JBossXBRuntimeException when packaging xerces.jar into WAR file on JBoss EAP 5.0.0.GA

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Issue

  • Getting below error in the server.log :
ERROR [JBossContextConfig] XML error parsing: context.xml
    org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBRuntimeException: Failed to create a new SAX parser
         at org.jboss.xb.binding.UnmarshallerFactory$UnmarshallerFactoryImpl.newUnmarshaller(UnmarshallerFactory.java:100)
         at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.JBossContextConfig.processContextConfig(JBossContextConfig.java:549)
         at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.JBossContextConfig.init(JBossContextConfig.java:536)
         at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:279)
         at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.init(StandardContext.java:5436)
         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4148)
         at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:310)
         at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:142)
         at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:461)
         at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118)
         at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:97)
         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.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
         at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96)
         at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
         at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
         at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:668)
         at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206)
         at $Proxy38.start(Unknown Source)
         at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:42)
         at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:37)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
         at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:297)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1632)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:823)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
         at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:688)
         at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:460)
         at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:163)
         at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:99)
         at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:46)
         at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:62)
         at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:50)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1440)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1158)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1179)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1099)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1632)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:823)
         at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:782)
         at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:702)
         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117)
         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.scan(HDScanner.java:371)
         at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.hotdeploy.HDScanner.run(HDScanner.java:256)
         at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:317)
         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:150)
         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$101(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)
         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.runPeriodic(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:181)
         at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:205)
         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
         at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
    Caused by: org.jboss.xb.binding.JBossXBException: Failed to create a new SAX parser
         at org.jboss.xb.binding.parser.sax.SaxJBossXBParser.<init>(SaxJBossXBParser.java:97)
         at org.jboss.xb.binding.UnmarshallerImpl.<init>(UnmarshallerImpl.java:56)
         at org.jboss.xb.binding.UnmarshallerFactory$UnmarshallerFactoryImpl.newUnmarshaller(UnmarshallerFactory.java:96)
         ... 68 more
    Caused
    by: java.lang.ClassCastException:
    org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration cannot be cast to
    org.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration
         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(Unknown Source)
         at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(Unknown Source)
         at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.<init>(Unknown Source)
         at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
         at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl.newSAXParser(Unknown Source)
         at org.jboss.xb.binding.parser.sax.SaxJBossXBParser.<init>(SaxJBossXBParser.java:92)
         ... 70 more

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.0.0

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