There is an impressing Blog entry from Brian Leonards: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/bleonard/archive/2006/05/the_best_featur_1.html which shows how to use Netbeans for generating Entity Classes, Controller Classes and even example JSF pages. I used Netbeans 5.5 Beta2 and JBoss 4.0.4, didn't install Hibernate on JBoss because I believe it's bundled (isn't it?). The code generation, compilation, and deployment worked all quite well. Its just when I want to browse to one of the generated pages when the following exception occours: exception | | javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot get value for expression 'Item #{statustype.firstItem + 1}..#{statustype.lastItem} of #{statustype.itemCount}' | javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:121) | org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) | | root cause | | javax.faces.FacesException: Cannot get value for expression 'Item #{statustype.firstItem + 1}..#{statustype.lastItem} of #{statustype.itemCount}' | org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:421) | org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:234) | org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352) | javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:107) | org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) | I am also not able to use breakpoints inside the Controller or Entity classes. It just doesn't stop there. The persistence.xml looks as follows: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <persistence version="1.0" | xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" | xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" | xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence | http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd"> | <persistence-unit name="ejbPU" transaction-type="JTA"> | <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider> | <jta-data-source>java:/reporting</jta-data-source> | <properties> | <property name="hibernate.transaction.manager_lookup_class" | value="org.hibernate.transaction.JBossTransactionManagerLookup"/> | <property name="hibernate.cache.provider_class" value="org.hibernate.cache.HashtableCacheProvider"/> | <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create"/> | </properties> | </persistence-unit> | </persistence> | And this is my web.xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" | xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" | xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee | http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"> | <session-config> | <session-timeout> | 30000 | </session-timeout> | </session-config> | <welcome-file-list> | <welcome-file> | index.jsp | </welcome-file> | </welcome-file-list> | <context-param> | <param-name>com.sun.faces.verifyObjects</param-name> | <param-value>false</param-value> | </context-param> | <context-param> | <param-name>com.sun.faces.validateXml</param-name> | <param-value>true</param-value> | </context-param> | <context-param> | <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name> | <param-value>client</param-value> | </context-param> | <listener> | <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class> | </listener> | <servlet> | <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> | <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class> | <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> | </servlet> | <servlet-mapping> | <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> | <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern> | </servlet-mapping> | <servlet-mapping> | <servlet-name>FacesServlet</servlet-name> | <url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern> | </servlet-mapping> | </web-app> | This is the Server log I get: | 14:09:20,235 INFO [SchemaExport] schema export complete | 14:09:20,255 ERROR [[jsp]] Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception | javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: Cannot get value for expression 'Item #{filereaderStatus.firstItem + 1}..#{filereaderStatus.lastItem} of #{filereaderStatus.itemCount}' | at org.apache.myfaces.el.ValueBindingImpl.getValue(ValueBindingImpl.java:397) | at javax.faces.component.UIOutput.getValue(UIOutput.java:75) | at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.RendererUtils.getStringValue(RendererUtils.java:225) | at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlTextRendererBase.renderOutput(HtmlTextRendererBase.java:65) | at org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.html.HtmlTextRendererBase.encodeEnd(HtmlTextRendererBase.java:53) | at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeEnd(UIComponentBase.java:331) | at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.encodeEnd(UIComponentTag.java:349) | at javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentTag.doEndTag(UIComponentTag.java:253) | at org.apache.jsp.test.filereaderStatus.List_jsp._jspx_meth_h_outputText_0(List_jsp.java:248) | at org.apache.jsp.test.filereaderStatus.List_jsp._jspx_meth_h_form_0(List_jsp.java:190) | at org.apache.jsp.test.filereaderStatus.List_jsp._jspx_meth_f_view_0(List_jsp.java:133) | at org.apache.jsp.test.filereaderStatus.List_jsp._jspService(List_jsp.java:93) | at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) | at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:332) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) | at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301) | at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:415) | at org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:234) | at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352) | at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:107) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) | at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) | at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) | at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) | at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) | Caused by: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.HibernateException: The chosen transaction strategy requires access to the JTA TransactionManager | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:217) | at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:114) | at javax.persistence.Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(Persistence.java:37) | at javax.persistence.Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(Persistence.java:27) | at com.mycompany.reporting.web.controls.FilereaderStatusController.<init>(FilereaderStatusController.java:31) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) | at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) | at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494) | at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:350) | at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303) | at org.apache.myfaces.util.ClassUtils.newInstance(ClassUtils.java:274) | at org.apache.myfaces.util.ClassUtils.newInstance(ClassUtils.java:265) | at org.apache.myfaces.config.ManagedBeanBuilder.buildManagedBean(ManagedBeanBuilder.java:49) | at org.apache.myfaces.el.VariableResolverImpl.resolveVariable(VariableResolverImpl.java:311) | at org.apache.myfaces.el.ValueBindingImpl$ELVariableResolver.resolveVariable(ValueBindingImpl.java:569) | at org.apache.commons.el.NamedValue.evaluate(NamedValue.java:124) | at org.apache.commons.el.ComplexValue.evaluate(ComplexValue.java:140) | at org.apache.commons.el.BinaryOperatorExpression.evaluate(BinaryOperatorExpression.java:154) | at org.apache.commons.el.ExpressionString.evaluate(ExpressionString.java:114) | at org.apache.myfaces.el.ValueBindingImpl.getValue(ValueBindingImpl.java:378) | ... 45 more | Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: The chosen transaction strategy requires access to the JTA TransactionManager | at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<init>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:326) | at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1213) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.buildEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:631) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:760) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:151) | at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.createEntityManagerFactory(Ejb3Configuration.java:205) | ... 65 more | 14:09:20,262 ERROR [[FacesServlet]] Servlet.service() for servlet FacesServlet threw exception | javax.faces.FacesException: Cannot get value for expression 'Item #{filereaderStatus.firstItem + 1}..#{filereaderStatus.lastItem} of #{filereaderStatus.itemCount}' | at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:421) | at org.apache.myfaces.application.jsp.JspViewHandlerImpl.renderView(JspViewHandlerImpl.java:234) | at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:352) | at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:107) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:175) | at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:74) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126) | at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105) | at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107) | at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:869) | at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:664) | at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527) | at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112) | at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595) | Caused by: org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Cannot get value for expression 'Item #{filereaderStatus.firstItem + 1}..#{filereaderStatus.lastItem} of #{filereaderStatus.itemCount}' | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:510) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) | at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) | at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398) | at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301) | at org.apache.myfaces.context.servlet.ServletExternalContextImpl.dispatch(ServletExternalContextImpl.java:415) | ... 21 more | And if that maybe helps something, earlier in the log, there are some messages saying: | 14:09:19,002 DEBUG [Configuration] resolving reference to class: com.mycompany.reporting.persistence.StatusType | 14:09:19,002 DEBUG [Configuration] resolving reference to class: com.mycompany.reporting.persistence.RecurrenceType | 14:09:19,108 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,116 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,118 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,120 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,212 DEBUG [Configuration] Preparing to build session factory with filters : {} | 14:09:19,212 DEBUG [AnnotationConfiguration] Execute first pass mapping processing | 14:09:19,212 DEBUG [AnnotationConfiguration] Process hbm files | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [AnnotationConfiguration] Process annotated