I have a web application that does not work during deployment. I get the following error:
Aug 8, 2014 7:00:21 PM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext SEVERE: Context initialization failed org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.filterChains': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#2' while setting bean property 'sourceList' with key [2]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#2': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0' while setting constructor argument with key [3]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'CustomLoginSuccessHandler' while setting bean property 'authenticationSuccessHandler'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'CustomLoginSuccessHandler': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: com.abc.xyz.ldapservices.LDAPUtil com.abc.xyz.web.CustomLoginSuccessHandler.ldapContact; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ldapContact' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.ConversionNotSupportedException: Failed to convert property value of type '$Proxy213 implementing org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations,org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised' to required type 'org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate' for property 'ldapTemplate'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot convert value of type [$Proxy213 implementing org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations,org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised] to required type [org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate] for property 'ldapTemplate': no matching editors or conversion strategy found at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:353) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:154) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1391) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1132) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:522) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:461) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:589) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:932) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:479) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:383) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:112) at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:661) at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120) at weblogic.servlet.provider.WlsSubjectHandle.run(WlsSubjectHandle.java:57) at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.executeContextListener(EventsManager.java:241) at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextCreatedEvent(EventsManager.java:198) at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextCreatedEvent(EventsManager.java:183) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1783) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:2807) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1661) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:822) at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper$StartStateChange.next(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:360) at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper$StartStateChange.next(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:356) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42) at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.start(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:138) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:124) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:70) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:24) at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:729) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42) at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:258) at weblogic.application.internal.SingleModuleDeployment.activate(SingleModuleDeployment.java:48) at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:165) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:80) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:586) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:148) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:114) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:339) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:846) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1275) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:442) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:176) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68) at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:550) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:295) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:254) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#2': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0' while setting constructor argument with key [3]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'CustomLoginSuccessHandler' while setting bean property 'authenticationSuccessHandler'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'CustomLoginSuccessHandler': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: com.abc.xyz.ldapservices.LDAPUtil com.abc.xyz.web.CustomLoginSuccessHandler.ldapContact; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ldapContact' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.ConversionNotSupportedException: Failed to convert property value of type '$Proxy213 implementing org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations,org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised' to required type 'org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate' for property 'ldapTemplate'; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot convert value of type [$Proxy213 implementing org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapOperations,org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean,org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy,org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised] to required type [org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate] for property 'ldapTemplate': no matching editors or conversion strategy found at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:353) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:154) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:615) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:148) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1049) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:953) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:490) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:461) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:323)
I am loading the XML configuration in web.xml using:
<context-param> <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name> <param-value> WEB-INF/spring/spring-security.xml WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext-db.xml WEB-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml </param-value> </context-param>
The error occurs from my spring -security.xml file, which has:
<security:http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true" access-denied-page="/auth/denied"> <security:intercept-url pattern="/auth/login" access="permitAll" /> <security:intercept-url pattern="/main/admin" access="hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')" /> <security:intercept-url pattern="/main/common" access="hasRole('ROLE_RI')" /> <security:form-login login-page="/auth/login" authentication-failure-url="/auth/login?error=true" default-target-url="/main/common" authentication-success-handler-ref="CustomLoginSuccessHandler" /> <security:logout invalidate-session="true" logout-url="/auth/logout" success-handler-ref="CustomLogoutSuccessHandler" /> </security:http> <bean id="CustomLoginSuccessHandler" class="com.abc.xyz.web.CustomLoginSuccessHandler"> <property name="ldapContact" ref="ldapContact"></property> </bean> <bean id="CustomLogoutSuccessHandler" class="com.abc.xyz.web.CustomLogoutSuccessHandler"> </bean> <security:authentication-manager> <security:ldap-authentication-provider user-search-filter="(uid={0})" user-search-base="ou=Users" group-search-filter="(roleOccupant={0})" group-search-base="ou=Groups" group-role-attribute="cn" role-prefix="ROLE_"> </security:ldap-authentication-provider> </security:authentication-manager> <security:ldap-server url="ldap://localhost:389/dc=maxcrc,dc=com" manager-dn="cn=Manager,dc=maxcrc,dc=com" manager-password="secret" /> <security:global-method-security secured-annotations="enabled" /> <bean id="contextSource" class="org.springframework.security.ldap.DefaultSpringSecurityContextSource"> <constructor-arg value="ldap://localhost:389/dc=maxcrc,dc=com" /> <property name="userDn" value="cn=Manager,dc=maxcrc,dc=com" /> <property name="password" value="secret" /> </bean> <bean id="ldapTemplate" class="org.springframework.ldap.core.LdapTemplate"> <constructor-arg ref="contextSource" /> <property name="ignorePartialResultException" value="true" /> </bean> <bean id="ldapContact" class="com.abc.xyz.ldapservices.LDAPUtil"> <property name="ldapTemplate" ref="ldapTemplate" /> </bean>
My CustomLoginSuccessHandler class is similar:
public class CustomLoginSuccessHandler implements AuthenticationSuccessHandler { private RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy = new DefaultRedirectStrategy(); @Autowired LDAPUtil ldapContact;
I'm new to spring, but I think this has to do with bean dependency configuration.
1. What is the spring bean dependency sequence? Does it use the XML configuration sequence from web.xml?
2. Suppose I refer to bean A in the XML file that is defined below, where it refers, will it create any problem?
EDIT
My LDAPUtil class is like:
private LdapOperations ldapTemplate; public void setLdapTemplate(LdapTemplate ldapTemplate) { this.ldapTemplate = ldapTemplate; }