[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (EJBTHREE-1969) EJB3 deployments lead to java.lang.IllegalStateException: Null beannMetaData

[jaikiran pai (JIRA)]

    [ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1969?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12499603#action_12499603 ] 

jaikiran pai commented on EJBTHREE-1969:
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The .ear is packaged as follows:

.ear
|
|--- ejb.jar
|--- web.war
|---   lib
| 	|--- some utility jars
|	|--- some jars containing beans


The ejb.jar has references to beans deployed in jar(s) in the .ear/lib folder. This leads to the deployer throwing:

2009-12-13 14:02:03,661 ERROR [org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.AbstractKernelController] (main) Error installing to Real: name=vfszip:/jboss-5.0.0.GA/server/default/deploy/myapp.ear/ state=PreReal mode=Manual requiredState=Real
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying rhevm.ear: failed to initialize bean container 
	at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:196)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:99)
	at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractVFSRealDeployer.java:45)
	at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
...
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.registerProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:308)
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:256)
	at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
	at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
	at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: failed to initialize bean container 
	at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.<init>(EJBContainer.java:255)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.session.SessionContainer.<init>(SessionContainer.java:119)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.service.ServiceContainer.<init>(ServiceContainer.java:122)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getServiceContainer(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:267)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3AnnotationHandler.getContainers(Ejb3AnnotationHandler.java:225)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:734)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployElement(Ejb3Deployment.java:685)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deployUrl(Ejb3Deployment.java:667)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.deploy(Ejb3Deployment.java:630)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.Ejb3Deployment.create(Ejb3Deployment.java:507)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.deployers.Ejb3Deployer.deploy(Ejb3Deployer.java:182)
	... 33 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Null beannMetaData
	at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.setupMetaDataLists(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:315)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.initialise(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:235)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.<init>(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:138)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.AdditiveBeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.<init>(AdditiveBeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:48)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.aop.BeanContainer.initialize(BeanContainer.java:195)
	at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.<init>(EJBContainer.java:251)
	... 43 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException	

The real issue here is a bug in the EJB3Deployer which has been fixed in JBPAPP-2934/JBAS-7004. With the bug fix in JBPAPP-2934/JBAS-7004, there shouldn't be any NPE as reported in this exception stacktrace. 

However, an important point to remember which packaging is that  "auto-detection" of EJBs through annotation scanning will *not* be done in jars packaged in the "lib" folder of the EAR. So if it's not explicitly marked as an ejb-module in the application.xml, such EJBs will never be deployed.

> EJB3 deployments lead to java.lang.IllegalStateException: Null beannMetaData 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: EJBTHREE-1969
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-1969
>             Project: EJB 3.0
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.1.22
>            Reporter: jaikiran pai
>            Assignee: jaikiran pai
>         Attachments: helloWorld2Bad.ear, helloWorld2Good.ear
>
>
> There has been more than one instance where users have reported issues around EJB3 deployments which leads to exception like this:
> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Null beannMetaData
> at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.setupMetaDataLists(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:315)
> at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.initialise(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:235)
> at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.(BeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:138)
> at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptors.metadata.AdditiveBeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.(AdditiveBeanInterceptorMetaDataBridge.java:48)
> at org.jboss.ejb3.aop.BeanContainer.initialize(BeanContainer.java:194)
> at org.jboss.ejb3.EJBContainer.(EJBContainer.java:249) 
> One such forum thread discussion is referenced in this JIRA. The issue appears to be around the way the deployment has been packaged. This needs more investigation and a fix (or an explanation about why this happens and the correct way to package the culprit application).  

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