classes | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [AnnotationConfiguration] processing manytoone fk mappings | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] processing extends queue | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] processing collection mappings | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] processing native query and ResultSetMapping mappings | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] processing association property references | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] processing foreign key constraints | 14:09:19,213 DEBUG [Configuration] resolving reference to class: com.mycompany.reporting.persistence.RecurrenceType | 14:09:19,214 DEBUG [Configuration] resolving reference to class: com.mycompany.reporting.persistence.StatusType | 14:09:19,214 DEBUG [Configuration] resolving reference to class: com.mycompany.reporting.persistence.RecurrenceType | 14:09:19,214 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,217 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,220 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,221 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,227 INFO [NamingHelper] JNDI InitialContext properties:{} | 14:09:19,232 INFO [DatasourceConnectionProvider] Using datasource: java:/reporting | 14:09:19,237 INFO [SettingsFactory] RDBMS: PostgreSQL, version: 8.1.3 | 14:09:19,237 INFO [SettingsFactory] JDBC driver: PostgreSQL Native Driver, version: PostgreSQL 8.1 JDBC3 with SSL (build 404) | 14:09:19,238 INFO [Dialect] Using dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect | 14:09:19,240 INFO [TransactionFactoryFactory] Transaction strategy: org.hibernate.ejb.transaction.JoinableCMTTransactionFactory | 14:09:19,240 INFO [TransactionManagerLookupFactory] No TransactionManagerLookup configured (in JTA environment, use of read-write or transactional second-level cache is not recommended) | 14:09:19,240 INFO [SettingsFactory] Automatic flush during beforeCompletion(): disabled | 14:09:19,240 INFO [SettingsFactory] Automatic session close at end of transaction: disabled | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] JDBC batch size: 15 | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] JDBC batch updates for versioned data: disabled | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] Scrollable result sets: enabled | 14:09:19,241 DEBUG [SettingsFactory] Wrap result sets: disabled | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] JDBC3 getGeneratedKeys(): disabled | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] Connection release mode: auto | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] Default batch fetch size: 1 | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] Generate SQL with comments: disabled | 14:09:19,241 INFO [SettingsFactory] Order SQL updates by primary key: disabled | 14:09:19,242 INFO [SettingsFactory] Query translator: org.hibernate.hql.ast.ASTQueryTranslatorFactory | 14:09:19,242 INFO [ASTQueryTranslatorFactory] Using ASTQueryTranslatorFactory | 14:09:19,242 INFO [SettingsFactory] Query language substitutions: {} | 14:09:19,242 INFO [SettingsFactory] Second-level cache: enabled | 14:09:19,242 INFO [SettingsFactory] Query cache: disabled | 14:09:19,243 INFO [SettingsFactory] Cache provider: org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider | 14:09:19,289 INFO [SettingsFactory] Optimize cache for minimal puts: disabled | 14:09:19,289 INFO [SettingsFactory] Structured second-level cache entries: disabled | 14:09:19,289 INFO [SettingsFactory] Statistics: disabled | 14:09:19,289 INFO [SettingsFactory] Deleted entity synthetic identifier rollback: disabled | 14:09:19,290 INFO [SettingsFactory] Default entity-mode: pojo | 14:09:19,322 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,325 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,327 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,329 DEBUG [ClassValidator] ResourceBundle ValidatorMessages not found in Validator classloader. Delegate to org.hibernate.validator.resources.DefaultValidatorMessages | 14:09:19,331 INFO [SessionFactoryImpl] building session factory | 14:09:19,332 DEBUG [SessionFactoryImpl] Session factory constructed with filter configurations : {} | 14:09:19,334 DEBUG [SessionFactoryImpl] instantiating session factory with properties: | | ...(lots of properties)... | | 14:09:19,367 DEBUG [CacheManager] Configuring ehcache from classpath. | 14:09:19,494 WARN [ConfigurationFactory] No configuration found. Configuring ehcache from ehcache-failsafe.xml found in the classpath: jar:file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.4.GA/server/default/lib/ehcache-1.2.2.jar!/ehcache-failsafe.xml | 14:09:19,495 DEBUG [ConfigurationFactory] Configuring ehcache from URL: jar:file:/usr/local/jboss-4.0.4.GA/server/default/lib/ehcache-1.2.2.jar!/ehcache-failsafe.xml | 14:09:19,502 DEBUG [ConfigurationFactory] Configuring ehcache from InputStream | 14:09:19,554 DEBUG [DiskStoreConfiguration] Disk Store Path: /tmp | 14:09:19,597 DEBUG [ConfigurationHelper] No CacheManagerEventListenerFactory class specified. Skipping... | 14:09:19,598 DEBUG [ConfigurationHelper] No CachePeerListenerFactoryConfiguration specified. Not configuring a CacheManagerPeerListener. | 14:09:19,615 DEBUG [ConfigurationHelper] No CachePeerProviderFactoryConfiguration specified. Not configuring a CacheManagerPeerProvider. | 14:09:19,676 DEBUG [ConfigurationHelper] No BootstrapCacheLoaderFactory class specified. Skipping... 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