Anyone know what this Spring security error means?

[Dave Alvarado]

Hi,

I'm using Spring 3.0. We're trying use the Spring security module on our site. We are seeing this error in our logs on startup and wonder if anyone knows what it means and how to solve it. We see

2010-09-15 08:25:48,996 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate  - Field [/../] isn't an enum value
java.lang.NoSuchFieldException: /../
	at java.lang.Class.getField(Class.java:1520)
	at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.attemptToConvertStringToEnum(TypeConverterDelegate.java:330)
	at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:270)
	at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:104)
	at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertIfNecessary(BeanWrapperImpl.java:419)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:657)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:192)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:984)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:886)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:479)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:270)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:125)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:355)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:153)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedMap(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:383)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:161)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1305)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:557)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:842)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:416)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:261)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:192)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3972)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4467)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:791)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:771)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:546)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1041)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectories(HostConfig.java:964)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:502)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1277)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:321)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:785)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:519)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:581)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)

Here is what we are using for our Spring securityContext.xml file ...

<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
                         xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
                         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security-3.0.xsd">

        <http>
                <intercept-url pattern="/account/login" method="GET" filters="none" />
                <intercept-url pattern="/account/edit-profile" access="ROLE_USER" />
                <intercept-url pattern="/meetings/rfp/**" access="ROLE_USER" />
                <intercept-url pattern="/meetings/rfp/" filters="none" />
                <form-login login-page="/../account/login" login-processing-url="/account/do-login"
                        default-target-url="/account/edit-profile" authentication-failure-url="/../account/login"
                        always-use-default-target="false" authentication-success-handler-ref="successHandler" />
                <logout logout-url="/account/logout" logout-success-url="/../" />
        </http>

        <authentication-manager>
                <authentication-provider user-service-ref="userDaoImpl" />
        </authentication-manager>

</beans:beans>

Grateful for any thoughts, - Dave

[Peter Mularien]

Hi Dave,

This looks 90% probable not to be related to Spring Security. Do you have any other configuration files OR do you have a bean using constructor injection with the @Autowired annotation? If you enable a higher level of Spring logging, you should get information on what specific bean it is trying to wire.

Peter

[Dave Alvarado]

Hi Peter, I do have autowired beans and other config files that are numerous. When you say, "enable a higher level of logging", it seems Spring is already logging at a DEBUG level, so how do I get more granular than that?

- Dave

[Peter Mularien]

Sorry, I missed that

1> Could you please give us (or review) the previous few lines above this one you posted?
2> Alternatively, you can simply run this in a debugger and set a breakpoint at the line indicated OR on the NoSuchFieldException exception (most IDEs can do this). This approach has been successful for me in the past when trying to diagnose difficult problems.

[Dave Alvarado]

Regarding the logs. Here are the lines immediately before what I posted ...

2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean '(inner bean)#8'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Finished creating instance of bean '(inner bean)#8'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager#0'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Invoking afterPropertiesSet() on bean with name 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Finished creating instance of bean 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'org.springframework.security.config.http.UserDetailsServiceInjectionBeanPostProcessor#0'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'org.springframework.security.filterChainProxy'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,787 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean 'org.springframework.security.filterChainProxy'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,788 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Eagerly caching bean 'org
.springframework.security.filterChainProxy' to allow for resolving potential circular references
2010-09-15 09:33:50,788 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean
 '(inner bean)#9'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,789 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Returning cached instance
 of singleton bean 'org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository#0'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,789 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Invoking afterPropertiesS
et() on bean with name '(inner bean)#9'
2010-09-15 09:33:50,789 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Finished creating instanc
e of bean '(inner bean)#9'2010-09-15 09:33:50,789 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean
 '(inner bean)#10'2010-09-15 09:33:50,793 [main] DEBUG org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate  - Field [/../] isn't an enum value

Thanks, - Dave