Problem
The ContextLoaderListener is used to integrate Spring with other web application.
<!-- file : web.xml -->
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/Spring/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
And the common error message is, your server can not find this Spring ContextLoaderListener class during the server start up.
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1516)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1361)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3915)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4467)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
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(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Solution
This is always happened in deployment and debugging environment.
1.Deployment environment
In deployment environment, just make sure your server classpath has included the Spring jar library (e.g spring-2.5.6.jar).
For Spring3, ContextLoaderListener is moved to spring-web.jar, you can get the library from Maven central repository.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
2.Debugging environment
In debugging environment, the steps may vary from different IDE, but the solution is same. In Eclipse, developers usually will create a tomcat, jboss…whatever application server for debugging, just make sure the correct Spring jars are included.
1. Double click on your debugging server
2. Click on the “Open launch configuration” to access the server environment
3. Click on the classpath tab
4. Include the Spring jar file here , it may also required common log jar due to Spring dependency.
5. Done, run your application again.
Awesome article!
I am using Gradle. Which is the process?
Can you pls advice other solution without adding the jar manually jn class path?
Without adding the jar manually in class path, is there any solution ? Thanks
I had the same problem with Inteligi IDEA.
What should you do to solve this problem when you are usin IDEA
1) Click File -> Project Structure
2) Click Artifacts -> select your artifact
3) In right column in “Available Elements” column double-click all libraries
4) Click “Apply” -> Click “??”
Done! Now when maven will build war file, it will include libraris frop step 3 to your war file in lib folder
just saved my life thanks, your solution worked for me.
it also works for me
Maybe this will help someone. This entry in the .classpath file was messed up. The 2nd attribute was gone from mine:
On a Struts2 Spring 4 Integration project adding the spring-web.jar causes Tomcat Catalina sartup error. I do see the dependency show spring-web but in the launch classpath its spring.jar. I dont see a spring jar in my maven repo, am I missing something ? or What jar file I have to load for Spring4?
Thank you very much!
Hi,i am getting the same exception even followed above steps.This is my code
pom.xml:-
4.0.0
com
narayana
war
0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
narayana Maven Webapp
http://maven.apache.org
3.2.6.RELEASE
org.hibernate
hibernate-annotations
3.3.1.GA
com.oracle
ojdbc14
10.2.0.2.0
asm
asm
1.5.3
junit
junit
3.8.1
test
javax.servlet
servlet-api
2.5
org.springframework
spring-orm
${spring.version}
org.springframework
spring-core
${spring.version}
org.springframework
spring-web
${spring.version}
org.springframework
spring-context
${spring.version}
org.springframework
spring-webmvc
${spring.version}
commons-dbcp
commons-dbcp
1.2.2
org.hibernate
hibernate-core
3.6.3.Final
javassist
javassist
3.12.1.GA
org.springframework
spring-hibernate3
2.0.8
com.eshop
web.xml:-
Spring3MVC
Login.jsp
spring
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
1
spring
*.html
contextConfigLocation
/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
spring-servlet.xml:-
com.eshop.EShopUser
org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect
thread
true
The remaining code consists My jsp pages,Controller classes,service classes and DAOs.
But when i run this it shows the below Exception.If you want i will send full code.Please give suggestions how to solve this.
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:46 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_79bin;C:WindowsSunJavabin;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/../jre/bin/server;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/../jre/bin;C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_79/bin/../jre/lib/amd64;C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_79bin;D:apache-maven-3.1.1bin;C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_79bin;C:UsersNARAYANADesktopEclipse FolderNew foldereclipse;;.
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property ‘source’ to ‘org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:com.eshop’ did not find a matching property.
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler [“http-bio-2014”]
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler [“ajp-bio-8009”]
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 933 ms
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.53
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGenerator createSecureRandom
INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [173] milliseconds.
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:529)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:511)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:139)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4888)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5467)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/com.eshop] startup failed due to previous errors
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [“http-bio-2014”]
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [“ajp-bio-8009”]
Jul 14, 2015 6:30:48 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 1068 ms
Please use bellow link if you are not using maven to resolve this issue
http://howtodoinjava.com/2014/05/14/solved-java-lang-classnotfoundexception-org-springframework-web-context-contextloaderlistener/
I had a similar problem when running a spring web application in an Eclipse managed tomcat. I solved this problem by adding maven dependencies in the project’s web deployment assembly.
