JBossJSFConfigureListener java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.getContextPath() when starting JBoss

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Issue

  • The following exception in the JBoss server log on startup:
    INFO  [Http11Protocol] Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-0.0.0.0-8080
INFO  [AjpProtocol] Initializing Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-0.0.0.0-8009
INFO  [Catalina] Initialization processed in 1382 ms
INFO  [StandardService] Starting service jboss.web
INFO  [StandardEngine] Starting Servlet Engine: JBossWeb/2.0.0.GA_CP
ERROR [ContainerBase] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.jboss.web.jsf.integration.config.JBossJSFConfigureListener java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.getContextPath()Ljava/lang/String;
        at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.getServletContextIdentifier(ConfigureListener.java:506)
        at com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener.contextInitialized(ConfigureListener.java:139)

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.2
    • 4.3

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