Log4j runtime exception upon updating from 1.2.17 to 2.17.1 - struct

I have upgrade from log4j-1.2.17 to log4j-2.17.1 with needed code changes. Code builds fine without errors. I have included proper jar files(only log4j-api-2.17.1.jar and log4j-core-2.17.1.jar) in the build path and WEB-INF path.
Upon deploying on to Tomcat 8.x version, seeing 404 error with below exception in the log file. Tried project clean, tomcat clean, rebuild etc. but no success.
Any pointers?
Thanks in advance.
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.61
Jan 07, 2022 4:24:29 PM org.apache.jasper.servlet.TldScanner scanJars
INFO: At least one JAR was scanned for TLDs yet contained no TLDs. Enable debug logging for this logger for a complete list of JARs that were scanned but no TLDs were found in them. Skipping unneeded JARs during scanning can improve startup time and JSP compilation time.
Jan 07, 2022 4:24:31 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext filterStart
**SEVERE: Exception starting filter [authfilter]
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/apache/log4j/Logger;**
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1916)
at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:110)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.populateAnnotationsCache(DefaultInstanceManager.java:403)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4538)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5181)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1412)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1402)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.Logger
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1358)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1180)
... 18 more
Jan 07, 2022 4:24:31 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: One or more Filters failed to start. Full details will be found in the appropriate container log file

You may need his dependency sl4j to log4j adapter
"org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-slf4j-impl" rev="2.17.0"

Related

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.faces.util.ReflectionUtils$ReflectionUtilsListener after upgrading JSF 1.2 to JSF 2.2

We are using below Technologies/frameworks:
Spring 2_5 -> Spring 5_0_9
JSF 1_2 -> 2_2
Java 6 -> Java 8
Tomcat 6 -> Tomcat 8_5
Below is the error which i am facing while upgradation process:
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.4
Oct 03, 2018 3:32:59 PM org.apache.jasper.servlet.TldScanner scanJars
INFO: At least one JAR was scanned for TLDs yet contained no TLDs. Enable debug logging for this logger for a complete list of JARs that were scanned but no TLDs were found in them. Skipping unneeded JARs during scanning can improve startup time and JSP compilation time.
Oct 03, 2018 3:33:07 PM org.apache.jasper.servlet.TldScanner scanJars
INFO: At least one JAR was scanned for TLDs yet contained no TLDs. Enable debug logging for this logger for a complete list of JARs that were scanned but no TLDs were found in them. Skipping unneeded JARs during scanning can improve startup time and JSP compilation time.
Oct 03, 2018 3:33:07 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/TEST]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:911)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:890)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1403)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1393)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/TEST]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:158)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to create an instance of type [com.sun.faces.util.ReflectionUtils$ReflectionUtilsListener]
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.addListener(ApplicationContext.java:1027)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.addListener(ApplicationContextFacade.java:647)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperInitializer.onStartup(JasperInitializer.java:110)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5167)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:152)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.faces.util.ReflectionUtils$ReflectionUtilsListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1284)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:501)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.addListener(ApplicationContext.java:1009)
... 10 more
Check if your project contains .TLD file from jsf-impl.jar file. Compare it with older jar's TLD. If they both are same, than do this: Open new JAR file from JD-GUI and take new .TLD file and replace with you project's existing TLD than clean everything and try again.

