Websphere Liberty ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager

Question

I am running a JSF 2.2 application in Websphere Liberty 16.0.0.4.

Its using Myfaces 2.2 implementation of JSF, bundled in com.ibm.ws.jsf.2.2_1.0.15.jar . I am getting ClassNotFoundException for org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager .

The same JSF page works fine in WAS 9 Classic, which also uses Myfaces 2.2.

Any help will be most welcome. Please see the stack trace below.

Thanks, Sanjay

[9/28/17 14:53:57:669 EDT] 0000002a id= org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils                    
E null java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
            at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
            at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:88)
            at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:437)
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:670)
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:542)
            at org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator.configureRenderKits(FacesConfigurator.java:1317)
            at org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator.configure(FacesConfigurator.java:607)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.AbstractFacesInitializer.buildConfiguration(AbstractFacesInitializer.java:421)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.Jsp21FacesInitializer.initContainerIntegration(Jsp21FacesInitializer.java:73)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.AbstractFacesInitializer.initFaces(AbstractFacesInitializer.java:177)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.contextInitialized(StartupServletContextListener.java:119)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp.java:2420)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer31.osgi.webapp.WebApp31.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp31.java:505)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:1064)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:6562)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApp(DynamicVirtualHost.java:468)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApplication(DynamicVirtualHost.java:463)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startWebApplication(WebContainer.java:1004)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startModule(WebContainer.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.ModuleHandlerBase.deployModule(ModuleHandlerBase.java:100)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedModuleInfoImpl.installModule(DeployedModuleInfoImpl.java:50)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedAppInfoBase.deployModules(DeployedAppInfoBase.java:420)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedAppInfoBase.deployApp(DeployedAppInfoBase.java:406)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.ear.internal.EARApplicationHandlerImpl.install(EARApplicationHandlerImpl.java:84)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.StartAction.execute(StartAction.java:141)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.enterState(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:1191)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.run(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:804)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1153)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:785)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not initialize MyFacesFlowResponseStateManager
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.initResponseStateManager(FlowRenderKit.java:58)
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.<init>(FlowRenderKit.java:43)
            ... 31 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:346)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.definePackageAndClass(AppClassLoader.java:335)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClass(AppClassLoader.java:310)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:846)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findOrDelegateLoadClass(AppClassLoader.java:477)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.loadClass(AppClassLoader.java:449)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:805)
            at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:250)
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.initResponseStateManager(FlowRenderKit.java:53)
            ... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClassCommonLibraryClassLoaders(AppClassLoader.java:499)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClass(AppClassLoader.java:294)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:846)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findOrDelegateLoadClass(AppClassLoader.java:477)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.loadClass(AppClassLoader.java:449)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:805)
            ... 43 more

[9/28/17 14:53:57:676 EDT] 0000002a id=         org.apache.myfaces.webapp.AbstractFacesInitializer           E An error occured while initializing MyFaces: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:697)
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:542)
            at org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator.configureRenderKits(FacesConfigurator.java:1317)
            at org.apache.myfaces.config.FacesConfigurator.configure(FacesConfigurator.java:607)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.AbstractFacesInitializer.buildConfiguration(AbstractFacesInitializer.java:421)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.Jsp21FacesInitializer.initContainerIntegration(Jsp21FacesInitializer.java:73)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.AbstractFacesInitializer.initFaces(AbstractFacesInitializer.java:177)
            at org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener.contextInitialized(StartupServletContextListener.java:119)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp.java:2420)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer31.osgi.webapp.WebApp31.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp31.java:505)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:1064)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:6562)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApp(DynamicVirtualHost.java:468)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApplication(DynamicVirtualHost.java:463)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startWebApplication(WebContainer.java:1004)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startModule(WebContainer.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.ModuleHandlerBase.deployModule(ModuleHandlerBase.java:100)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedModuleInfoImpl.installModule(DeployedModuleInfoImpl.java:50)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedAppInfoBase.deployModules(DeployedAppInfoBase.java:420)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedAppInfoBase.deployApp(DeployedAppInfoBase.java:406)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.ear.internal.EARApplicationHandlerImpl.install(EARApplicationHandlerImpl.java:84)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.StartAction.execute(StartAction.java:141)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.enterState(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:1191)
            at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.run(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:804)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1153)
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:785)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
            at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
            at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:88)
            at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
            at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:437)
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.util.ClassUtils.buildApplicationObject(ClassUtils.java:670)
            ... 26 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not initialize MyFacesFlowResponseStateManager
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.initResponseStateManager(FlowRenderKit.java:58)
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.<init>(FlowRenderKit.java:43)
            ... 31 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:346)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.definePackageAndClass(AppClassLoader.java:335)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClass(AppClassLoader.java:310)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:846)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findOrDelegateLoadClass(AppClassLoader.java:477)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.loadClass(AppClassLoader.java:449)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:805)
            at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:250)
            at org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit.initResponseStateManager(FlowRenderKit.java:53)
            ... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClassCommonLibraryClassLoaders(AppClassLoader.java:499)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findClass(AppClassLoader.java:294)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:846)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:825)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.findOrDelegateLoadClass(AppClassLoader.java:477)
            at com.ibm.ws.classloading.internal.AppClassLoader.loadClass(AppClassLoader.java:449)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:805)
            ... 43 more

wtlucy · Answer 1 · 2017-09-29T20:32:36.943

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The jsf-2.2 Liberty feature doesn't expose the MyFaces implementation classes, whereas WebSphere Traditional profile (classic) allows access to those internal classes. In your scenario the Spring class org.springframework.faces.webflow.FlowRenderKit is trying to load the internal class org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager via ClassUtils.forName, which won't work on Liberty and isn't a good practice in general.

If you don't need CDI integration with your application, bundling MyFaces directly - instead of using the Liberty jsf-2.2 feature - should allow this scenario to work.

It may be worthwhile to raise an issue on Spring's issue tracker

Related answer: MyFaces and WebSphere Liberty Profile (ClassNotFoundException)

edited Sep 29 '17 at 20:32

answered Sep 29 '17 at 20:15

wtlucy

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Issue raised on spring webflow JIRA tracker https://jira.spring.io/browse/SWF-1712 – Sanjay Oct 03 '17 at 14:48
Raised the issue on Spring issue tracker. No movement yet for the past one week. I opened a ticket with IBM also. They pretty much refused any help, saying that its a Spring bug, For now I have been able to make it work by switching to Mojarra implementation instead of Myfaces in Liberty. – Sanjay Oct 10 '17 at 16:42
I used the suggestion made in this article to expose Myfaces classes for Liberty JSF2.2 feature. This hack works great.. https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/680 – Sanjay Oct 10 '17 at 20:44

Websphere Liberty ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.myfaces.renderkit.MyfacesResponseStateManager

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