Re: Exception after upgrading to Axis2 1.7.3

Looking at the stack trace, this is likely an interoperability issue
with Crimson. That is an old DOM implementation and should no longer
be used.

Andreas

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Bill Phillips
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I was tasked out with upgrading our legacy Axis2 implemtation from 1.5.6  to
> 1.7.3.
>
> I have worked through all the various library and compilation changes and it
> seems to be compiling and packaging as expected.
>
> However, when I attempt to start the app, I receive the following:
>
>
>> 2016-10-17 20:38:49.688 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/axis2] null
>> - StandardWrapper.Throwable
>> java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
>> at
>> org.apache.axis2.description.AxisDescription.<init>(AxisDescription.java:72)
>> ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at
>> org.apache.axis2.engine.AxisConfiguration.<init>(AxisConfiguration.java:175)
>> ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at
>> org.apache.axis2.deployment.DeploymentEngine.populateAxisConfiguration(DeploymentEngine.java:627)
>> ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at
>> org.apache.axis2.deployment.WarBasedAxisConfigurator.<init>(WarBasedAxisConfigurator.java:157)
>> ~[axis2-kernel-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at
>> org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.initConfigContext(AxisServlet.java:620)
>> ~[axis2-transport-http-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at org.apache.axis2.transport.http.AxisServlet.init(AxisServlet.java:471)
>> ~[axis2-transport-http-1.7.3.jar:1.7.3]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1183)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1099)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:989)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4913)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5223)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:724)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:700)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:952)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at
>> org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1823)
>> [catalina.jar:8.5.5]
>> at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
>> [?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
>> [?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
>> [?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) [?:1.8.0_102]
>> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>> at
>> org.apache.crimson.tree.ElementNode.getAttributeNodeNS(ElementNode.java:415)
>> ~[crimson.jar:1.1]
>> at
>> org.apache.crimson.tree.ElementNode.getAttributeNS(ElementNode.java:392)
>> ~[crimson.jar:1.1]
>> at
>> org.apache.axiom.locator.ImplementationFactory.parseImplementation(ImplementationFactory.java:131)
>> ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19]
>> at
>> org.apache.axiom.locator.ImplementationFactory.parseDescriptor(ImplementationFactory.java:98)
>> ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19]
>> at
>> org.apache.axiom.locator.DefaultOMMetaFactoryLocator.<init>(DefaultOMMetaFactoryLocator.java:87)
>> ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19]
>> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
>> ~[?:1.8.0_102]
>> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
>> ~[?:1.8.0_102]
>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown
>> Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
>> ~[?:1.8.0_102]
>> at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102]
>> at
>> org.apache.axiom.om.OMAbstractFactory.<clinit>(OMAbstractFactory.java:104)
>> ~[axiom-api-1.2.19.jar:1.2.19]
>> ... 22 more
>
>
>
> I'm at a loss at to what is causing this problem.
>
> Can anyone point me to a likely cause of this error?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Bill