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com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910570]

Sun, 09 September 2012 22:25

Eclipse User

I have a RAP app consisting of two plug-ins, each with a dependency on plugin com.google.gson, a Json translater library. The app runs fine in jetty in the IDE, but when I deploy it as a WAR file and run it in Tomcat (7.0.21), the RWT code throws a NoClassDefFoundError when it executes one of my callbacks that refers to com.google.gson.Gson.

Each plug-in declares a dependency on com.google.gson. I build the WAR file using warproducts. I add com.google.gson to the warproducts configuration, and after Tomcat expands the WAR file I verify that the plug-in is present in the plugins folder and listed in config.ini. I also tried exporting the dependency on com.google.gson in each of my plugins. No matter what I do, the NoClassDefFoundError is thrown.

Plugin com.google.gson has no external dependencies. The Gson class imports code from the jdk (java.io, java.lang, java.math, and java.util), and from gson packages in the plugin. I verified in the target and the Plugins view that there are no other instances of the Gson class defined anywhere. I also verified that the tomcat lib folder does not have another instance of this plug-in, since strange class loader problems are sometimes caused by multiple class loaders loading the same class.

I don't know what else I can do to enable RWT to resolve this class. I hope someone else has some ideas.

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910873 is a reply to message #910570]

Mon, 10 September 2012 10:42

Eclipse User

Hi Mark,
in order to debug it please enable the osgi console in your web.xml and
run the "ss" command. Post the result of the command here.
Best,
Ivan

On 9/10/2012 5:25 AM, Mark Leone wrote:
> I have a RAP app consisting of two plug-ins, each with a dependency on
> plugin com.google.gson, a Json translater library. The app runs fine
> in jetty in the IDE, but when I deploy it as a WAR file and run it in
> Tomcat (7.0.21), the RWT code throws a NoClassDefFoundError when it
> executes one of my callbacks that refers to com.google.gson.Gson.
>
> Each plug-in declares a dependency on com.google.gson. I build the WAR
> file using warproducts. I add com.google.gson to the warproducts
> configuration, and after Tomcat expands the WAR file I verify that the
> plug-in is present in the plugins folder and listed in config.ini. I
> also tried exporting the dependency on com.google.gson in each of my
> plugins. No matter what I do, the NoClassDefFoundError is thrown.
>
> Plugin com.google.gson has no external dependencies. The Gson class
> imports code from the jdk (java.io, java.lang, java.math, and
> java.util), and from gson packages in the plugin. I verified in the
> target and the Plugins view that there are no other instances of the
> Gson class defined anywhere. I also verified that the tomcat lib
> folder does not have another instance of this plug-in, since strange
> class loader problems are sometimes caused by multiple class loaders
> loading the same class.
>
> I don't know what else I can do to enable RWT to resolve this class. I
> hope someone else has some ideas.

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Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910925 is a reply to message #910873]

Mon, 10 September 2012 12:29

Eclipse User

Ivan,

Thanks for your reply. I have used the osgi console with rap before, but for some reason it's not working now. This is what I have in the relevant portion of the web.xml for my RAP app:

<init-param>
      <param-name>commandline</param-name>
      <param-value>-registryMultiLanguage  -console -ws rap</param-value>     
</init-param>

Assuming that's correct, can you suggest other things I could look at to get the osgi console when I launch tomcat? I'm executing $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh from the command line. I see the context for my RAP app deployed, but the osgi console prompt does not appear as it has in past instances when I launched a RAP app with console enabled. Tomcat just continues to run in the foreground, and control is not returned to the command line.

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910943 is a reply to message #910925]

Mon, 10 September 2012 13:00

Eclipse User

Mark,
the org.eclipse.equinox.console bundle depends on org.apache.felix.gogo
bundles. Please make sure that they are included in your WAR Product
configuration.
HTH,
Ivan

On 9/10/2012 7:29 PM, Mark Leone wrote:
> Ivan,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I have used the osgi console with rap before,
> but for some reason it's not working now. This is what I have in the
> relevant portion of the web.xml for my RAP app:
>
> <init-param>
> <param-name>commandline</param-name>
> <param-value>-registryMultiLanguage -console -ws
> rap</param-value> </init-param>
>
> Assuming that's correct, can you suggest other things I could look at
> to get the osgi console when I launch tomcat? I'm executing
> $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh from the command line. I see the context
> for my RAP app deployed, but the osgi console prompt does not appear
> as it has in past instances when I launched a RAP app with console
> enabled. Tomcat just continues to run in the foreground, and control
> is not returned to the command line.