Open the project’s properties (e.g., right-click on the project’s name in the project explorer and select “Properties”).
Select “Deployment Assembly”.
Click the “Add…” button on the right margin.
Select “Java Build Path Entries” from the menu of Directive Type and click “Next”.
Select “Maven Dependencies” from the Java Build Path Entries menu and click “Finish”.
You should see “Maven Dependencies” added to the Web Deployment Assembly definition.
Thanks Mohamed..it worked for me
楼主知道idea中如何调试吗？
Thanks
I had the same error I resolved it like that (I use eclipse) Right click on your project –> “Propeties” -> Deployment Assembly -> Add -> Java Build Path Entries -> Maven Dependencies (I selected them all) -> Finish
This indeed solved my issue as well. This is a way better solution than provided in this article. Now you don’t have to add dependencies to Tomcat anymore and are all dependencies still managed by Maven.
Good suggestion. Worked for me as well after facing the same issue.
Great solution, fixed my issue instantly.
Hi, I am also getting this same error
Exception in thread “main” org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name ‘step1’: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/retry/policy/RetryContextCache
Not able to fix this. Please can someone help. I tried all above combinations and put spring jar also in the build path.
FINALLY! THANK YOU!
The weird thing is, before starting this tutorial, it was added already. Then, for some reason, in the midst of this tutorial, it decided to remove it, so I didn’t even think to check it again until I came across this and though “what the hell, let’s make sure.”
Damn you eclipse…
Finally after wasting 5 hrs this worked.. Thanks
Thanks a lot!! This post was very very helpful.
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:35 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin;.;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.6.0_03/bin/client;C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.6.0_03/bin;C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.6.0_03/lib/i386;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Shared;E:\java\eclipse-jee-juno-win32\eclipse;
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:36 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property ‘source’ to ‘org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:swytchboard’ did not find a matching property.
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler [“http-bio-8080”]
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler [“ajp-bio-8009”]
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 2318 ms
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.34
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:38 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile
INFO: validateJarFile(C:\Users\rani\workspace9.0\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp0\wtpwebapps\swytchboard\WEB-INF\lib\servlet-api-2.5.jar) – jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:532)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:514)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:532)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:514)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:133)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4727)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:41 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGenerator createSecureRandom
INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [2,329] milliseconds.
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:41 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [] startup failed due to previous errors
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:41 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [“http-bio-8080”]
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:41 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler [“ajp-bio-8009”]
17 Sep, 2013 2:59:41 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 3822 ms
Hi
I have added spring-web-3.0.3.jar, but now I am getting error :
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/context/ApplicationContextException
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2483)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2793)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4660)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5226)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5221)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException
… resolved by adding the artifact below in the [pom.xml] :
…
org.springframework
spring-context
${spring.version}
i added dependency above,but it has been still error
Exception in thread “main” org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name ‘step1’: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/retry/policy/RetryContextCache
i am getting this error while runing test class using . main method ..
struggled with this all day … turns out that i was missing the spring-context-support jar.
i added it into my pom and everything is working now.
thanks
org.springframework
spring-context-support
${org.springframework-version}
error log:
com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.annotation.WASAnnotationHelper collectClasses unable to instantiate class
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
SRVE0293E: [Servlet Error]-[Failed to load listener: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener]:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: class java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
loadLifecycleListeners SRVE0279E: Error occured while processing global listeners for the application {0}: {1}
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.annotation.WASAnnotationHelper.inject(WASAnnotationHelper.java:266)
That worked very well for me! Thank you so much!
Helped in my case, too! Thank you!
I’m not using Eclipse but a CLI Maven project. Spring version is 3.1.4.RELEASE. So, I tried to copy the proper spring-web and its dependencies to JBoss lib without a success.
Do you have any suggestion about this scenario? Regards.
After a long search this is what solved it for me:
go to project properties -> Deployment Assembley, click Add… , select Java Build Path Entries and add the Maven Dependencies to the Web Deployment Assembly.
