Tomcat - Struts app Startup Error

Guys,

A Struts 2.x.x web app gives me startup errors.

Unable to load bean: type:com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ValueStackFactory class:com.opensymphony.xwork2.ognl.OgnlValueStackFactory - 
bean - jar:file:/Program%20Files/Ap
ache%20Software%20Foundation/apache-tomcat-6.0.32/webapps/Quintilis31Web/WEB-INF/lib/struts2-core-2.2.3.jar!/struts-default.xml:71:140
        at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.register(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:208)
        at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.register(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:101)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reload(DefaultConfiguration.java:131)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:52)
        at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init_PreloadConfiguration(Dispatcher.java:380)
        at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init(Dispatcher.java:424)
        at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.FilterDispatcher.init(FilterDispatcher.java:195)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:295)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:422)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:115)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4071)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4725)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:799)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:601)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:675)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:601)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:502)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1315)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:324)
        at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1061)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1053)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
        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)
Caused by: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Implementing class
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:616)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2818)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1159)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1647)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1526)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.ClassLoaderUtil.loadClass(ClassLoaderUtil.java:139)
        at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.register(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:180)
        ... 33 more
30.06.2011 08:38:36 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SCHWERWIEGEND: Error filterStart

From the stack trace above, I could see that this is caused due to some incompatibilities in the Struts jar file version. But how to get rid of this error? I want to use this particular version of Struts.

Seems like this is an issue with xwork. In my Maven pom.xml for the project, I do not have a dependency defined to xwork 2.0.4.
But the project fails simply because it cannot download this xwork 2.0.4.jar. There are two questions here:

(1) Why the heck is Maven not able to download the jar from Maven repo? I'm sure that I'm not behind a proxy.
(2) Why will it ever need a jar which I have not added as a dependency?

The stack trace for some info...

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.1:compile (default-compile) on project web: Compilation failure
[ERROR] error: error reading \MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.1:compile (default-compile) on project web: Com
pilation failure
error: error reading MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file

at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:213)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:319)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)
        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.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
        at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilationFailureException: Compilation failure
error: error reading \MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file

at org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:613)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:116)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)
        ... 19 more
[ERROR]

Seems more like a Maven issue. Mods please move this to the Maven forum:

I did try to debug my build and seems that the error that I posted above originates more earlier in the build cycle. Here it is:

[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.struts:struts2-core:jar:2.2.3 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available:
 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM \MavenRepository\org\apache\struts\struts2-core\2.2.3\struts2-core-2.2.3.pom: end tag 
name </div> must match start tag name <input>
 from line 22 (position: TEXT seen ...ze="35" onkeyup="tableFilter(\'mainTable\', \'searchField\')" >\n</div>... @23:7)  @ line 23, column 7

[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.struts:struts2-tiles-plugin:jar:2.2.3 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) will not be available:
 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM \MavenRepository\org\apache\struts\struts2-tiles-plugin\2.2.3\struts2-tiles-plugin-2.2.3.pom:
 end tag name </div> 
must match start tag name <input> from line 22 (position: TEXT seen ...ze="35" 
onkeyup="tableFilter(\'mainTable\', \'searchField\')" >\n</div>... @23:7)  @ line 23, column 7

[WARNING] The POM for org.apache.struts:struts2-spring-plugin:jar:2.2.3 is invalid, transitive dependencies 
(if any) will not be available: 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM \MavenRepository\org\apache\struts\struts2-spring-plugin\2.2.3\struts2-spring-plugin-2.2.3.pom:
 end tag name </div> 
must match start tag name <input> from line 22 (position: TEXT seen ...ze="35" 
onkeyup="tableFilter(\'mainTable\', \'searchField\')" >\n</div>... @23:7)  @ line 23, column 7

[WARNING] The POM for com.opensymphony:xwork:jar:2.0.4 is invalid, transitive dependencies
(if any) will not be available: 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM H:\MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.pom:
 end tag name </div> must match start tag name <input> 
from line 22 (position: TEXT seen ...ze="35" onkeyup="tableFilter(\'mainTable\', \'searchField\')" >\n</div>... @23:7)  @ line 23, column 7

[WARNING] The POM for com.opensymphony:xwork-core:jar:2.2.3 is invalid, transitive dependencies (if any) 
will not be available: 1 problem was encountered while building the effective model
[FATAL] Non-parseable POM \MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork-core\2.2.3\xwork-core-2.2.3.pom: 
end tag name </div> 
must match start tag name <input> from line 22 (position: TEXT seen ...ze="35" 
onkeyup="tableFilter(\'mainTable\', \'searchField\')" >\n</div>... @23:7)  @ line 23, column 7

Joe Harry wrote:Seems like this is an issue with xwork. In my Maven pom.xml for the project, I do not have a dependency defined to xwork 2.0.4.
But the project fails simply because it cannot download this xwork 2.0.4.jar. There are two questions here:

(1) Why the heck is Maven not able to download the jar from Maven repo? I'm sure that I'm not behind a proxy.
(2) Why will it ever need a jar which I have not added as a dependency?
The stack trace for some info... [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.1:compile (default-compile) on project web: Compilation failure [ERROR] error: error reading \MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file [ERROR] -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.1:compile (default-compile) on project web: Com pilation failure error: error reading MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:213) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:319) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141) 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.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilationFailureException: Compilation failure error: error reading \MavenRepository\com\opensymphony\xwork\2.0.4\xwork-2.0.4.jar; error in opening zip file at org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:613) at org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:116) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:101) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209) ... 19 more [ERROR]

Finaly was able to resolve question 2. The xwork-2.0.4 was referrenced in the jcapcha4struts2 which I use in my project. So I had to modify it and rebuild the jcaptcha4struts2 to use xwork-core-2.2.3 and it worked finally.

Still question 1 remains unanswered, but manually downloading the jar and building the app atleast worked.