--
Ivan Furnadjiev

Twitter: @EclipseRAP
Blog: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/

Professional services for RAP and RCP?
http://eclipsesource.com/services/rap/

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910949 is a reply to message #910943]

Mon, 10 September 2012 13:27

Eclipse User

Ivan,

Thanks, it looks like that was the problem with osgi console. I added org.apache.felix.gogo plugins (command, runtime and shell are what I had available in the RAP target I'm using). I get the osgi prompt now, but when I type ss I get

gogo: CommandNotFoundException: Command not found: ss

.

I'm starting tomcat in a limited unix environment on a Windows machine at work (i.e. moba xterm). Are the gogo plugins perhaps depending on underlying unix commands that may not be available? If so, I can try it at home this evening, where I run directly in a full Unix environment. I can also try here to run tomcat directly in Windows. I have an issue doing that, relevant to my specific app, which I may be able to overcome.

regards,

-Mark

[Updated on: Mon, 10 September 2012 13:28] by Moderator

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #910969 is a reply to message #910949]

Mon, 10 September 2012 14:12

Eclipse User

So I got tomcat to launch directly in windows, and I get the same result when I enter ss

gogo: CommandNotFoundException: Command not found: ss

I was using a customized installation of tomcat, and it was interfering with the osgi console when I ran it in Windows. So I downloaded a fresh instance of tomcat and ran it out of the box, and I got the same error on the osgi console. I must have something wrong in my eclipse setup. When I type help in the osgi console, I get

felix:bundlelevel
felix:cd
felix:frameworklevel
felix:headers
felix:help
felix:inspect
felix:install
felix:lb
felix:log
felix:ls
felix:refresh
felix:resolve
felix:start
felix:stop
felix:uninstall
felix:update
felix:which
gogo:cat
gogo:each
gogo:echo
gogo:format
gogo:getopt
gogo:gosh
gogo:grep
gogo:not
gogo:set
gogo:sh
gogo:source
gogo:tac
gogo:telnetd
gogo:type
gogo:until
obr:deploy
obr:info
obr:javadoc
obr:list
obr:repos
obr:source

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #911009 is a reply to message #910969]

Mon, 10 September 2012 16:03

Eclipse User

I discovered I was missing org.eclipse.equinox.console in my warproducts config. (I was wondering why I didn't see the apache gogo plug-ins show up when I clicked "Add Required Plug-ins. Now I realize I was actually missing the equinox console plugin itself, which was my root oversight.)

Below is the short status now after deploying the rap app. Nothing further appears on the console when I access the app, but the NoClassDefFoundError is captured by the logger when I access the app. I've also included below that stack trace.

The plug-in that is throwing the Error is owf.rap.core.

osgi> ss
"Framework is launched."


id      State       Bundle
0       ACTIVE      org.eclipse.osgi_3.8.0.v20120529-1548
                    Fragments=29
1       ACTIVE      com.google.gson_2.2.2
2       ACTIVE      com.ibm.icu.base_4.4.2.v20110831
3       ACTIVE      com.ibm.icu.base.source_4.4.2.v20110831
4       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.command_0.8.0.v201108120515
5       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.command.source_0.8.0.v201108120515
6       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime_0.8.0.v201108120515
7       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime.source_0.8.0.v201108120515
8       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.8.0.v201110170705
9       ACTIVE      org.apache.felix.gogo.shell.source_0.8.0.v201110170705
10      ACTIVE      org.apache.log4j_1.2.15.v201012070815
11      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.commands_3.6.1.v20120521-2329
12      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.contenttype_3.4.200.v20120523-2004
13      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.databinding_1.4.1.v20120521-2329
14      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.databinding.beans_1.2.200.v20120523-1955
15      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable_1.4.1.v20120521-2329
16      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.databinding.property_1.4.100.v20120523-1955
17      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.expressions_3.4.400.v20120523-2004
18      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.jobs_3.5.200.v20120521-2346
19      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.core.runtime_3.8.0.v20120521-2346
20      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.app_1.3.100.v20120522-1841
21      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.common_3.6.100.v20120522-1841
22      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.console_1.0.0.v20120522-1841
23      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry_1.1.200.v20120522-2049
24      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.http.servlet_1.1.300.v20120522-1841
25      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.http.servletbridge_1.0.300.v20120522-2049
26      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.preferences_3.5.0.v20120522-1841
27      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.registry_3.5.200.v20120522-1841
28      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge_1.2.200.v20120522-2049
29      RESOLVED    org.eclipse.equinox.servletbridge.extensionbundle_1.2.100.v20120522-2049
                    Master=0
30      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.help_3.6.0.v20120521-2344
31      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.osgi.services_3.3.100.v20120522-1822
32      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.jface_1.5.0.20120612-1458
33      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.jface.databinding_1.5.0.20120612-1458
34      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.rwt_1.5.0.20120612-1458
35      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.rwt.osgi_1.5.0.20120612-1458
36      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.ui_1.5.0.20120612-1458
37      ACTIVE      org.eclipse.rap.ui.workbench_1.5.0.20120612-1458
38      ACTIVE      org.junit_3.8.2.v3_8_2_v20100427-1100
39      ACTIVE      owf.rap.core_1.0.0.201209101548
40      ACTIVE      owf.rap.examples_1.0.0.201209101548
41      ACTIVE      owf.rap.help_1.0.0.201209101548
osgi>