Generated cloud endpoint in android studio 503

I am just starting out with google cloud endpoints via a web tutorial and I have run into a wall. I first generated a simple android studio project and added a endpoints module to the project. Everything worked great after running appengineRun on port 8080.
Within the same project, I created a simple java class and generated a cloud endpoint from java class. The endpoint class appeared to be created with no visual issues. My problem is when I now run the same appengineRun command, I now get a 503 error on 8080.
When I compared the terminal output from the original working version and the version after generating an endpoint from java code, this section is where I have noticed differences and appear to be getting errors.
Dec 16, 2014 4:27:27 PM com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.JettyLogger warn
WARNING: EXCEPTION
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyFilter
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:372)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.IsolatedAppClassLoader.loadClass(IsolatedAppClassLoader.java:216)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at org.mortbay.util.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:91)
at org.mortbay.util.Loader.loadClass(Loader.java:71)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Holder.doStart(Holder.java:73)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doStart(FilterHolder.java:81)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:662)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:224)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.JettyContainerService.startContainer(JettyContainerService.java:255)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractContainerService.startup(AbstractContainerService.java:288)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AutomaticInstanceHolder.startUp(AutomaticInstanceHolder.java:26)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractModule.startup(AbstractModule.java:87)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.Modules.startup(Modules.java:105)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.doStart(DevAppServerImpl.java:258)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.access$000(DevAppServerImpl.java:47)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl$1.run(DevAppServerImpl.java:213)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl$1.run(DevAppServerImpl.java:211)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.start(DevAppServerImpl.java:211)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:277)
at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:48)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.run(DevAppServerMain.java:219)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain.java:210)
Dec 16, 2014 4:27:27 PM com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.JettyLogger warn
WARNING: failed ObjectifyFilter: javax.servlet.UnavailableException: com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyFilter
Dec 16, 2014 4:27:27 PM com.google.apphosting.utils.jetty.JettyLogger warn
WARNING: Failed startup of context com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppEngineWebAppContext#1de5f259{/,C:\Users\Michael\AndroidstudioProjects\HelloCloudEndpoints\api\build\exploded-app}
javax.servlet.UnavailableException: com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyFilter
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Holder.doStart(Holder.java:79)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doStart(FilterHolder.java:81)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:662)
at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Context.startContext(Context.java:140)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1250)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:517)
at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:467)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.doStart(HandlerWrapper.java:130)
at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.doStart(Server.java:224)
at org.mortbay.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:50)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.JettyContainerService.startContainer(JettyContainerService.java:255)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractContainerService.startup(AbstractContainerService.java:288)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AutomaticInstanceHolder.startUp(AutomaticInstanceHolder.java:26)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.AbstractModule.startup(AbstractModule.java:87)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.Modules.startup(Modules.java:105)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.doStart(DevAppServerImpl.java:258)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.access$000(DevAppServerImpl.java:47)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl$1.run(DevAppServerImpl.java:213)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl$1.run(DevAppServerImpl.java:211)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerImpl.start(DevAppServerImpl.java:211)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain$StartAction.apply(DevAppServerMain.java:277)
at com.google.appengine.tools.util.Parser$ParseResult.applyArgs(Parser.java:48)
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.run(DevAppServerMain.
at com.google.appengine.tools.development.DevAppServerMain.main(DevAppServerMain
Does anyone have any idea as to what I did wrong or failed to do right?
I should have researched a little more before posting the question. I just needed to include the Objectify dependency in the build.gradle file.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELResolver when running SimpleHelloByEnteringName JSF example

I am new to JSF. I am using Tomcat 7.0.14 and trying to run SimpleHelloByEnteringName example but getting following errors in startup and at runtime
Startup Console message:
INFO: Deploying web application directory SimpleHelloByEnteringName
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:42 AM com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
INFO: Initializing Mojarra 2.0.3 (FCS b03) for context '/SimpleHelloByEnteringName'
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:43 AM com.sun.faces.spi.InjectionProviderFactory createInstance
INFO: JSF1048: PostConstruct/PreDestroy annotations present. ManagedBeans methods marked with these annotations will have said annotations processed.
**Jun 15, 2011 7:35:44 AM com.sun.faces.config.processor.NavigationConfigProcessor addNavigationCasesForRule
WARNING: JSF1058: The resource referred to by to-view-id, 'result.jsp', for navigation from '/pages/inputname.jsp', does not start with '/'. This will be added for you, but it should be corrected.**
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:44 AM com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener$WebConfigResourceMonitor$Monitor <init>
INFO: Monitoring jndi:/localhost/SimpleHelloByEnteringName/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml for modifications
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:44 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-apr-8081"]
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:44 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocolHandler start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-apr-8009"]
Jun 15, 2011 7:35:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
and runtime error when trying to run http://localhost:8081/SimpleHelloByEnteringName/
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELResolver
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:342)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
root cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELResolver
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)
java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Launcher.java:229)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspFactoryImpl.getJspApplicationContext(JspFactoryImpl.java:220)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspInit(index_jsp.java:23)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.init(HttpJspBase.java:49)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:171)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:356)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
root cause
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ELResolver
java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Launcher.java:229)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:631)
java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:615)
java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:58)
java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:197)
java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Launcher.java:229)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspFactoryImpl.getJspApplicationContext(JspFactoryImpl.java:220)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspInit(index_jsp.java:23)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.init(HttpJspBase.java:49)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet(JspServletWrapper.java:171)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:356)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.14 logs.
How is this problem caused and how can I solve it?
WARNING: JSF1058: The resource referred to by to-view-id, 'result.jsp', for navigation from '/pages/inputname.jsp', does not start with '/'. This will be added for you, but it should be corrected.
The warning is not relevant to the problem. JSF has already fixed it for you, but it is telling you that you should fix it yourself in the faces-config.xml.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.el.ELResolver
This is however pretty serious. This can have several causes:
You are actually not running Tomcat 7.0 at all, but Tomcat 5.5 which is missing this class. Doublecheck it.
You have dropped a bunch of servletcontainer specific libraries such as el-api.jar, jsp-api.jar, etc of a different servletcontainer make/version (perhaps Tomcat 5.5?) in webapp's WEB-INF/lib or in Java's JRE/lib folder. Probably to overcome compilation problems. Moving/copying servletcontainer specific JARs around is the wrong solution. Undo it and remove them all.
Your web.xml is not declared conform at least the Servlet 2.5 specification. Since you mention to be using Tomcat 7.0, which is a Servlet 3.0 container, you should be declaring the web.xml conform Servlet 3.0:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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_3_0.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
<!-- Your config here -->
</web-app>
Update: oh wait ... I googled on the "SimpleHelloByEnteringName" and I discovered that this is actually a Roseindia.net (shudder) example as presented here: Downloading and Installing "SimpleHelloByEnteringName" JSF Example. I would like to stress that this site is the worst Java EE learning resource on the interwebs. I strongly recommend to head to other resources.
Coreservlets.com JSF 2.0 tutorial
Java EE 6 tutorial - JSF
Mkyong.com JSF 2.0 tutorials
My JSF 2.0 tutorial with Eclipse and Glassfish
I had a similar problem when executing a Dynamic web project in Eclipse.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELResolver
Here the problem is the Classes you use in your project are not defined in the classpath. In my case, I had to add
el-api.jar
jsp-api.jar
servlet-api.jar
into my Tomcat's classpath under Bootstrap entries.
So, In your case, check whether, these 3 jar's are present in C:\Tomcat\lib directory. Add it to the classpath if not present.
Hope this solves your problem.

