5 Replies Latest reply on Jun 12, 2009 9:01 PM by jack.cdyuan.gmail.com

    Custom validator - ClassNotFoundException

    oneworld95

      I'm trying to create a custom validator for a Seam app, but it keeps throwing an exception saying:


      javax.faces.FacesException: org.unctv.metaform.session.EmailValidator
           at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.newThing(ApplicationImpl.java:1031)
           at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.createValidator(ApplicationImpl.java:952)
           at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamApplication.createValidator(SeamApplication.java:207)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ValidateDelegateHandler.createValidator(ValidateDelegateHandler.java:51)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ValidateHandler.apply(ValidateHandler.java:90)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.DefineHandler.applyDefinition(DefineHandler.java:64)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:131)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext$TemplateManager.apply(DefaultFaceletContext.java:337)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeDefinition(DefaultFaceletContext.java:307)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.InsertHandler.apply(InsertHandler.java:68)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.applyNextHandler(ComponentHandler.java:314)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.ComponentHandler.apply(ComponentHandler.java:169)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.jsf.core.ViewHandler.apply(ViewHandler.java:109)
           at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.CompositeFaceletHandler.apply(CompositeFaceletHandler.java:47)
           at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:248)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:294)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.include(DefaultFacelet.java:273)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFaceletContext.includeFacelet(DefaultFaceletContext.java:140)
           at com.sun.facelets.tag.ui.CompositionHandler.apply(CompositionHandler.java:113)
           at com.sun.facelets.compiler.NamespaceHandler.apply(NamespaceHandler.java:49)
           at com.sun.facelets.compiler.EncodingHandler.apply(EncodingHandler.java:25)
           at com.sun.facelets.impl.DefaultFacelet.apply(DefaultFacelet.java:95)
           at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.buildView(FaceletViewHandler.java:524)
           at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:567)
           at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:100)
           at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:176)
           at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:109)
           at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:100)
           at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
           at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:266)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.IdentityFilter.doFilter(IdentityFilter.java:40)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:90)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:178)
           at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
           at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:390)
           at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:517)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:56)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.web.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:53)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
           at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
           at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
           at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:182)
           at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:432)
           at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
           at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
           at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
           at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
           at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262)
           at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
           at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
           at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)
           at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
      Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.unctv.metaform.session.EmailValidator
           at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
           at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
           at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
           at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
           at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
           at com.sun.faces.util.Util.loadClass(Util.java:223)
           at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.newThing(ApplicationImpl.java:1025)
           ... 80 more



      The validator's code is this:



      package org.unctv.metaform.session;
      
      import java.util.regex.Matcher;
      import java.util.regex.Pattern;
      
      import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
      import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
      import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
      import javax.faces.validator.Validator;
      import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;
      
      public class EmailValidator implements Validator{
           public EmailValidator(){}
           
           public void validate(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object obj)
                     throws ValidatorException {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                String enteredEmail = (String)obj;
              //Set the email pattern string
              Pattern p = Pattern.compile(".+@.+\\.[a-z]+");
              
              //Match the given string with the pattern
              Matcher m = p.matcher(enteredEmail);
              
              //Check whether match is found
              boolean matchFound = m.matches();
              
              if (!matchFound) {
                  FacesMessage message = new FacesMessage();
                  message.setDetail("Email not valid");
                  message.setSummary("Email not valid");
                  message.setSeverity(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR);
                  throw new ValidatorException(message);
              }
           }
      }





      The faces-config file has this:


      <validator>
        <validator-id>EmailValidator</validator-id>
        <validator-class>org.unctv.metaform.session.EmailValidator</validator-class>
       </validator>



      The xhtml page has this:


      <h:inputText id="txtEmail" value="#{asset.email}"
      validatorMessage="Email is not valid." required="true">
      <f:validator validatorId="EmailValidator"/>
      </h:inputText>



      What am I doing wrong?