Axis2 1.3 and WebSphere 8.5 compatibility. [AxisServlet]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.woden.resolver.URIResolver

Question

I have an application migrating from Java 5 to Java 7 and Websphere 6 to 8.5.

This application have some web services developed through AXIS2 1.3.

When launching in Websphere the ear give me this error.

[] 00000088 WarBasedAxisC I org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator <init> Could not find axis2.xml, loading default org/apache/axis2/deployment/axis2_default.xml from classpath
[] 00000088 DeploymentEng I org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine prepareRepository No modules directory was found under /apps/WebSphere85/profiles/node/installedApps/s00va9943461Network/NAME.ear/a_NAME.war/WEB-INF.
[] 00000088 ServletWrappe E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper init Uncaught.init.exception.thrown.by.servlet
[] 00000088 FfdcProvider  W com.ibm.ws.ffdc.impl.FfdcProvider logIncident FFDC1003I: FFDC Incident emitted on /apps/WebSphere85/profiles/node/logs/ffdc/sa-iNAME-biz-1_83a50d9f_15.12.22_13.03.50.8155934160160475396565.txt com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl 272
[] 00000088 WarBasedAxisC I org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator <init> Could not find axis2.xml, loading default org/apache/axis2/deployment/axis2_default.xml from classpath
[] 00000088 DeploymentEng I org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine prepareRepository No modules directory was found under /apps/WebSphere85/profiles/node/installedApps/s00va9943461Network/NAME.ear/a_NAME.war/WEB-INF.
[] 00000088 ServletWrappe E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper init Uncaught.init.exception.thrown.by.servlet
[] 00000088 FfdcProvider  W com.ibm.ws.ffdc.impl.FfdcProvider logIncident FFDC1003I: FFDC Incident emitted on /apps/WebSphere85/profiles/node/logs/ffdc/sa-iNAME-biz-1_83a50d9f_15.12.22_13.03.50.8778098661991316840273.txt com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter 82
[] 00000088 FfdcProvider  W com.ibm.ws.ffdc.impl.FfdcProvider logIncident FFDC1003I: FFDC Incident emitted on /apps/WebSphere85/profiles/node/logs/ffdc/sa-iNAME-biz-1_83a50d9f_15.12.22_13.03.50.8947148831197547706091.txt com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters -SE 1078
[] 00000088 webapp        E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp logServletError SRVE0293E: [Servlet Error]-[AxisServlet]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.woden.resolver.URIResolver
        at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verifyImpl(Native Method)
            at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verify(J9VMInternals.java:93)
            at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:170)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:62)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.DeploymentFileData.deploy(DeploymentFileData.java:136)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.doDeploy(DeploymentEngine.java:815)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.repository.util.WSInfoList.update(WSInfoList.java:144)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.RepositoryListener.update(RepositoryListener.java:391)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.RepositoryListener.checkServices(RepositoryListener.java:254)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.loadServices(DeploymentEngine.java:144)
            at org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator.loadServices(WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java:283)
            at org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContextFactory.createConfigurationContext(ConfigurationContextFactory.java:95)
            at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.initConfigContext(AxisServlet.java:569)
            at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.init(AxisServlet.java:457)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:342)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.init(ServletWrapperImpl.java:168)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:634)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:478)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.invokeTarget(WebAppFilterChain.java:136)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:79)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:967)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1107)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3923)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:304)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:986)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)
            at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:200)
            at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:463)
            at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:530)
            at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:316)
            at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:287)
            at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
            at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
            at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:175)
            at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
            at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
            at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
            at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
            at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
            at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
            at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1881)
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.woden.resolver.URIResolver
            at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:506)
            at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:422)
            at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:410)
            at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.baseadaptor.DefaultClassLoader.loadClass(DefaultClassLoader.java:107)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:703)
            ... 42 more

What I've tried:

Set the parent last parameter in WebSphere
Rebuilding ear and webservices
The services are deployed on was6 (evidently application not working because was6 doesn't support java 7)
Tomcat run war without any problems.

Probably in websphere is configured JAX-WS/AXIS2 1.3 is correct with websphere 8.5? I've supposed that is related to the axis2 version because this error happen in [Axis Servlet].

I'm a newbie on Websphere, but I have the necessity to make working this ear, thank you for help.

Mine deployement.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<appdeployment:Deployment xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:appdeployment="http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/schemas/5.0/appdeployment.xmi" xmi:id="Deployment_1449152598274">
  <deployedObject xmi:type="appdeployment:ApplicationDeployment" xmi:id="ApplicationDeployment_1449152598274" deploymentId="0" startingWeight="1" binariesURL="$(APP_INSTALL_ROOT)/s0000000001Network/App_NAME.ear" useMetadataFromBinaries="false" enableDistribution="true" createMBeansForResources="true" reloadEnabled="false" appContextIDForSecurity="href:s00000000001Network/App_NAME" filePermission=".*\.dll=755#.*\.so=755#.*\.a=755#.*\.sl=755" allowDispatchRemoteInclude="false" allowServiceRemoteInclude="false" asyncRequestDispatchType="DISABLED" standaloneModule="false" enableClientModule="false">
    <targetMappings xmi:id="DeploymentTargetMapping_1449152598274" enable="true" target="ServerTarget_1449152598274"/>
    <targetMappings xmi:id="DeploymentTargetMapping_1449152598275" enable="true" target="ServerTarget_1449152598275"/>
    <classloader xmi:id="Classloader_1449152598274" mode="PARENT_FIRST"/>
    <modules xmi:type="appdeployment:WebModuleDeployment" xmi:id="WebModuleDeployment_1449152598274" deploymentId="1" startingWeight="10000" uri="APP_NAME.war" containsEJBContent="0">
      <targetMappings xmi:id="DeploymentTargetMapping_1449152598276" target="ServerTarget_1449152598274"/>
      <targetMappings xmi:id="DeploymentTargetMapping_1449152598277" target="ServerTarget_1449152598275"/>
      <classloader xmi:id="Classloader_1449152598275"/>
    </modules>
    <properties xmi:id="Property_1449152598274" name="metadata.complete" value="true"/>
  </deployedObject>
  <deploymentTargets xmi:type="appdeployment:ServerTarget" xmi:id="ServerTarget_1449152598274" name="sa-App_NAME-biz-1" nodeName="s00000000001"/>
  <deploymentTargets xmi:type="appdeployment:ServerTarget" xmi:id="ServerTarget_1449152598275" name="sw-App_NAME-biz-1" nodeName="s00000000001"/>
</appdeployment:Deployment>

Class Loader correctly setted

Looks like you Need the woden-api-1.0M8.jar in your classpath — Jens
I have woden-1.0-incubating-M7b.jar Version, can be this the problem? — Delayer
Maybe. open the jar file and take a look if the class is in this file — Jens
woden-api-1.0M8/9.jar is compatible with axis2 1.3? Anyway the class in the M7 version is present. — Delayer
Would you be able to write a definitive answer for this? Someone has posted an essentially identical question, and they'd be interested in how you solved it. — halfer

Gas Gas · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-26T11:19:05

If you are bundling axis2 engine with your application, you have to disable WebSphere JAX-WS runtime. You need to :

configure your web moudle to PARENT LAST classloader
set DisableIBMJAXWSEngine: true in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF of a WAR file

Or migrate your application to use web service engine provided by WAS 8.5.5 (which supports JAX-WS).

For more details check - Using a third-party JAX-WS web services engine

Axis2 1.3 and WebSphere 8.5 compatibility. [AxisServlet]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.woden.resolver.URIResolver

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