Configuring for RichFaces: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ajax4jsf.Filter

Question

I have a project that contains some RichFaces components. All other components get displayed but the RichFaces.

From the server logs I get:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ajax4jsf.Filter

I am aware that with RichFaces 4.0 no filters are needed in the Web.xml.

Here is my library:

commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-collections-3.2.jar
commons-digester-1.8.jar
commons-digester.jar
commons-discovery.jar
commons-logging-1.0.4.jar
cssparser-0.9.5.jar
guava-r08.jar
jhighlight-1.0.jar
jsf-api.jar
jsf-facelets.jar
jsf-impl.jar
richfaces-components-api-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-core-api-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-core-impl-4.0.0.Final.jar
sac-1.3.jar

and this my web.xml

<servlet>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

I am using GlassFish server 3.1.1

I have tried different configurations, also tried to include ajax4jsf.jar. But always ended up with the same error. Any help is greatly appreciated.

the complete server log is shown here:

0500|SEVERE|glassfish3.1.1|javax.enterprise.system.container.web.com.sun.enterprise.web|_ThreadID=10;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|WebModule[/HelloWorld_war_exploded]PWC1270: Exception starting filter richfaces
java.lang.InstantiationException
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:124)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4685)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5377)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:498)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:917)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:901)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:733)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:2000)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebContainer.loadWebModule(WebContainer.java:1651)
    at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebApplication.start(WebApplication.java:109)
    at org.glassfish.internal.data.EngineRef.start(EngineRef.java:130)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLifecycle.deploy(ApplicationLifecycle.java:462)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLoaderService.processApplication(ApplicationLoaderService.java:375)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.ApplicationLoaderService.postConstruct(ApplicationLoaderService.java:219)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.AbstractCreatorImpl.inject(AbstractCreatorImpl.java:131)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.ConstructorCreator.initialize(ConstructorCreator.java:91)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.AbstractCreatorImpl.get(AbstractCreatorImpl.java:82)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.SingletonInhabitant.get(SingletonInhabitant.java:67)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.EventPublishingInhabitant.get(EventPublishingInhabitant.java:139)
    at com.sun.hk2.component.AbstractInhabitantImpl.get(AbstractInhabitantImpl.java:76)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.AppServerStartup.run(AppServerStartup.java:253)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.AppServerStartup.doStart(AppServerStartup.java:145)
    at com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.AppServerStartup.start(AppServerStartup.java:136)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.GlassFishImpl.start(GlassFishImpl.java:79)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.GlassFishDecorator.start(GlassFishDecorator.java:63)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.osgi.OSGiGlassFishImpl.start(OSGiGlassFishImpl.java:69)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.GlassFishMain$Launcher.launch(GlassFishMain.java:117)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.GlassFishMain.main(GlassFishMain.java:97)
    at com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.ASMain.main(ASMain.java:55)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ajax4jsf.Filter
    at org.glassfish.web.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1519)

BalusC BalusC · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-09T17:06:23

Remove jsf*.jar from your libraries. The JSF 2.x libs are already provided by Glassfish3. Also, jsf-facelets.jar is of Facelets 1.x for JSF 1.x. The JSF 2.x libs already include Facelets 2.x.

As to the exception, just remove <filter> of org.ajax4jsf.Filter from web.xml. This is from RichFaces 3.x and not necessary anymore in RichFaces 4.x. Make sure that you're reading developer documentation for RichFaces 4.x and not RichFaces 3.x.

Configuring for RichFaces: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ajax4jsf.Filter

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