And here is the stack trace from the tomcat log:

2012-09-10 15:59:02,057 [http-bio-8443-exec-10] ERROR org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/rap].[equinoxbridgeservlet]- Servlet.service() for servlet [equinoxbridgeservlet] in context with path [/rap] threw exception [Servlet execution threw an exception] with root cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/gson/Gson
        at owf.rap.core.internal.OWFInitializePhaseListener.beforePhase(OWFInitializePhaseListener.java:39)
        at org.eclipse.rwt.internal.lifecycle.PhaseListenerManager.notifyBeforePhase(PhaseListenerManager.java:70)
        at org.eclipse.rwt.internal.lifecycle.RWTLifeCycle.continueLifeCycle(RWTLifeCycle.java:149)
        at org.eclipse.rwt.internal.lifecycle.RWTLifeCycle$UIThreadController.run(RWTLifeCycle.java:288)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
        at org.eclipse.rwt.internal.lifecycle.UIThread.run(UIThread.java:102)

[Updated on: Mon, 10 September 2012 16:03] by Moderator

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #911025 is a reply to message #911009]

Mon, 10 September 2012 16:41

Eclipse User

So now I see com.google.gson status as RESOLVED. Not sure why it was ACTIVE in the previous run. When I start it from the console it tells me the activator is invalid. Trying to figure out why; nothing seems to be wrong at compile time.

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #911040 is a reply to message #911025]

Mon, 10 September 2012 17:37

Eclipse User

Hi Mark,

You shouldn't need to start the bundle since it doesn't have an Activator declared in the manifest. Looking at the manifest, I see that it requires a JavaSE-1.5 execution environment. Since you are running Tomcat 7, you presumably meet this requirement, but have you checked the system properties via your osgi console to verify that it thinks it is using a JavaSE-1.5 environment? The OSGI launcher exerts fairly tight control over the properties that are fed to the environment. You should be able to check this from the console. If the OSGI environment doesn't know what it's java version is, it may not be able to load classes that are otherwise valid.

Probably a long shot, but worth verifying nonetheless.

Steve

Re: com.google.gson doesn't work with RAP [message #911130 is a reply to message #911040]

Mon, 10 September 2012 23:25

Eclipse User

Steve, thanks for the long shot suggestion. The osgi props command shows that the framework is running in a Java 6 environment.

I did find the problem, however. Running diag in the console showed that the gson plugin had no resolution conflicts, but when executing the "which" command it would still fail to load any class in the bundle. So I took a look at the deployed bundle in the expanded war file, and all it contained was the META-INF directory and the enclosed MANIFEST.MF file-- no class files.

So of course the problem was in build.properties. I was just looking at the build tab of the plug-in editor, which didn't have anything awry. But when I looked at the source for build.properties, the bin.includes value was missing the all-important dot . I don't know if that's the way it came, or if it got corrupted somehow on my project. So I added a comma and a dot, and two days troubleshooting has come to a successful conclusion. It's often the case that the really vexing and pernicious problems are caused by a very basic and silly error, and that was certainly the case here.

I'm still wondering why it worked in jetty and not in tomcat, however. Obviously since jetty is running in the IDE, it was executing class files produced by the eclipse Java builder, while tomcat was using jar files generated by the warproducts tool. But wouldn't both the eclipse builder and the warproducts builder both rely on the same build.properties file for their respective builds? I'd like to know what made it work in jetty and not tomcat, since clearly there is something about the eclipse build system I'm not understanding properly.

But it's great to finally have it working, and I appreciate the help that led me to the solution.

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