In the properties/Web Deployment Assembly screen it should show up as:
Source – Deploy Path
Maven Dependencies – WEB-INF/lib
THx A lot!!!!
Very thanks!!! you save me
yes must do this thank for remembering. some times it automatically add mavendependecies if not we have to add
thank u
I have tried adding servlet-api.jar but then i am getting the below error:
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3787)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4342)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719)
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:516)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException) (Caused by org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException))
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:543)
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:235)
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:209)
at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:351)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.(ContextLoader.java:144)
… 21 more
Caused by: org.apache.commons.logging.LogConfigurationException: java.lang.NullPointerException (Caused by java.lang.NullPointerException)
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getLogConstructor(LogFactoryImpl.java:397)
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.java:529)
… 25 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getLogConstructor(LogFactoryImpl.java:374)
… 26 more
Not able to recognize where i am doing wrong….
I have the same error:
I use Eclipse Juno, JBoss 4.2
I added the spring-2.5.6.jar as you mentioned above.
Still the same error.
I too facing the same error.with the same configuration as you.If U find the solution plz intimate me
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This error can occur for a number of reasons for example you are running from eclipse Tomcat a spring 3.05 Release web application and java 1.X (ie 1.6)is set in Project build path (1.6), in project compiler (1.6) but not in maven!!! (maven works with default 1.5), so eclipse tries to bind your project with a default 1.5 old java and your project fails with org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListen ..
http://sosiouxme.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/470/
You have to set the java version in maven as well:
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-compiler-plugin
2.1
1.6
1.6
hi,
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener
is not working in my jbossas 7server.. but it is not working.. please reply ASAP..
I updated my sts from 2.5 to 2.9 and not working, always show this error. I did all what do you say but it is not working 🙁
INF
Iam facing this error while running the application Please help me!!
O: Starting service Catalina
Jul 12, 2012 5:37:04 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.18
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/http/HttpServlet
add javax.servelet.jar file in library and run again….
This is how I fixed this issue:
Create a “lib” folder inside the “WEB-INF” folder and then copy all the spring jars and commons-logging jar (and any other dependency jar) in that newly created lib folder.
Hello,
I’m creating a sample spring application but even i’m not able to start the server using eclipse IDE. This is the error
GRAVE: Erreur lors de la configuration de la classe d’écoute de l’application (application listener) org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextListener
at java.lang.ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(Native Method)
I have loaded all the jar as a user libraries. I have tried your Debugging environment but it’s showing same error.
Please give your solution on this.
Thanks in advance.
Hi Yang,
I’m creating a sample spring application but even i’m not able to start the server using eclipse IDE. This is the error
ClassNotFoundException : org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
I have loaded all the jar as a user libraries. I have tried your Debugging environment but it’s showing same error.
Please give ur suggestion/solution on this.
Thanks in advance.
I am getting same kind of error in RAD, websphere environment how to fix this, can you please help me ??
Make sure Spring jar is available in your WebSphere classpath.
Hi mkyong,
I run into similar problem, which is why I come to your blog now. You are very correct that the problem is deployment. Thanks a lot!
BC
i resolved the problem with removing all libraries from WEB-INF/lib as they are already loaded by tomcat and included log4j properties in the projects build path. after importing one log4j.properties into the project the contextlistener runs proper.
how to import log4j.properties can u explain more i get this exception
Hi Yang,
Thanks for such simple and wonderful articles.
I am getting the same error using spring 3.1.0.
As Spring.jar is not included in this version, please tell me how to fix the problem without using maven and ant.
I have tried all the options mentioned here( adding libraries to tomcat folder).
Thanks.
Sikinder.
Maven or Ant is doing the same thing, copy spring.jar to your project classpath.
I got the same error, together with several others, during Tomcat startup with a Spring project deployed.
But in my case, the errors were caused by the project facet “Java” being set to 1.5 instead of 1.6
I got an error like this.
SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1645)
…
You can find the solution of this error here
http://www.mustafakurkcu.com/java/221-javaeemoduledependencies.html
The error changes to:
Tomcat, right? Your Tomcat can’t find this class
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextListener
if not mistake, it should be “servlet-api.jar” in Tomcat, make sure it’s included in your Tomcat classpath.
