1 Reply Latest reply on Sep 25, 2009 8:55 AM by maxneves

    Managed beans aren't constructed on JBoss 5.1.0 (works fine

      Hi everybody,

      This is my first post here :)

      I'm migrating an application from Tomcat 6.0.0.20 (working fine) to JBoss 5.1.0 and I'm facing the following problem:
      The application starts fine without error but firstly I realized that the functions marked with the notation @PostContruction wasn't being called and then I figured out that the managed beans simply weren't being constructed/initialized.

      For example, I have the following managed bean

      public class Welcome extends BaseBean {
      
       private static final Logger log = Logger
       .getLogger(Welcome.class);
      
       public Welcome() {
       }
      
       @PostConstruct
       public void init() {
       log.debug("hello init");
       }
      
       public void doSomeThing() {
       // do the job
       }
      
      }
      
      


      When doSomeThing() is fired, I checked by logs that Welcome isn't created and init() isn't called.

      Extract of my faces-config.xml
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <faces-config version="1.2" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
       xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       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-facesconfig_1_2.xsd">
      
       <managed-bean>
       <managed-bean-name>welcome</managed-bean-name>
       <managed-bean-class>com.abc.view.bean.Welcome</managed-bean-class>
       <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
       </managed-bean>
      


      The application uses JSF 1.2 (libraries supplied by JBoss) and RichFaces 3.3.1.

      Any thoughts?
      Hope anyone can help me.
      Thanks

        • 1. Re: Managed beans aren't constructed on JBoss 5.1.0 (works f

          Here's my web.xml used to deploy the application on Tomcat 6:

          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
          <web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5"
           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">
           <display-name>abc</display-name>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
           <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD</param-name>
           <param-value>1</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
          
           <!-- Environment -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
           <param-value>server</param-value>
           </context-param>
          
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableRestoreViewCompatibility</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
          
           <!-- Rich Faces -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name>
           <param-value>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</param-value>
           </context-param>
          
           <context-param>
           <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
           <param-value>blueSky</param-value>
           </context-param>
          
          <!-- Defining and mapping the RichFaces/Ajax4JSF filter -->
           <filter>
           <display-name>Ajax4jsf Filter</display-name>
           <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
           <filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
           </filter>
           <filter-mapping>
           <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
           <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
           <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
           <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
           <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
           </filter-mapping>
          
          
           <!-- Authorization filter -->
           <filter>
           <filter-name>userSessionFilter</filter-name>
           <filter-class>com.abc.view.util.AuthorizationFilter</filter-class>
           </filter>
           <filter-mapping>
           <filter-name>userSessionFilter</filter-name>
           <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
           </filter-mapping>
          
          
           <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>*.jsf</url-pattern>
           </servlet-mapping>
           <session-config>
           <session-timeout>10</session-timeout>
           </session-config>
           <welcome-file-list>
           <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
           </welcome-file-list>
           <error-page>
           <exception-type>javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException</exception-type>
           <location>/errorTimeOut.html</location>
           </error-page>
           <security-constraint>
           <display-name>Restrict XHTML files</display-name>
           <web-resource-collection>
           <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name>
           <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
           </web-resource-collection>
           <auth-constraint>
           <description>Grant access only for developers</description>
           <role-name>developer</role-name>
           </auth-constraint>
           </security-constraint>
           <security-role>
           <description>System developers</description>
           <role-name>developer</role-name>
           </security-role>
          </web-app>
          


          We use the below web.xml to test on JBoss 5:
          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
          <web-app version="2.5" 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">
           <display-name>abc</display-name>
           <!-- enabling JBossSerialization -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.serializationProvider</param-name>
           <param-value>org.jboss.web.jsf.integration.serialization.JBossSerializationProvider</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- startup messages -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.displayConfiguration</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- JSF Config params -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name>
           <param-value>.xhtml</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
           <param-value>server</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD</param-name>
           <param-value>1</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- tells to JSF to not render comments in jsf files -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableRestoreViewCompatibility</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- Environment -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- JSF-JBoss config -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.numberOfViewsInSession</param-name>
           <param-value>15</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>numberOfLogicalViews</param-name>
           <param-value>15</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.verifyObjects</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.forceLoadConfiguration</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.disableVersionTracking</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableHtmlTagLibValidator</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.preferXHTML</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.compressViewState</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.responseBufferSize</param-name>
           <param-value>4096</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.clientStateWriteBufferSize</param-name>
           <param-value>8192</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_05. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableLazyBeanValidation</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_05. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enabledLoadBundle11Compatibility</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_05. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.clientStateTimeout</param-name>
           <param-value>none</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_05. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.serializeServerState</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_08. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableViewStateIdRendering</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <description>Added in Mojarra 1.2_08. See wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=UpgradeToMojarra1_2_08</description>
           <param-name>com.sun.faces.enableScriptsInAttributeValues</param-name>
           <param-value>true</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>org.jboss.jbossfaces.WAR_BUNDLES_JSF_IMPL</param-name>
           <param-value>false</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <!-- RichFaces config -->
           <context-param>
           <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name>
           <param-value>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <context-param>
           <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
           <param-value>blueSky</param-value>
           </context-param>
           <filter>
           <display-name>Ajax4jsf Filter</display-name>
           <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
           <filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
           </filter>
           <filter-mapping>
           <filter-name>ajax4jsf</filter-name>
           <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
           <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
           <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
           <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
           </filter-mapping>
          
