Xerces error: org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.dtd.DTDDVFactoryImpl - jsf

I'm developing a web application using JSF 2.0, NetBeans 6.9.1, GlassFish Server 3.1, mojarra 2.0.3, and JasperReports 3.7.6. Included in my project library is the jar file "xerces-2.8.0.jar". This file was imported as part of the JasperReports jar file library. Whenever I try to deploy, run, or debug my project through NetBeans, I receive this error:
java.lang.Exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigurationException: CONFIGURATION FAILED! DTD factory class org.apache.xerces.impl.dv.dtd.DTDDVFactoryImpl does not extend from DTDDVFactory.
After any change in my project my build fails, and I receive the above error, when I try to deploy, run, or debug it. I have to restart the server and run/debug a second time. I've searched the internet and cannot find a solution to this problem. I've looked at the jar file in question, and and DTDDVFactoryImpl does indeed extend from DTDDVFactory - I don't know why I'm receiving this error. While I can eventually get my project running, it would be much nicer if I wasn't receiving this error.
Can anyone please tell me how I can fix this? Do I need to remove this file from my project library? Do I need to update this file with a newer version/older version?

If you provide your own xerces.jar, you have to do that through the Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism (java -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/path/to/xerces.jar), you are not allowed to just add it on the classpath (and will sooner or later run into trouble if you do). Let me explain.
JAXP is the Java API for XML Processing. The creation of JAXP objects (like parsers, XSLT transfomers, DOM Documents) is done through the factory/factory-method pattern so you can plugin a new JAXP implementation (it has to be newer than the one provided in your JRE). Xerces provides (part of) a JAXP implementation and contains endorsed standards (an endorsed standard is a Java API defined through a standards process other than the Java Community Process, see the Endorsed Standards Override Mechanism). You'll run in all kinds of troubles if you don't use the ESOM.

I got this error when using Selenium with Glassfish. I got around it by copying XML jars (xerces-*, xalan-*, xml-apis*, serialize*) from selenium/libs/ to $AS_HOME/lib/endorsed (for Glassfish 2) or to $AS_HOME/glassfish/lib/endorsed for Glassfish 4.

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Apache Karaf Deploying .War File

My purpose is to run a JSF application on OSGI Framework. So, I am trying to deploy a WAR file to a servlet container for OSGi web applications, called PAX-WEB. I have a proper working JSF implementation working on WildFly 8.0 application server. I succesfully created OSGi-ified WAR file from this application. When I try to deploy it into PAX-WEB using Maven the following error occurs:
missing requirement: javax.servlet.annotation
I have these JARs in /lib folder of my application: jsf-api-2.1.7, jsf-impl-2.1.7, jsp-api-2.1, jstl-1.2. When I add javax.servlet-api-3.0.1.jar to my WAR file and re-deploy it, this time the following error occurs:
javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet cannot be cast to javax.servlet.Servlet
With this error, I can run my JSF page, but it is not displaying JSF tags.
You're mixing two issues here.
One, your framework setup is missing the servlet classes. So in that case I propose to use the pax-web-jetty-bundle. It's an uber bundle and also contains and exports the servlet classes. In that case make sure you don't have the servlet jars in your framework setup available. Btw. taking a look at the samples and Integration tests of Pax Web itself helps already to understand which libraries are needed.
The second issue you are facing is an issue of adding the servlet classes to the war, this is per OSGi and servlet spec forbidden to do.
So without any further knowledge of your scenario you might be better of with using the Apache Karaf server (it uses Pax Web), cause there all infrastructure bundles are already included and known to work together.
One more thing, you get more and better feedback at the ops4j mailinglist.

How do you import the log4j jar file into an NSF?

I wanted to use the Apache POI classes for Streaming Excel spreadsheets. If I import the log4j-1.2.17.jar file into my Jars in the nsf then no XPages will load.
If I don't I get an error:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
javax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory.newFactory()Ljavax/xml/stream/XMLEventFactory;
at
org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.internal.marshallers.PackagePropertiesMarshaller.<clinit>(PackagePropertiesMarshaller.java:45)
at
java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
at
java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:201)
at
Since many third party Java apis seem to use the log4j is there a solution? I think this is the same issue that came up with the web services API in XPages?
Your best course of action is to deploy OpenNTF essentials. It contains the POI classes and quite some ready made wrappers to make your life easier.
Deploy into sever via update site nsf approach and deploy to your designer too
Maybe your error can be from the same reason than in that questions. It's a problem of standard jars which come along with the domino installation.
Using External jar causing Error
Axis 1.4 log4j-1.2.8.jar incompatible with XPages?
Howard, put the jar file on the server as well as your local notes client and open up Java security permissions, I think that should do it. Also check that the version you are importing is compatible with Java version on Domino.