Adding RICHFACES to existing JSF2 project

I'm trying add richfaces to my JSF 2 project using this jboss guide. I've did what they say in point 2.6, but after restart my tomcat server, HTTP Status 404 is reported.
Have I missed something??
UPDATE:
When I add richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0.Final.jar and richfaces-core-impl-4.0.0.Final.jar, and restart the tomcat server, it reports:
INFO: Unsanitized stacktrace from failed start...
com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException:
Source Document: jar:file:/D:/WORKSPACE/BC/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/PORTAL/WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-core-impl-4.0.0.Final.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml
Cause: Unable to create a new instance of 'org.richfaces.resource.ResourceHandlerImpl': java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.AbstractConfigProcessor.createInstance(AbstractConfigProcessor.java:293)
....
13.5.2011 8:41:52 com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
SEVERE: Critical error during deployment:
com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! com.google.common.base.Function
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:379)
....
13.5.2011 8:41:52 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener
java.lang.RuntimeException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! com.google.common.base.Function
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:292)
....
13.5.2011 8:41:52 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
13.5.2011 8:41:52 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/PORTAL] startup failed due to previous errors
13.5.2011 8:41:52 com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextDestroyed
SEVERE: Unexpected exception when attempting to tear down the Mojarra runtime
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.application.ApplicationFactory
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:894)
....
And now I'm not sure which libraries are neccessary for JSF2 and which for RICHFACES..
According to readme.txt of RichFaces 4 the following JARs are required:
In addition to the RichFaces jars, a number of dependencies are required in order to properly configure the framework.
a. sac-1.3, cssparser-0.9.5 - required for components CSS work.
b. google-guava-r08 - core runtime dependency.
c. annotations.jar - from org.richfaces.cdk.
It's optional and only needs to be added if RichFaces components will be created/accessed dynamically in your apps actions/listeners.
d. validation-api.jar and any implementation like hibernate-validators.jar
It's optional and should be added if you using Client or Graph
Validation. Should be added only if it's not provided by a
server (Java EE 6 servers).
Your exception suggests that you don't have the Google Guava library.

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ajax4jsf/resource/InternetResourceBuilder

My application, which uses JSF 2 and Richfaces 3.3.3, and mojarra 2.0.2 works fine on Glassfish 3.1 , but whenever i port it on Tomcat 7.0.10, every time i get one or the other problem.
It started with failure to detect jsf_core.tld , followed by some JSF rendering issue and finally this one.
Lastly i found some which i m mentioning here and which i cannot find a way around to fix.
Mar 31, 2011 8:57:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener
java.lang.RuntimeException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! org/ajax4jsf/resource/InternetResourceBuilder
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:294)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4651)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5149)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:885)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:907)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! org/ajax4jsf/resource/InternetResourceBuilder
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:357)
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:226)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ajax4jsf/resource/InternetResourceBuilder
at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.ChameleonRenderKitFactory.<init>(ChameleonRenderKitFactory.java:62)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getImplGivenPreviousImpl(FactoryFinder.java:586)
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getImplementationInstance(FactoryFinder.java:472)
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.access$400(FactoryFinder.java:139)
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:796)
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:306)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.FactoryConfigProcessor.verifyFactoriesExist(FactoryConfigProcessor.java:294)
at com.sun.faces.config.processor.FactoryConfigProcessor.process(FactoryConfigProcessor.java:213)
at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigManager.initialize(ConfigManager.java:338)
... 9 more
You've the RichFaces impl JAR file, but not the RichFaces API JAR in the runtime classpath.
The stacktrace is evidence of this:
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ajax4jsf/resource/InternetResourceBuilder
at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.ChameleonRenderKitFactory.<init>(ChameleonRenderKitFactory.java:62)
The at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.ChameleonRenderKitFactory line indicates that this particular class was successfully loaded and executed (otherwise it wouldn't have shown up as an at xxx in the stacktrace at all). This class is part of RichFaces impl JAR file. The InternetResourceBuilder is in turn part of the RichFaces API JAR file. This is apparently missing in the runtime classpath. At least, that's just exactly what the exception is telling us.
From the exception it seems that Richfaces cannot be found. Put the jar in your classpath (for Tomcat WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes) and try again.

Resources