           <!-- Authorization filter -->
           <filter>
           <filter-name>userSessionFilter</filter-name>
           <filter-class>com.abc.view.util.AuthorizationFilter</filter-class>
           </filter>
           <filter-mapping>
           <filter-name>userSessionFilter</filter-name>
           <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
           </filter-mapping>
          
           <!-- Servelet config -->
           <servlet>
           <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
           <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
           </servlet>
           <servlet-mapping>
           <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
           <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
           </servlet-mapping>
           <session-config>
           <session-timeout>10</session-timeout>
           </session-config>
           <welcome-file-list>
           <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
           </welcome-file-list>
           <error-page>
           <exception-type>javax.faces.application.ViewExpiredException</exception-type>
           <location>/errorTimeOut.html</location>
           </error-page>
           <security-constraint>
           <display-name>Restrict XHTML files</display-name>
           <web-resource-collection>
           <web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name>
           <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
           </web-resource-collection>
           <auth-constraint>
           <description>Grant access only for developers</description>
           <role-name>developer</role-name>
           </auth-constraint>
           </security-constraint>
           <security-role>
           <description>System developers</description>
           <role-name>developer</role-name>
           </security-role>
          </web-app>
          
          


          The thing is: no matter what web.xml we use, we get the same problem on managed-beans: neither constructors nor methods flagged with @PostConstruct aren't called.


          We realized this problem with JBoss exactly because whenever we fire a button or hyperlink (having an action=#{welcome.doSomething} ), 'doSomething()' manipulates objects that should be initilized on 'init()' and, since it isn't called, we got exceptions. After analizing the logs, we figured out this problem.

          Let me give a concrete example
          We have a managed-bean called 'Login' (the only one session-scoped) which isn't a subclasse of 'BaseBean':

          public class Login {
          
           private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Login.class);
          
           private String loginUsername;
           private String loginUserpwd;
           private String errorMessage;
          
           public Login() {
           log.debug("Login constructor");
           }
          
           @PostConstruct
           public void init() {
           log.debug("hello init");
          
           // etc...
          
           }
          
           public String connectUser() {
           // some code
          
           // retrieve the sessionId, debug purposes
           //true = if the session does not exist, getSession create a new one
           HttpSession httpSession = (HttpSession) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getSession(true);
           log.debug("sessionId = " + httpSession.getId());
          
           // etc...
          


          Well, we runned the application on JBoss, we got the following logs:

          13:46:34,088 INFO [ServerImpl] JBoss (Microcontainer) [5.1.0.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_5_1_0_GA date=200905221053)] Started in 1m:38s:245ms
          13:47:41,986 INFO [STDOUT] DEBUG 0 - com.abc.view.bean.Login.<init>(Login.java:29) - Login constructor
          13:51:35,822 INFO [STDOUT] DEBUG233899 - com.abc.view.bean.Login.postIdenfication(Login.java:79) - sessionId = 548FD8FE3310C30DBB40554FBEB2AA45
          


          Running on Tomcat yields:
          DEBUG 0 - com.abc.view.bean.Login.<init>(Login.java:29) - Login constructor
          DEBUG 0 - com.abc.view.bean.Login.init(Login.java:34) - hello init
          DEBUG 4110 - com.abc.view.bean.Login.postIdenfication(Login.java:79) - sessionId = 8ABF83F072786A607BD204E9B763971B
          


          What I concluded so far
          I said in the title that the managed beans weren't constructed when deploying on Jboss. It's wrong (thinking in terms of Java, it would be a very weird situation...).
          However, the methods flagged with the annotation @PostConstruct aren't called. We don't have this problem with Tomcat.

          I'm considering to use the "straighforward" workaround: call my @PostConstruct flagged methods in the constructor.

          My reformulated question
          Does anyone have any idea about what's going on with @PostConstruct and JBoss?

          Thanks a lot
          Max