How to write Arquillian tests for JSF classes

Question

I am trying to run arquillian tests on a data model embedded in the JSF API. I get this error:

Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 1, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.046 sec <<< FAILURE! initializationError(mypackage.GenericLazyModelTest) Time elapsed: 0.003 sec <<< ERROR! java.lang.ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/faces/model/DataModel 

Simple Arkillian tests not related to JSF, but the JPA and EJB APIs work fine.
Network research suggests that a common reason for this is to use the EE API for sun protection, as described here and.

I definitely do not use them. Here is part of my pom dependencies:

  <dependencyManagement> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.bom</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-javaee-6.0-with-tools</artifactId> <version>${javaee6.with.tools.version}</version> <type>pom</type> <scope>import</scope> </dependency> </dependencies> </dependencyManagement> 

 <dependency> <groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId> <artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> <version>2.1</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-annotations-api_1.1_spec</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-jaxrs-api_1.1_spec</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-ejb-api_3.1_spec</artifactId> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId> <version>4.2.0.Final</version> <scope>provided</scope> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-jpamodelgen</artifactId> <version>1.1.1.Final</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId> <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId> <version>3.3.1</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId> <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.protocol</groupId> <artifactId>arquillian-protocol-servlet</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.shrinkwrap.resolver</groupId> <artifactId>shrinkwrap-resolver-impl-maven</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> 

I also tried using the internal JBoss JSF API for tests without affecting the error:

  <dependency> <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jboss-jsf-api_2.1_spec</artifactId> <version>2.0.0.Beta1</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> 

My model is derived from the LazyDataModel

 public class GenericLazyModel<T> extends LazyDataModel<T> 

LazyDataModel , in turn, is obtained from javax.faces.model.DataModel

 public abstract class LazyDataModel<T> extends DataModel<T> implements SelectableDataModel<T>, Serializable 

The test is mostly empty, I order an injection of my model and check for null :

EDIT ShrinkWrap initialization now includes faces-config.xml as suggested by stefanglase. Did not change the error output though.

  @RunWith(Arquillian.class) public class GenericLazyModelTest { @Deployment public static Archive<?> createTestArchive() { return ShrinkWrap .create(WebArchive.class, "genericLazyModelTest.war") .addClasses(GenericLazyModel.class, Submitter.class, SubmitterPK.class, Ordering.class) .addClasses(GenericDao.class, Resources.class) .addAsResource("META-INF/persistence.xml", "META-INF/persistence.xml") .addAsWebInfResource(new StringAsset("<faces-config version=\"2.0\"/>"), "faces-config.xml") .addAsWebInfResource(EmptyAsset.INSTANCE, "beans.xml"); } @Inject GenericLazyModel<Submitter> model; @Before public void before() { Assert.assertNotNull(model); model.setKlazz(Submitter.class); } 

I run this on Jboss 7.1.0.Final.
Any ideas on what could be the problem and how to solve it?

thanks

Answer 1

There is no faces-config.xml in the deployment. The Java EE 6 specification requires the faces-config.xml handle, which must be present in your WEB-INF to run JSF.

Unlike beans.xml , which you already included, the faces-config.xml cannot be an empty file. It must contain at least the root root and version attribute in order to indicate the version of JSF used.

So, you should add the following code to your ShrinkWrap builder:

 .addAsWebInfResource(new StringAsset("<faces-config version=\"2.0\"/>"), "faces-config.xml");