Tomcat ClassNotFoundException after switching from openjdk to sun java

Question

We switched our java version from openjdk jre 1.7 to sun jre 1.7 and now starting tomcat gives the following errors:

SEVERE: Begin event threw error
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:206)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:153)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1356)
   at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.parse(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1642)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:562)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:261)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBeanNotificationBroadcaster not found in org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/el-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper-el.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-fr.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jsp-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/servlet-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-tribes.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ha.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-dbcp.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-ja.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/ecj-3.7.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ant.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-es.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/annotations-api.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/bootstrap.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}}
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   ...11 more
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:261)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:206)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:153)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1356)
   at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.parse(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1642)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:562)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   ...2 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBeanNotificationBroadcaster not found in org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/el-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper-el.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-fr.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jsp-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/servlet-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-tribes.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ha.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-dbcp.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-ja.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/ecj-3.7.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ant.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-es.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/annotations-api.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/bootstrap.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}}
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   ...11 more

Hello, have you tried http://www.coderanch.com/t/82626/Tomcat/Tomcat-will-not-start-ClassNotFoundException. Also, could you provide information about your os, and detail the problem (tomcat configuration, output of ps auxwww|grep java, ...)? — , Aug 13 '12 at 09:54
Have a look at http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/433375-tomcat-not-working.html : Some people had the issue because of $JAVA_HOME — , Aug 13 '12 at 09:56
JAVA_HOME is correct, we only have one java version now. OS -> centos 6.3, and there are no java processes running — gAMBOOKa, Aug 13 '12 at 09:58

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 17 '13 at 21:57

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I have had same problem. In my case I was migrating from tomcat6 -> tomcat7 and I left my application configured in same way from tomcat6 and just try to start it in tomcat7. But in tomcat7 default server.xml configuration there is not server lifecycle listener used (<Listener className="org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener" />). Consider reconfiguration of application that you want to migrate for tomcat7 (preffered way I think). Or just remove server lifecycle listener from server.xml in this case.

answered Apr 17 '13 at 21:57

michal.kreuzman

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I had the same issue and resolved the issue with this answer.. http://technicalblogon.blogspot.ch/2015/11/migrating-from-tomcat-6-to-tomcat-7.html – awsome Nov 24 '15 at 10:06
Same here. I had CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE from different tomcat versions. – user3132194 Dec 08 '16 at 06:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '12 at 15:50

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It looks like you are not running the Sun JRE but GCJ, the GNU Java compiler, based on the "libgcj.so" present at the end of the stack trace lines. It is most likely a problem with either the JAVA_HOME, the JRE_HOME or the PATH variable.

answered Aug 13 '12 at 15:50

David Levesque

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+1. GCJ and Gnu CLASSPATH are not Java, and in fact nowhere do they actually claim to be. Best to just remove it when encountered. – user207421 Aug 14 '12 at 23:35

Tomcat ClassNotFoundException after switching from openjdk to sun java

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