Enum parameter in EL expression on Websphere

In a JSF/facelet page, I'm trying to call a method with an enum value as a parameter, like this:
<f:viewAction action="#{myController.myMethod('MY_ENUM_VALUE')}" />
The code is working correctly using Tomcat but when trying with Websphere, this is not working anymore and I get the following exception.
Caused by: javax.el.MethodNotFoundException: /myPage.xhtml #16,24 action="#{myController.myMethod('MY_ENUM_VALUE')}": Method not found: com.example.MyController#807f4c26.myMethod(java.lang.String)
at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:109)
I'm wondering if there is a simple solution (configuration in Websphere?) or if I should integrate a different EL implementation in my WAR to override the one of Websphere. Any other suggestion is also welcome.
Additional information:
Websphere 8.5, using Mojarra 2.2.5 implementation (override implementation of Websphere, using PARENT_LAST mode)
Using Spring (with the SpringBeanFacesELResolver configured in faces-config.xml)
I'm not packaging any special EL implementation in the EAR/WAR.
Tomcat does not provide a JSF implementation so you are free to provide any version compatible with the servler/JSP version provided by your Tomcat server.
However, WebSphere AS 8.5 is a full Java EE 6 application server that integrates JSF into the container.
Bundling libraries into a WAR that are contained in the server does not automatically override the server libraries. Java defaults to a parent-first class loading model. Some of the configuration information available in arbitrary enterprise libraries may not make sense to the container and result in undefined behavior. Additionally, deployment descriptors can specify the loading of WAR-specific libraries that are not necessarily compatible with the container.
Some containers (WebSphere among them) support parent-last class loading. This can result in so much weird behavior it should generally be avoided.
As far as I am aware there is only one documented way to support a com.sun.faces... JSF implementation and I suspect in is only temporarily there to support WAS 7 binary JSF app WAR files.
So, it is possible that you are not really overriding the platform implementation but are triggering some undefined behavior by bundling JSF libraries in the WAR file.
It is possible I've missed something about what you are doing; if so, provide more details.

IllegalArgumentException: com.ibm.ws.jsf.config.annotation.WASMyFacesAnnotationProvider is no org.apache.myfaces.spi.AnnotationProvider

I am trying to deploy an application on Websphere 8.5.5
I've created a shared library for Websphere that includes myfaces 2.2 jars and other dependencies like commons-collections.
I also made the class loader of my application as PARENT_LAST.
When I deploy the application, I get this exception:
An error occured while initializing MyFaces: Class com.ibm.ws.jsf.config.annotation.WASMyFacesAnnotationProvider is no org.apache.myfaces.spi.AnnotationProvider
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Class com.ibm.ws.jsf.config.annotation.WASMyFacesAnnotationProvider is no org.apache.myfaces.spi.AnnotationProvider
at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:557)
at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:524)
I was looking at running a newer version of MyFaces on WAS 8.5.5, and ran into a similar issue. It appears to be a conflict between the code IBM wrote to support its embedded version of MyFaces, and an application- or shared library-provided MyFaces.
IBM provides a way to circumvent this issue. When WAS 8.0 shipped, it provided a feature to allow select either "SunRI1.2" or "MyFaces" as the server-provided JSF. Setting the default to "SunRI1.2" would remove the server-provided MyFaces from the classpath and allow the developer to provide their own.
Select any application
Click JSP and JSF Options
In the JSF implementation section, change the drop-down to SunRI1.2
Click OK
Save configuration and restart server

Deploying PrimeFaces app to GlassFish4 causes java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/fileupload/FileItem

I'd like to use <p:calendar> in my JSF app developed in Netbeans, so I added the PrimeFaces library. However, when I deploy the app, it errors as follows:
Context with name [/ManagedBeansWithComponents] has not yet been started
C:\Users\Dell-pc\Documents\NetBeansProjects\ManagedBeansWithComponents\nbproject\build- impl.xml:1040: The module has not been deployed.
See the server log for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 1 second)
And the server log says:
Source Document: jar:file:/C:/Users/Dell-pc/Documents/NetBeansProjects/ManagedBeansWithComponents/build/web/WEB-INF/lib/primefaces-3.5.jar!/META-INF/faces-config.xml
Cause: Class 'org.primefaces.component.fileupload.FileUploadRenderer' is missing a runtime dependency: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/fileupload/FileItem
How is this caused and how can I solve it?
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/fileupload/FileItem
There is the cause. It's crystal clear. The mentioned class is missing in the runtime classpath. The solution is rather straightforward: put the mentioned class (or, the JAR file containing it) in the runtime classpath. As the package name hints, it's available on http://commons.apache.org/fileupload (which in turn has by the way http://commons.apache.org/io as dependency). Just download and drop those JARs in the same place as PrimeFaces JAR and all should be well.
Unrelated to the concrete problem, note that this particular problem is in turn unintented by PrimeFaces. This problem should actually only occur when you register the FileUploadFilter for the <p:fileUpload> component in web.xml. However, since GlassFish 4.0, it is overzealously preloading every single JSF component and renderer class found in the classpath even if it's never used by the application. The class loading in turn causes all its runtime dependencies to be checked. If it's missing, then you get the NoClassDefFoundError. This problem is thus specific to GlassFish 4.0 and does not occur when using GlassFish 3.x or any other servletcontainer such as Tomcat or JBoss.

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