Getting java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/dom/DocumentImpl in JBoss

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Issue

  • The Webservice application deployed on JBoss is not working, it is throwing errors on server.log file. The same webservice is working properly on Tomcat 6.0.3.
  • We are getting the following below exception in the server.log file, 
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/dom/DocumentImpl
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_21]
...
...
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.DocumentImpl from [Module "deployment.xxx.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
    at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:190)

Environment

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

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