Java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener

Question

I am working on learning Java, Spring MVC and Eclipse. I am currently working on a book and am trying to run the first Spring MVC example. When I run it from Eclipse, I get this error:

INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/xml is already defined Nov 12, 2012 5:12:21 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559) at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:532) at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:514) at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:133) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4727) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:618) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:650) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1582) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s) Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error listenerStart Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context [/TestAppOne] startup failed due to previous errors Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\Apps\springsource\vfabric-tc-server-developer-2.7.2.RELEASE\base-instance\webapps\manager Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory INFO: Deploying web application directory C:\Apps\springsource\vfabric-tc-server-developer-2.7.2.RELEASE\base-instance\webapps\ROOT Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Nov 12, 2012 5:12:22 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 2537 ms 

I saw another message about the web.xml file containing this element, and mine does not use the sun version, but the Spring version:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app version="3.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"> <!-- The definition of the Root Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters --> <context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/root-context.xml</param-value> </context-param> <!-- Spring Security Configuration --> <filter> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <!-- Spring MVC filters --> <filter> <filter-name>CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>encoding</param-name> <param-value>UTF-8</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>HttpMethodFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter> <filter-name>Spring OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>HttpMethodFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>Spring OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters --> <listener> <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class> </listener> <!-- Processes application requests --> <!-- <servlet> <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> --> </web-app> 

I have no clue as to where to look for an error in the project, any suggestions?

Answer 1

I had the same error, but I found a solution to our problem, I assume that you are using maven and tomcat 7. I deployed to Glassfish 4 and worked fine, so it looks weird to me.

Solution :

Fix your pom.xml to work in Tomcat 7.

• javaee-api should have a scope: provided.
• Add jstl-api dependency 1.2 to your pom.xml, scope: compile.

Example:

 <!-- Tomcat 7 Deploy --> <dependency> <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp.jstl</groupId> <artifactId>jstl-api</artifactId> <version>1.2</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <!-- JavaEE --> <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> 

Explanation:

You add JEE 6:

 <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>compile</scope> </dependency> 

And you got an error message:

 Dec 08, 2013 9:54:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702) ... 

Somehow adding javaee-api.jar to WEB-INF / lib is trying to find or load the jsf configuration file, even if we don't use it. Then, changing the scope, I started to get a new error for the missing JSTL library.

  Dec 09, 2013 1:23:49 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [controllerServlet] in context with path [/util-webapp] threw exception [Handler processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/jsp/jstl/core/Config] with root cause java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.Config at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547) at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.JstlUtils.exposeLocalizationContext(JstlUtils.java:97) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView.exposeHelpers(JstlView.java:135) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:211) at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:263) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1208) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:992) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:939) at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:856) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:936) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:827) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:812) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:728) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:502) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:953) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:408) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1041) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:603) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) 

So, I finished adding the jstl-api library.

Answer 2

i answers the same problem, just change the scope of the dependency provided to fix it!

 <dependency> <groupId>javax</groupId> <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId> <version>6.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency>