[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBSEAM-2485) NoClassDefFound when a service bean interface is in an outside .jar

Adam Warski (JIRA) jira-events at lists.jboss.org
Fri Jan 11 12:22:29 EST 2008


NoClassDefFound when a service bean interface is in an outside .jar
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                 Key: JBSEAM-2485
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2485
             Project: JBoss Seam
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 2.0.1.CR1, 2.0.0.GA
         Environment: JBoss AS 4.2.2, 4.2.1, Seam 2.0.0.GA, 2.0.1.CR1
            Reporter: Adam Warski


My deployment is as follows:
- MyApi.jar, which contains the local an interface for a stateless session bean
- MyApp.ear, which is a normal Seam application, and has an implementation of the interface

The api is in a separate jar so that I can use the SLSB in other applications.
On some occasions, I got weird exceptions, like: 

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: by java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy
        at org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.createClass(ProxyFactory.java:190)

or 

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: by java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/seam/Instance
        at org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.createClass(ProxyFactory.java:190)

(full example stack trace below).

I think the reason is as follows:
in org.jboss.seam.Component.createProxyFactory(...) - lines 2234-2254, a set of interfaces is created. It is a HashSet, so the first element may differ on each invocation of the method (that's why the exception is thrown only sometimes).

This set contains both the business interfaces, as well as org/jboss/seam/Instance, org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy.

Then, in org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.getClassLoader (lines 196-212) (which is invoked from the previously mentioned method), a classloader is obtained, which is later used to load all the interfaces classes and instantiate the proxy (in javassist). The classloader is taken to be the classloader of the first interface in the interfaces array (which is constructed from the set).

So, the classloader may be that of:
(1) the business interface
(2)  org/jboss/seam/Instance, org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy.

If it is number (2), then it is the scoped classloader of the ear. However, if it is (1), then it is the unified class loader which was used to load the .jar, which contains the business interface. This classloader cannot load the org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy and org/jboss/seam/Component interfaces, as they are contained in a scoped deployment. Thus, an exception is thrown.

A fix which I have right now is, in org.jboss.seam.Component.createProxyFactory:
1. replace HashSet with LinkedHashSet - then the first element will always be the same
2. move adding the org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy and org/jboss/seam/Component  interfaces to the top, so that the scoped class loader is later obtained in org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.getClassLoader.

I've tested it and it seems to fix the issue.

And finally the promised stack trace:
javax.el.ELException: /home.xhtml: Could not instantiate Seam component: serviceBean
        at com.sun.facelets.compiler.TextInstruction.write(TextInstruction.java:50)
        at com.sun.facelets.compiler.UIInstructions.encodeBegin(UIInstructions.java:39)
        at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChild(RendererBase.java:280)
        at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.renderChildren(RendererBase.java:262)
        at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:199)
        at org.richfaces.renderkit.html.PanelRenderer.doEncodeChildren(PanelRenderer.java:194)
        at org.ajax4jsf.renderkit.RendererBase.encodeChildren(RendererBase.java:121)
        at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:812)
        at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:886)
        at javax.faces.component.UIComponent.encodeAll(UIComponent.java:892)
        at com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler.renderView(FaceletViewHandler.java:592)
        at org.ajax4jsf.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:108)
        at org.ajax4jsf.application.AjaxViewHandler.renderView(AjaxViewHandler.java:216)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:106)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.phase(LifecycleImpl.java:251)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:144)
        at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:245)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
        at org.jboss.seam.debug.hot.HotDeployFilter.doFilter(HotDeployFilter.java:68)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:85)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:141)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:281)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:60)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:58)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:179)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:432)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:84)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
        at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:157)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:262)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:446)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
Caused by: org.jboss.seam.InstantiationException: Could not instantiate Seam component: serviceBean
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1970)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1873)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1840)
        at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:55)
        at org.jboss.seam.Namespace.getComponentInstance(Namespace.java:50)
        at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.resolveBase(SeamELResolver.java:166)
        at org.jboss.seam.el.SeamELResolver.getValue(SeamELResolver.java:53)
        at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:53)
        at com.sun.faces.el.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:64)
        at org.jboss.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:44)
        at org.jboss.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:63)
        at org.jboss.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:186)
        at com.sun.facelets.el.ELText$ELTextVariable.writeText(ELText.java:184)
        at com.sun.facelets.el.ELText$ELTextComposite.writeText(ELText.java:108)
        at com.sun.facelets.compiler.TextInstruction.write(TextInstruction.java:45)
        ... 53 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: by java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy
        at org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.createClass(ProxyFactory.java:190)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.createProxyFactory(Component.java:2260)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getProxyFactory(Component.java:1375)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.wrap(Component.java:1366)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiateSessionBean(Component.java:1288)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.instantiate(Component.java:1273)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:1966)
        ... 67 more
Caused by: javassist.CannotCompileException: by java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy
        at javassist.util.proxy.FactoryHelper.toClass(FactoryHelper.java:165)
        at org.jboss.seam.util.ProxyFactory.createClass(ProxyFactory.java:186)
        ... 73 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/seam/intercept/Proxy
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor264.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at javassist.util.proxy.FactoryHelper.toClass2(FactoryHelper.java:177)
        at javassist.util.proxy.FactoryHelper.toClass(FactoryHelper.java:159)
        ... 74 more

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