CDI inclusion in JSF 2.1.22 causes java.lang.InstantiationException: org.jboss.as.weld.webtier.jsf.WeldApplicationFactory

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Issue

  • In an ear application, there is a web application that uses JSF 2.1, with org.jboss.jbossfaces.WAR_BUNDLES_JSF_IMPL set to true.
  • The JSF implementation uses Apache Tomahawk for JSF 2.1.22.
  • When trying to use CDI putting the beans.xml in the web app WEB-INF folder, the web application stops to deploy causing the following exception: 
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: org.jboss.as.weld.webtier.jsf.WeldApplicationFactory

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform(EAP)
    • 6.0.0
    • 6.0.1
    • 6.1.0

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