NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char

[marvil]

I'm trying to deploy an ear file containing about 90 EJBs. I get the following error:

11:03:58,931 INFO [MainDeployer] Starting deployment of package: file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/deploy/tm.ear
11:03:58,981 INFO [EARDeployer] Init J2EE application: file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/deploy/tm.ear
11:04:02,446 INFO [EjbModule] Creating
11:04:02,506 INFO [EjbModule] Deploying NewsEJB
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11:04:05,460 INFO [EjbModule] Deploying UpdateSeasonHandlerEJB
11:04:05,481 INFO [EjbModule] Deploying NewsHandlerEJB
11:04:07,393 INFO [EjbModule] Created
11:04:07,393 INFO [EjbModule] Starting
11:04:08,905 ERROR [MainDeployer] could not start deployment: njar:file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/tmp/deploy/server/tm/deploy/tm.ear/58.tm.ear^/tm.jar
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char
at $Proxy167.(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance(Proxy.java:562)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.bindProxy(ProxyFactory.java:326)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.start(ProxyFactory.java:188)
at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.start(StatelessSessionContainer.java:206)
at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:793)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy19.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule.startService(EjbModule.java:440)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:162)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy5.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EJBDeployer.start(EJBDeployer.java:398)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:678)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:671)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:513)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:405)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:586)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:465)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:202)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
11:04:09,146 ERROR [MainDeployer] could not start deployment: file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/deploy/tm.ear
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Could not create deployment: njar:file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/tmp/deploy/se
rver/tm/deploy/tm.ear/58.tm.ear^/tm.jar; - nested throwable: (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:691)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:671)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:513)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:405)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:586)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:465)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:202)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
+ nested throwable:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char
at $Proxy167.(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance(Proxy.java:562)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.bindProxy(ProxyFactory.java:326)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.start(ProxyFactory.java:188)
at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.start(StatelessSessionContainer.java:206)
at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:793)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy19.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule.startService(EjbModule.java:440)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:162)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy5.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EJBDeployer.start(EJBDeployer.java:398)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:678)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:671)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:513)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:405)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:586)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:465)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:202)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
11:04:09,456 ERROR [URLDeploymentScanner] Failed to deploy: org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner$DeployedUR
L@8bcdf8a3{ url=file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/deploy/tm.ear, deployedLastModified=0 }
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Could not create deployment: njar:file:/C:/jboss-3.0.0/server/tm/tmp/deploy/se
rver/tm/deploy/tm.ear/58.tm.ear^/tm.jar; - nested throwable: (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:691)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:671)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:513)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:405)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:586)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:465)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:202)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)
+ nested throwable:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Char
at $Proxy167.(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Proxy.newProxyInstance(Proxy.java:562)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.bindProxy(ProxyFactory.java:326)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.ProxyFactory.start(ProxyFactory.java:188)
at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer.start(StatelessSessionContainer.java:206)
at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:793)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy19.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EjbModule.startService(EjbModule.java:440)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:162)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceController.java:894)
at $Proxy6.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:340)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy5.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.ejb.EJBDeployer.start(EJBDeployer.java:398)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:678)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.start(MainDeployer.java:671)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:513)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at org.jboss.mx.capability.ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedMBeanDispatcher.java:284)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:491)
at org.jboss.util.jmx.MBeanProxy.invoke(MBeanProxy.java:174)
at $Proxy4.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.deploy(URLDeploymentScanner.java:405)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scanDirectory(URLDeploymentScanner.java:586)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.URLDeploymentScanner.scan(URLDeploymentScanner.java:465)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.loop(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:202)
at org.jboss.deployment.scanner.AbstractDeploymentScanner$ScannerThread.run(AbstractDeploymentScanner.java:191)


Does anyone know about this problem? Deploying only one stateless session bean worked fine.

[marvil]

Some more information:

* I'm running JBoss 3.0.0 + Jetty under Windows 2000.

* There is no such thing as a java.lang.Char class. There's a java.lang.Character class in the JDK, but no java.lang.Char class.

* I've searched the source code of JBoss and all files in my server configuration and I've not found any reference to java.lang.Char or java/lang/Char.

[tbfmicke]

It might be that you have some reference to java.lang.Char in one of your deployment descriptors. (For example, as primary key class for an Entity EJB).

Regards

[marvil]

Nope, there is no reference to java.lang.Char in my project or anywhere in the config files.

[adrian.brock]

Are you using Sun's 1.3.0 jdk?
There was a bug in that version.
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4349880.html

Regards,
Adrian

[marvil]

I thought I was using version 1.3.1, but I actually used the classes from the 1.3.0 distribution. I'm downloading 1.4.0 right now. I'm sure it will help. Thanks.