JBoss AS deployed jar or my own?

[cfang]

jdk contains a repackaged version of this class: com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/jaxp/DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.class, so I can see when springframework code is looking for the original one, it failed.  Looks like spring or your app explicitly configured to use this builder factory, though it seems unnecessary. 

I'm also curious why it would still fail after you had xerces.jar installed.

[jbertram]

I have done no configuration specifically for the Xerces library, and this same error occurs whether I have xercesImpl.jar in the lib/ or not.

To which "lib/" are you referring exactly?

[justin.kenel]

The WAR causing the error is inside a EAR - the JAR file containing the Xerces library is placed within the EARs lib/ folder.

[cfang]

if springframework is installed to the server (not packaged in your app), then it won't have access to app classes and dont' see xerces in ear/lib.  I would first check who explicitly set the jaxp properties and remove them, so we always use the default xml services in jdk.

[arulsundar]

Read this http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/intro-140052.html  .  JBoss tries to read oracle impl . try the below you will see some difference

To load Apache  Impl try this

-Djavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl -Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl

Load Sun/oracle Imple try this

-Djavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl

-Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl

Also,

check whether you have multiple jar having the Implementation along with Sun / Oracle Implementation

xmlParserAPIs-2.6.2.jar

xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar

You can also delete and see the jars xmlParserAPIs-2.6.2.jar,  xercesImpl-2.9.1.jar and check whether it works with Sun / oracle Implementation.

Added the below jar and folder under JRE for Apache implementation

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3110258/xercesimpl-in-conflict-with-javase-6s-internal-xerces-implementation-both-are

D:\Java\jdk1.8.0_112\jre\lib\endorsed

xercesImpl-2.11.0.SP4-redhat-1.jar