Enable @Deployment @ShouldThrowException(DefinitionException.class) in WebSphere Liberty Managed Container ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ARQ-2153 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ARQ-2153 Project: Arquillian Issue Type: Feature Request Components: WebSphere Containers Affects Versions: 1.0.0.Final Environment: MicroProfile FaultTolerance TCK testing with arquillian-wlp-managed-8.5 container. For example testing https://github.com/eclipse/microprofile-fault-tolerance/blob/master/tck/s... with open Liberty or any other Arquillian test testing for DefinitionExceptions that cause Deployment Exceptions. Reporter: Gordon Hutchison Assignee: Gerhard Poul Priority: Minor Fix For: was_1.0.0.next When running the MicroProfile Fault Tolerance TCK there are numerous tests' deploy methods that have: {code:java} @Deployment @ShouldThrowException(DefinitionException.class) public static WebArchive deploy() {... {code} The current wlp-managed-8.5 container return these as Deployment Exceptions to the test client which makes the TCK tests fail even if the server has raised a definition exception. I have a code patch from an IBM colleague Nathan Mittlestat (whose permission I have to make this 'issue' and a pull request from on his behalf ) along the lines of: {code:java} private void checkForDefinitionExceptions(String applicationName) { String messagesFile = containerConfiguration.getWlpHome() + "/usr/servers/" + containerConfiguration.getServerName() + "/logs/messages.log"; BufferedReader br = null; try { br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(messagesFile))); String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { if (line.contains("CWWKZ0002E: An exception occurred while starting the application " + applicationName + ".") && (line.contains("org.jboss.weld.exceptions.DefinitionException") || line.contains("javax.enterprise.inject.spi.DefinitionException"))) { System.out.println("############DEBUG found CWWKZ0002E for application: " + applicationName); System.out.println(line); throw new DefinitionException(line); } } } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("Exception while reading messages.log" + e.toString()); e.printStackTrace(); // } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // System.err.println("Exception while reading messages.log" + e.toString()); // e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { if (br != null) br.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("Exception while closing bufferedreader " + e.toString()); e.printStackTrace(); } } } {code} This method is called in waitForApplicationTargetState if a wrapping Deployment exception is observed: {code:java} } catch (Exception e) { checkForDefinitionExceptions(applicationName); throw new DeploymentException("Exception while checking application state.", e); } {code} I will do a PR shortly.