After I add the “servlet-api.jar” I get the below error.
java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.validateConstructorArguments(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:60)
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:53)
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.make(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:95)
at sun.reflect.generics.factory.CoreReflectionFactory.makeParameterizedType(CoreReflectionFactory.java:105)
at sun.reflect.generics.visitor.Reifier.visitClassTypeSignature(Reifier.java:140)
at sun.reflect.generics.tree.ClassTypeSignature.accept(ClassTypeSignature.java:49)
at sun.reflect.generics.repository.ClassRepository.getSuperInterfaces(ClassRepository.java:100)
at java.lang.Class.getGenericInterfaces(Class.java:814)
at org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver.getTypeVariableMap(GenericTypeResolver.java:161)
at org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnType(GenericTypeResolver.java:99)
at org.springframework.beans.GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.getPropertyType(GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.java:88)
at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:138)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:832)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:651)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:78)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:63)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:119)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1026)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4421)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4734)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
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:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Nov 19, 2013 3:23:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext loadOnStartup
SEVERE: Servlet /RealEstate threw load() exception
java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.validateConstructorArguments(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:60)
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:53)
at sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.ParameterizedTypeImpl.make(ParameterizedTypeImpl.java:95)
at sun.reflect.generics.factory.CoreReflectionFactory.makeParameterizedType(CoreReflectionFactory.java:105)
at sun.reflect.generics.visitor.Reifier.visitClassTypeSignature(Reifier.java:140)
at sun.reflect.generics.tree.ClassTypeSignature.accept(ClassTypeSignature.java:49)
at sun.reflect.generics.repository.ClassRepository.getSuperInterfaces(ClassRepository.java:100)
at java.lang.Class.getGenericInterfaces(Class.java:814)
at org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver.getTypeVariableMap(GenericTypeResolver.java:161)
at org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnType(GenericTypeResolver.java:99)
at org.springframework.beans.GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.getPropertyType(GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor.java:88)
at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:138)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:832)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:651)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:78)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:63)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:119)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1026)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4421)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4734)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
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:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
What does this error mean and How do I go about resolving this? Thanks.
Copy these 4 jars in tomcats lib dir
com.springsource.org.apache.commons.digester-1.8.1.jar
com.springsource.org.apache.commons.collections-3.2.1.jar
com.springsource.org.apache.commons.beanutils-1.8.0.jar
com.springsource.org.apache.commons.logging-1.1.1.jar
Thanks a lot , i was facing this error from monday and i’ve tried many issus but without result, thank you so much
Still doesn’t work for me, driving me nuts. WHY is it necessary to find the correct jar (whichever it may be) to enable Tomcat deployment properly??
patient, of course Tomcat need to find correct jar for deployment, do you have problem in production or IDE environment?
Hi I have the same problem, I created a web project and trying to use Spring Dynamic Modules, I copied the needed library in the lib directory of my project. I am using Eclipse and I try to deploy the project in the tomcat directly from the IDE. The first error was: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
According to the comments in the thread I added the spring-web.jar and/or the web library of SPring DM to the tomcat library, and the error changed to: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContextListener but now I amnot able to remove the error neither adding servlet-api.jar nand with javax.servlet…..Can you please help me? Which are the libraries to add? I am using Spring DM 2.0.0.M1, Spring 3.0.0.RC1 e tomcat6 in STS eclipse environment.
Marco
Hi,
I am too facing the same problem. Did you found the solution for this?
I don’t understand this. I created “Dynamic Project” in STS, I added all necessary dependiences (also spring-web 3.0.2.RELEASE) and in Maven Dependiences in my project org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener exists, so why I need configure in your way?
if you do not have this problem, then just ignore it 🙂
i configure the spring jar file after that also i get same class not found exeception
Make sure the jar is deployed into correct folder
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Show me your last caused by error message.
tomcat is not recogized librarys in folder
Go To project properties – > Deployment Assembly Option and add Maven Dependencies from Java Build path entries.
Thanks!!!.
My Fix was: I manually added all the dependencies from Java Build Path Entries.
the mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 worked for my first project but when i created again a new project then it won’t work anymore so i tried the above fix.
Thanks!