Deployed servlet based web application at context path [/VirtualStore], but context failed to start with below log.
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.075 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Deployment of deployment descriptor [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4confCatalinalocalhostVS.xml] has finished in [448] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.079 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsdocs]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.291 WARNING [main] org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGeneratorBase.createSecureRandom Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [143] milliseconds.
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.306 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsdocs] has finished in [228] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.307 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsexamples]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.613 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsexamples] has finished in [307] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.613 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappshost-manager]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.646 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappshost-manager] has finished in [32] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.646 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsmanager]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.676 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsmanager] has finished in [29] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.676 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deploying web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsROOT]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.703 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory Deployment of web application directory [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4webappsROOT] has finished in [27] ms
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.708 INFO [main] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.start Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8085"]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:35.726 INFO [main] org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start Server startup in [1894] milliseconds
19-Mar-2021 11:46:36.546 INFO [http-nio-8085-exec-9] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.undeploy Undeploying context [/VirtualStore]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:36.562 INFO [http-nio-8085-exec-4] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Deploying deployment descriptor [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4confCatalinalocalhostVirtualStore.xml]
19-Mar-2021 11:46:36.563 WARNING [http-nio-8085-exec-4] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor The path attribute with value [/VirtualStore] in deployment descriptor [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4confCatalinalocalhostVirtualStore.xml] has been ignored
19-Mar-2021 11:46:36.934 SEVERE [http-nio-8085-exec-4] org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor Error deploying deployment descriptor [C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4confCatalinalocalhostVirtualStore.xml]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error starting child
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:720)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:690)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:743)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:692)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:540)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1777)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:288)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1570)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:1022)
at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:357)
at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:663)
at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:770)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:223)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:158)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter.doFilter(HttpHeaderSecurityFilter.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:668)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve.process(RequestFilterValve.java:378)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve.invoke(RemoteAddrValve.java:56)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:690)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:353)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:374)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:870)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1696)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/VirtualStore]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.handleSubClassException(LifecycleBase.java:440)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:717)
... 44 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletRequestListener
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:2470)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:866)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1370)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1224)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:540)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:521)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext.addListener(ApplicationContext.java:1086)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContextFacade.addListener(ApplicationContextFacade.java:664)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperInitializer.onStartup(JasperInitializer.java:92)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5115)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
... 45 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletRequestListener
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1401)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1224)
... 60 more
How is this caused and how can I solve it?
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According to your logs,
C:UsersIng.Girbson BIJOUDocumentsNetBeansProjectsapache-tomcat-10.0.4-windows-x64apache-tomcat-10.0.4confCatalinalocalhostVirtualStore.xml
you’re thus using Tomcat 10.x which is based off Servlet API version 5.0 which in turn is part of Jakarta EE version 9.
However, this exception is unexpected:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletRequestListener
Basically, the deployed web application is looking for javax.servlet.*, but it should actually be looking for jakarta.servlet.*. Namely, the javax.* package has been renamed to jakarta.* package since Jakarta EE version 9. This thus means that the deployed web application is actually not compatible with Jakarta EE version 9. The deployed web application is most likely developed for an older JEE version where the javax.* package is still used.
So, summarized, the targeted JEE versions don’t match up and it’s causing trouble for you. You have 2 options:
-
Downgrade Tomcat to version 9.x. This is the latest available version which still uses the
javax.*package. This is however not the recommended option in long term as thejavax.*package is clearly a dead end for JEE. -
Or, upgrade the deployed web application to target Jakarta EE 9+ instead. I.e. adjust the project’s dependencies (e.g.
pom.xml) to reference JEE 9+ based versions instead, and then perform a project-wide Find & Replace ofjavax.*tojakarta.*(of course except forjavax.naming.*andjavax.xml.*and probably a few others, but the Java compiler will quickly point out them for you).
See also:
- Apache Tomcat – Versions
- How to properly configure Jakarta EE libraries in Maven pom.xml for Tomcat? (this answer contains complete examples of proper
pom.xmldeclarations for Tomcat 10+, Tomcat 9-, JEE 9+ and JEE 8-).
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While the cleanest solutions are those given by BalusC (i.e. always deploy your application on the platform it was designed to run), since Tomcat 10.0.4 there is a workaround that allows deployment of Servlet 4.0 applications on Tomcat 10.
You just need to modify your context description in confCatalinalocalhost[contextname].xml (in your case [contextname] is VirtualStore) and add:
<Context>
...
<Loader jakartaConverter="TOMCAT" />
</Context>
(cf. Tomcat documentation).
This will convert (simple) Servlet 4.0 applications on-the-fly as an alternative to the Tomcat Migration Tool for Jakarta EE.
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