Tomcat background compilation fails with IllegalStateException

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Issue

  • We set the checkInterval in our web.xml for background compilation and see the following error:
SEVERE [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.log Background compile failed
 java.lang.IllegalStateException: zip file closed
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.ensureOpen(ZipFile.java:686)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.getEntry(ZipFile.java:315)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.getEntry(JarFile.java:240)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.JarFileUrlJar.getLastModified(JarFileUrlJar.java:90)
        at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getLastModified(JspCompilationContext.java:373)
        at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.getLastModified(JspCompilationContext.java:361)
        at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.isOutDated(Compiler.java:431)
        at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.isOutDated(Compiler.java:405)
        at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:578)
        at org.apache.jasper.compiler.JspRuntimeContext.checkCompile(JspRuntimeContext.java:363)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.periodicEvent(JspServlet.java:371)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.backgroundProcess(StandardWrapper.java:675)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1376)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1380)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1380)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1380)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1348)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

Environment

  • JBoss Web Server (JWS) 3.x
    • Tomcat 8.0.x

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