I have upgraded my web application which was earlier in java 1.7 to java 1.8. However when I try to deploy its war in jboss 7 , I get following exception.
[jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:] at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3850) [jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:] at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:90) [jboss-as-web-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final] at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] 18:49:41,659 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/nlp_Server]] (MSC service thread 1-8) Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s) 18:49:41,659 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext] (MSC service thread 1-8) Error listenerStart 18:49:41,659 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext] (MSC service thread 1-8) Context [/nlp_Server] startup failed due to previous errors 18:49:41,675 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-8) MSC00001: Failed to start service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: JBAS018040: Failed to start context at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:95) at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA] at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_17] 18:49:41,675 INFO [org.jboss.as] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015951: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990 18:49:41,675 ERROR [org.jboss.as] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015875: JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final "Brontes" started (with errors) in 4540ms - Started 213 of 294 services (2 services failed or missing dependencies, 78 services are passive or on-demand) 18:49:41,909 INFO [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS015870: Deploy of deployment "nlp_Server.war" was rolled back with failure message {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: JBAS018040: Failed to start context"}} 18:49:41,924 INFO [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS015871: Deploy of deployment "MemberManagement.war" was rolled back with no failure message 18:49:41,971 INFO [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015877: Stopped deployment MemberManagement.war in 48ms 18:49:42,018 INFO [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015877: Stopped deployment nlp_Server.war in 128ms 18:49:42,018 INFO [org.jboss.as.controller] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS014774: Service status report JBAS014777: Services which failed to start: service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: JBAS018040: Failed to start context 18:49:42,018 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) JBAS014654: Composite operation was rolled back 18:49:42,018 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) {"JBAS014653: Composite operation failed and was rolled back. Steps that failed:" => {"Operation step-2" => {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.web.deployment.default-host./nlp_Server: JBAS018040: Failed to start context"}}}} 18:49:44,732 INFO [org.jboss.as.osgi] (MSC service thread 1-8) JBAS011942: Stopping OSGi Framework
The same war is getting successfully deployed in tomcat.