Intermittent JSF bootstrapping bug?
nickarls Aug 5, 2011 3:20 AMAnyone seen the issue of JSF applications sometimes not starting up with an exception
10:10:24,371 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/LTK]] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-2) StandardWrapper.Throwable: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:804) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:306) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:166) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1202) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:188) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.jboss.as.web.NamingValve.invoke(NamingValve.java:57) [jboss-as-web-7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.jboss.as.jpa.interceptor.WebNonTxEmCloserValve.invoke(WebNonTxEmCloserValve.java:49) [jboss-as-jpa-7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:154) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:362) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:667) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [:1.7.0]
10:10:24,374 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/LTK].[FacesServlet]] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-2) Allocate exception for servlet FacesServlet: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:804) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:306) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:166) [jboss-jsf-api_2.0_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar:1.0.0.Final]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1202) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:188) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.jboss.as.web.NamingValve.invoke(NamingValve.java:57) [jboss-as-web-7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.jboss.as.jpa.interceptor.WebNonTxEmCloserValve.invoke(WebNonTxEmCloserValve.java:49) [jboss-as-jpa-7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:154) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:362) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:667) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:952) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.1.0.Alpha1-SNAPSHOT]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [:1.7.0]
Sometimes restarting the server helps, sometimes redeploying the application helps. This is usually something you see when you accidently put too much stuff in the deployment lib but this is not the case here. If there are other exceptions, they are swallowed because this is all I see.