Deployment fails with "IllegalArgumentException: Empty module specification" when Dependencies is empty in a jars manifest in JBoss EAP 6.x

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Issue

  • Deployment fails with "IllegalArgumentException: Empty module specification" in JBoss EAP 6.x.
ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-2) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."example.war".STRUCTURE: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."example.war".STRUCTURE: JBAS018733: Failed to process phase STRUCTURE of deployment "example.war"
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:184) [jboss-as-server-7.5.18.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.18.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2064) [jboss-msc-1.1.7.SP1-redhat-1.jar:1.1.7.SP1-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1987) [jboss-msc-1.1.7.SP1-redhat-1.jar:1.1.7.SP1-redhat-1]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [rt.jar:1.8.0_161]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [rt.jar:1.8.0_161]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [rt.jar:1.8.0_161]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Empty module specification
    at org.jboss.modules.ModuleIdentifier.fromString(ModuleIdentifier.java:169) [jboss-modules.jar:1.3.10.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.module.ManifestDependencyProcessor.deploy(ManifestDependencyProcessor.java:92) [jboss-as-server-7.5.18.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.18.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:177) [jboss-as-server-7.5.18.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.18.Final-redhat-1]
    ... 5 more

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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