ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol after moving to JWS 5
Issue
- After moving to Tomcat 9 from JWS 5, we see an exception like the following:
SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.<init> Protocol handler instantiation failed
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.<init>(Connector.java:101)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ConnectorCreateRule.begin(ConnectorCreateRule.java:64)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1188)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:509)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractXMLDocumentParser.emptyElement(AbstractXMLDocumentParser.java:182)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1339)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2784)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:602)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:505)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:842)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:771)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:643)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1453)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:605)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:656)
Environment
- JBoss Enterprise Web Server (JWS) 5.x
- Tomcat 9.0.x
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