2 Replies Latest reply on Jul 12, 2006 8:15 AM by bsmithjj

    Question on SeamServletFilter and  IllegalStateExceptions

      I am using SeamServletFilter to handle ajax requests in my app (*.ajax). I have noticed that when I invoke a view using the *.seam extension (which is handled by SeamExceptionFilter and SeamRedirectFilter everything 'behaves' just fine. On the other hand, when I make same request to the server and switch to the *.ajax extension, the view renders correctly but the server displays an IllegalStateException (and stack trace):

      13:26:31,545 ERROR [SeamServletFilter] ended request due to exception
      java.lang.IllegalStateException: No active event context
       at org.jboss.seam.core.Manager.instance(Manager.java:301)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamServletFilter.doFilter(SeamServletFilter.java:50)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at edu.yale.its.tp.cas.client.filter.CASFilter.doFilter(CASFilter.java:436)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
       at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
       at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
       at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
       at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
      13:26:31,561 ERROR [[Faces Servlet]] Servlet.service() for servlet Faces Servlet threw exception
      java.lang.IllegalStateException: No active event context
       at org.jboss.seam.core.Manager.instance(Manager.java:301)
       at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamServletFilter.doFilter(SeamServletFilter.java:50)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at edu.yale.its.tp.cas.client.filter.CASFilter.doFilter(CASFilter.java:436)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175)
       at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
       at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
       at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
       at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869)
       at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
       at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)


      Why is the exception being thrown?

      Thanks

        • 1. Re: Question on SeamServletFilter and  IllegalStateException
          gavin.king

          Hummm it looks like someone is calling Lifecycle.endRequest() from inside the filtered servlet. Exactly what is SeamServletFilter wrapping? Not a faces servlet, I hope...

          • 2. Re: Question on SeamServletFilter and  IllegalStateException

            Faces Servlet? good guess!

            I had this in my web.xml

             <servlet>
             <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>*.seam</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
            
             <servlet-mapping>
             <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
             <url-pattern>*.ajax</url-pattern>
             </servlet-mapping>
            


            I got rid of the *.ajax mapping and the exception vanished.

            Thanks again for the help!