Cannot register web service, fails with NullPointerException in DelegateClassLoader ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBWS-4095 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBWS-4095 Project: JBoss Web Services Issue Type: Bug Components: jbossws-cxf Reporter: Antonio Chirizzi Assignee: R Searls Fix For: jbossws-cxf-5.2.1.Final While deploying a EAR application, which contains a WAR which is trying to register a web service, I get the follwing exception: {code} 13:53:34,624 INFO [org.jboss.ws.cxf.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-7) JBWS024074: WSDL published to: file:/home/achirizzi/sandbox/dev/wildfly/wildfly-11.0.0.Final/standalone/data/wsdl/dms-new-ear-services-0.0.8.1.ear/dms-new-war-0.0.7.1.war/BusinessWebServiceService.wsdl 13:53:34,658 WARNING [org.apache.cxf.catalog.OASISCatalogManager] (MSC service thread 1-7) Catalog found at jar:file:/home/achirizzi/sandbox/dev/wildfly/wildfly-11.0.0.Final/modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/ws/jaxws-client/main/jbossws-cxf-client-5.1.9.Final.jar!/META-INF/jax-ws-catalog.xml but no org.apache.xml.resolver.CatalogManager was found. Check the classpatch for an xmlresolver jar. 13:53:34,659 WARNING [org.apache.cxf.catalog.OASISCatalogManager] (MSC service thread 1-7) Catalog found at jar:file:/home/achirizzi/sandbox/dev/wildfly/wildfly-11.0.0.Final/modules/system/layers/base/org/apache/cxf/impl/main/cxf-tools-wsdlto-frontend-jaxws-3.1.12.jar!/META-INF/jax-ws-catalog.xml but no org.apache.xml.resolver.CatalogManager was found. Check the classpatch for an xmlresolver jar. 13:53:34,659 WARNING [org.apache.cxf.catalog.OASISCatalogManager] (MSC service thread 1-7) Catalog found at jar:file:/home/achirizzi/sandbox/dev/wildfly/wildfly-11.0.0.Final/modules/system/layers/base/org/apache/cxf/impl/main/cxf-services-ws-discovery-api-3.1.12.jar!/META-INF/jax-ws-catalog.xml but no org.apache.xml.resolver.CatalogManager was found. Check the classpatch for an xmlresolver jar. 13:53:34,773 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-7) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."dms-new-ear-services-0.0.8.1.ear"."dms-new-war-0.0.7.1.war".INSTALL: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."dms-new-ear-services-0.0.8.1.ear"."dms-new-war-0.0.7.1.war".INSTALL: WFLYSRV0153: Failed to process phase INSTALL of subdeployment "dms-new-war-0.0.7.1.war" of deployment "dms-new-ear-services-0.0.8.1.ear" at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:172) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2032) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1955) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory could not be instantiated: java.lang.NullPointerException at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:204) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:152) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.find(FactoryFinder.java:232) at javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(DocumentBuilderFactory.java:120) at com.ibm.wsdl.xml.WSDLReaderImpl.getDocument(WSDLReaderImpl.java:2180) at com.ibm.wsdl.xml.WSDLReaderImpl.readWSDL(WSDLReaderImpl.java:2390) at com.ibm.wsdl.xml.WSDLReaderImpl.readWSDL(WSDLReaderImpl.java:2422) at org.apache.cxf.wsdl11.WSDLManagerImpl.loadDefinition(WSDLManagerImpl.java:238) at org.apache.cxf.wsdl11.WSDLManagerImpl.getDefinition(WSDLManagerImpl.java:163) at org.apache.cxf.wsdl11.WSDLServiceFactory.<init>(WSDLServiceFactory.java:85) at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.ServiceImpl.initializePorts(ServiceImpl.java:217) at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.ServiceImpl.initialize(ServiceImpl.java:160) at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.ServiceImpl.<init>(ServiceImpl.java:129) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.client.ProviderImpl$JBossWSServiceImpl.<init>(ProviderImpl.java:574) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.client.ProviderImpl.createServiceDelegate(ProviderImpl.java:258) at javax.xml.ws.Service.<init>(Service.java:57) at com.tullettprebon.dms.tmmalternativeaddress.ws.TMMMarkitWireService.<init>(TMMMarkitWireService.java:60) at com.tullettprebon.dms.webservices.ReferenceWebService.<init>(ReferenceWebService.java:232) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.configuration.BusHolder.newInstance(BusHolder.java:322) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.configuration.BusHolder.configure(BusHolder.java:212) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.BusDeploymentAspect.startDeploymentBus(BusDeploymentAspect.java:97) at org.jboss.wsf.stack.cxf.deployment.aspect.BusDeploymentAspect.start(BusDeploymentAspect.java:59) at org.jboss.as.webservices.deployers.AspectDeploymentProcessor.deploy(AspectDeploymentProcessor.java:73) at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:165) ... 5 more Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.ws.common.utils.DelegateClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(DelegateClassLoader.java:132) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.findProviderClassNames(__RedirectedUtils.java:147) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.loadProvider(__RedirectedUtils.java:102) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.loadProvider(__RedirectedUtils.java:98) at __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory.<init>(__DocumentBuilderFactory.java:103) at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor62.newInstance(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:192) ... 33 more {code} I wasted 3 days trying to find a solution thinking that the problem was in my dependencies with xerces or any other xml resolver. Then I decided to checkout the code near the root cause: {code} Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.jboss.ws.common.utils.DelegateClassLoader.getResourceAsStream(DelegateClassLoader.java:132) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.findProviderClassNames(__RedirectedUtils.java:147) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.loadProvider(__RedirectedUtils.java:102) at __redirected.__RedirectedUtils.loadProvider(__RedirectedUtils.java:98) at __redirected.__DocumentBuilderFactory.<init>(__DocumentBuilderFactory.java:103) at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor62.newInstance(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423) at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442) at javax.xml.parsers.FactoryFinder.newInstance(FactoryFinder.java:192) ... 33 more {code} and I think I have fixed a bug in {{jbossws-common-3.1.5}}. I have downloaded the latest version of {{jbossws-common-master}} from github (with which the problem was still showing). Then I fixed the class {{org/jboss/ws/common/utils/DelegateClassLoader.java}} changing this: {code} /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public InputStream getResourceAsStream(final String name) { InputStream is = parent.getResourceAsStream(name); return (is == null) ? delegate.getResourceAsStream(name) : is; } {code} to this: {code} /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public InputStream getResourceAsStream(final String name) { InputStream is = null; if (parent != null) { is = parent.getResourceAsStream(name); } return (is == null) ? delegate.getResourceAsStream(name) : is; } {code} and then built again the jbossws-common jar and replaced the (suspected) faulty one under the WildFly modules. With the new jar the webservice can be registered.