2 Replies Latest reply on Apr 19, 2008 10:10 AM by ddzira1

    a4j Class not found Exeption

    ddzira1

      I am a newbie trying to add richfaces into an existing myfaces / facelets application.

      Here are the versions I am working with:

      Tomcat 6.0.16
      richfaces 3.2.0.GA
      myfaces 1.2.2
      jsf-facelets 1.1.11

      I have added all of the necessary details to web.xml per the documentation and have all richfaces jars in my WEB-INF/lib

      I can start tomcat without error but when I request any page I get the below stack:

      And as you can image the richfaces components don't work.

      18 Apr 2008 14:08:21,124 org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource ERROR Could not find class for name: a4j_3_2_0-SNAPSHOTorg
      java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: a4j_3_2_0-SNAPSHOTorg
      at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1360)
      at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1206)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
      at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
      at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242)
      at org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.util.ClassUtils.classForName(ClassUtils.java:141)
      at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource.getClass(DefaultAddResource.java:580)
      at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource.serveResource(DefaultAddResource.java:604)
      at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:128)
      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:233)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
      at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
      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:447)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
      18 Apr 2008 14:08:21,142 org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource ERROR Could not find class for name: a4j_3_2_0-SNAPSHOTorg
      java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: a4j_3_2_0-SNAPSHOTorg
      at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1360)
      at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1206)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
      at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
      at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:242)
      at org.apache.myfaces.shared_tomahawk.util.ClassUtils.classForName(ClassUtils.java:141)
      at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource.getClass(DefaultAddResource.java:580)
      at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.util.DefaultAddResource.serveResource(DefaultAddResource.java:604)
      at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter.doFilter(ExtensionsFilter.java:128)
      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:233)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
      at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
      at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
      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:447)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

        • 1. Re: a4j Class not found Exeption
          nbelaevski

          Hello,

          Could you please show your web.xml contents?

          • 2. Re: a4j Class not found Exeption
            ddzira1

            web.xml file


            
            <?xml version='1.0' encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'?>
            
            <web-app
             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"
             version="2.5"
            >
            
             <servlet>
             <servlet-name>SpringContextServlet</servlet-name>
             <servlet-class>
             org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderServlet
             </servlet-class>
             <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
             </servlet>
            
             <context-param>
             <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
             <param-value>client</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             Use *.xhtml documents for JavaServer Faces (for Facelets
             config)
             </description>
             <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
             <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
             <param-value>
             /WEB-INF/delegates.xml,/WEB-INF/faces-navigation.xml
             </param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             This parameter tells MyFaces if javascript code should be
             allowed in the rendered HTML output. If javascript is
             allowed, command_link anchors will have javascript code that
             submits the corresponding form. If javascript is not
             allowed, the state saving info and nested parameters will be
             added as url parameters Default: "true"
             </description>
             <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT</param-name>
             <param-value>true</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             If both this and org.apache.myfaces.ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT are
             true, MyFaces will attempt to detect whether the client
             supports Javascript in order to decide whether to use
             Javascript. If this is false, Javascript will be used or not
             according to the value of
             org.apache.myfaces.ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT.
             </description>
             <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.DETECT_JAVASCRIPT</param-name>
             <param-value>false</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             If true, rendered HTML code will be formatted, so that it is
             "human readable". i.e. additional line separators and
             whitespace will be written, that do not influence the HTML
             code. Default:"true"
             </description>
             <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.PRETTY_HTML</param-name>
             <param-value>true</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             If true, a javascript function will be rendered that is able
             to restore the former vertical scroll on every request.
             Convenient feature if you have pages with long lists and you
             do not want the browser page to always jump to the top if
             you trigger a link or button action that stays on the same
             page. Default: "false"
             </description>
             <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.AUTO_SCROLL</param-name>
             <param-value>false</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <param-name>
             org.apache.myfaces.CHECK_EXTENSIONS_FILTER
             </param-name>
             <param-value>true</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             Turns off RichFaces skins as best as possible to allow the
             components to better integrate into our existing design
             </description>
             <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
             <param-value>plain</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
            
             <context-param>
             <param-name>facelets.LIBRARIES</param-name>
             <param-value>
             /WEB-INF/facelets/clientsidevalidators.taglib.xml;/WEB-INF/facelets/custom.taglib.xml
             </param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>Special debug output for development</description>
             <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
             <param-value>true</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             Should comments be included in generated HTML?
             </description>
             <param-name>facelets.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
             <param-value>false</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <context-param>
             <description>
             Interval at which the compiler should check for changes
             </description>
             <param-name>facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD</param-name>
             <param-value>2</param-value>
             </context-param>
            
             <!-- Faces Servlet -->
            
             <servlet>
             <description>Java Server Faces servlet</description>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
             <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
             </servlet>
            
