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NoClassDefFoundError when deploying application on weblogic 10.3.4

 
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Hi everyone,
I have been trying to upgrade and deploy my application on oracle 11g server. and I have faced the following problem

<Nov 15, 2011 1:40:19 PM EST> <Warning> <HTTP> <BEA-101162> <User defined listener org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener failed: java.lang.
NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/LogManager.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/LogManager
at org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jConfigurer.java:117)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jWebConfigurer.java:170)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener.contextDestroyed(Log4jConfigListener.java:51)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:482)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextDestroyedEvent(EventsManager.java:200)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.destroy(WebAppServletContext.java:3224)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextManager.destroyContext(ServletContextManager.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.HttpServer.unloadWebApp(HttpServer.java:461)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.destroyContexts(WebAppModule.java:1535)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.deactivate(WebAppModule.java:507)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$2.previous(ModuleStateDriver.java:387)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:215)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.deactivate(ModuleStateDriver.java:141)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.deactivate(ScopedModuleDriver.java:206)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.deactivate(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:261)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$2.previous(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:547)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:215)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:192)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:184)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.previous(BaseDeployment.java:642)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:63)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:205)
at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:58)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.StartOperation.doCommit(StartOperation.java:140)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java
:195)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:176)
Caused By: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.log4j.LogManager
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
at org.springframework.util.Log4jConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jConfigurer.java:117)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jWebConfigurer.shutdownLogging(Log4jWebConfigurer.java:170)
at org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener.contextDestroyed(Log4jConfigListener.java:51)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:482)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextDestroyedEvent(EventsManager.java:200)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.destroy(WebAppServletContext.java:3224)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextManager.destroyContext(ServletContextManager.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.HttpServer.unloadWebApp(HttpServer.java:461)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.destroyContexts(WebAppModule.java:1535)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.deactivate(WebAppModule.java:507)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$2.previous(ModuleStateDriver.java:387)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:215)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.deactivate(ModuleStateDriver.java:141)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.deactivate(ScopedModuleDriver.java:206)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.deactivate(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:261)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$2.previous(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:547)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:215)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:192)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:184)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.previous(BaseDeployment.java:642)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:223)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:63)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:205)
at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:58)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.StartOperation.doCommit(StartOperation.java:140)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java
:195)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:176)

I suspect that this problem is there because class loaders do not load the .jar files, because when I put up the .jar files on the server classpath my application runs without any problems.
I have tried the <wls:prefer-application-packages> in weblogic-application.xml and put the my jar files under APP-INF\lib but unfortunately I get the same error.
The other thing that I have tried is <wls:prefer-web-inf-classes>true</wls:prefer-web-inf-classes> in weblogic.xml and I have put the .jar files under WEB-INF\lib, But this way also it doesn't solve my problem.

Any hint or help will be highly appreciated.

Ak.
 
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if you create APP-INF\lib in the root of your ear and then put log4j-x.y.jar then it should work.

please check the creation of the ear, plus the library itself. Also you may share the ear file to check it.
 
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Hi Morris,

You are right, but we have to be careful if weblogic itself has the same package or not, for example in my application I am using spring frame work and the jar file for that is already present, so when I want to use my own spring.jar then it will generate an ambiguity error, where we must either used existing version of spring.jar or remove that from weblogic library and address your application in the following manner(But the tricky point is to know which packages are there in weblogic jar files)

<wls:prefer-application-packages>

<wls:package-name>org.springframework.*</wls:package-name>

</wls:prefer-application-packages>
 
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