             <servlet-mapping>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <url-pattern>/faces/myFacesExtensionResource/*</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
            
             <!-- Faces Servlet Mapping -->
            
             <servlet-mapping>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
            
             <servlet-mapping>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
             <!-- RichFaces -->
             <filter>
             <display-name>RichFaces Filter</display-name>
             <filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
             <filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
             </filter>
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
             <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
             <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
             </filter-mapping>
             <filter>
             <filter-name>LoginFilter</filter-name>
             <filter-class>zecom.web.access.LoginFilter</filter-class>
             </filter>
            
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>LoginFilter</filter-name>
             <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
             </filter-mapping>
            
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>LoginFilter</filter-name>
             <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
             </filter-mapping>
            
            
            
            
             <filter>
             <filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
             <filter-class>
             org.apache.myfaces.webapp.filter.ExtensionsFilter
             </filter-class>
             <init-param>
             <param-name>maxFileSize</param-name>
             <param-value>20m</param-value>
             </init-param>
             </filter>
            
             <!-- extension mapping for serving page-independent resources
             (javascript, stylesheets, images, etc.) -->
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
             <url-pattern>/faces/myFacesExtensionResource/*</url-pattern>
             </filter-mapping>
            
             <!-- extension mapping for serving page-independent resources
             (javascript, stylesheets, images, etc.) -->
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
             <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
             </filter-mapping>
            
             <!-- extension mapping for adding <script/>, <link/>, and other resource tags to JSF-pages -->
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
             <!-- servlet-name must match the name of your javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet entry -->
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             </filter-mapping>
            
            
             <!-- extension mapping for adding <script/>, <link/>, and other resource tags to JSF-pages -->
             <filter-mapping>
             <filter-name>MyFacesExtensionsFilter</filter-name>
             <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
             </filter-mapping>
            
             <servlet-mapping>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
            
             <session-config>
             <session-timeout>300</session-timeout>
             </session-config>
            
             <welcome-file-list>
             <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
             </welcome-file-list>
            
             <!-- ######################################## -->
             <!-- ### Security -->
             <!-- ######################################## -->
            
             <login-config>
             <auth-method>FORM</auth-method>
             <form-login-config>
             <form-login-page>/open/login.faces</form-login-page>
             <form-error-page>/open/fail_login.faces</form-error-page>
             </form-login-config>
             </login-config>
            
             <security-constraint>
             <web-resource-collection>
             <web-resource-name>Login-common</web-resource-name>
             <url-pattern>/secure/access/*</url-pattern>
             </web-resource-collection>
             <auth-constraint>
             <role-name>Superuser</role-name>
             <role-name>Administrator</role-name>
             <role-name>Content Manager</role-name>
             <role-name>Customer</role-name>
             </auth-constraint>
             </security-constraint>
            
            
             <security-constraint>
             <web-resource-collection>
             <web-resource-name>ProtectedForSuperuser</web-resource-name>
             <url-pattern>/secure/company/*</url-pattern>
             </web-resource-collection>
             <auth-constraint>
             <role-name>Superuser</role-name>
             </auth-constraint>
             </security-constraint>
            
             <security-constraint>
             <web-resource-collection>
             <web-resource-name>ProtectedForInternal</web-resource-name>
             <url-pattern>/secure/productType/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/productCategory/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/product/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/promo/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/order/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/role/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/test/*</url-pattern>
             </web-resource-collection>
             <auth-constraint>
             <role-name>Superuser</role-name>
             <role-name>Administrator</role-name>
             <role-name>Content Manager</role-name>
             </auth-constraint>
             </security-constraint>
            
             <security-constraint>
             <web-resource-collection>
             <web-resource-name>
             Customer's account edit/view
             </web-resource-name>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userBasket.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userBasket.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/order/orderDetails.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/order/orderDetails.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/order/shoppingCart.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/order/shoppingCart.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>
             /secure/order/sessionDownloadableProducts.faces
             </url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>
             /secure/order/sessionDownloadableProducts.jsf
             </url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userDetails.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userDetails.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userEdit.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/user/userEdit.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/payment/Error.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/payment/Error.jsf</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/payment/APIError.faces</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/payment/APIError.jsf</url-pattern>
             </web-resource-collection>
             <auth-constraint>
             <role-name>Superuser</role-name>
             <role-name>Administrator</role-name>
             <role-name>Content Manager</role-name>
             <role-name>Customer</role-name>
             </auth-constraint>
             </security-constraint>
            
             <security-constraint>
             <web-resource-collection>
             <web-resource-name>ProtectedForCustomer</web-resource-name>
             <url-pattern>/secure/search/*</url-pattern>
             <url-pattern>/secure/customerAccount/*</url-pattern>
             </web-resource-collection>
             <auth-constraint>
             <role-name>Customer</role-name>
             </auth-constraint>
             </security-constraint>
            
            </web-app>