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Posted to user@roller.apache.org by Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org> on 2007/12/14 20:10:55 UTC

WebLogic 10?

Hello,
 Here's the deal: Roller 4.0 works fine on Tomcat 6.0, which is used for 
internal testing. However, WebLogic 9.2 (soon 10.0) is used for 
internet-facing appservers. We're upgrading to 10.0, but I cannot get 
Roller to run on WL; each time it is told to start, I receive an error 
(see below).
The environment is:
 - Solaris 10 SPARC
 - MySQL 5.x
 - WebLogic 10.0
 - Roller 4.0final (had the same issue with rc9/rc10)

Thanks for any help in advance,
 -- Stefan

The errors look like this:
Error Message 1 (added for legibility)
------------------------
User defined listener org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext 
failed: java.lang.NullPointerException. java.lang.NullPointerException 
at 
org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext.contextInitialized(RollerContext.java:110) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:458) 
at 
weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) 
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(Unknown Source) at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextCreatedEvent(EventsManager.java:168) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1721) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:2890) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:948) 
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:353) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:204) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:60) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:200) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:117) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:204) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:60) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:26) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:635) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:26) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:212) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:154) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:80) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:566) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:136) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:104) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.StartOperation.doCommit(StartOperation.java:139) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:320) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:816) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1223) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:434) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:161) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:181) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:12) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:67) 
at 
weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:464) 
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:200) at 
weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:172)

Error message 2
--------------------
User defined listener org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext 
failed: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Roller Weblogger has not been 
bootstrapped yet. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Roller Weblogger has 
not been bootstrapped yet at 
org.apache.roller.weblogger.business.WebloggerFactory.getWeblogger(WebloggerFactory.java:60) 
at 
org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext.contextDestroyed(RollerContext.java:215) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:459) 
at 
weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) 
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(Unknown Source) at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager.notifyContextDestroyedEvent(EventsManager.java:187) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.destroy(WebAppServletContext.java:2953) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletContextManager.destroyContext(ServletContextManager.java:236) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.HttpServer.unloadWebApp(HttpServer.java:445) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.destroyContexts(WebAppModule.java:975) 
at 
weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.deactivate(WebAppModule.java:366) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$2.previous(ModuleStateDriver.java:188) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:42) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.deactivate(ModuleStateDriver.java:71) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.deactivate(ScopedModuleDriver.java:206) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.deactivate(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:124) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$2.previous(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:387) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:42) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:88) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.deactivate(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:80) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.previous(BaseDeployment.java:641) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.previousState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) 
at 
weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:29) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:212) 
at 
weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:154) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:80) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:566) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:136) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:104) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.StartOperation.doCommit(StartOperation.java:139) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:320) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:816) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1223) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:434) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:161) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:181) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:12) 
at 
weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:67) 
at 
weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:464) 
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:200) at 
weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:172)

Re: WebLogic 10?

Posted by Dave <sn...@gmail.com>.
On Dec 18, 2007 9:45 PM, Dave <sn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2007 2:39 PM, Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org> wrote:
> > I wrapped those two lines in a try block, compiled & inserted my new
> > roller-web.jar into the WAR file. With good luck, Roller starts, creates
> > its tables, then dies thusly:
> > java.lang.NullPointerException
> >         at
> > org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.
> > doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:64)
> >
> > when continuing the install
> >
> > Lines 62-64 are rather simple:
> > if (WebloggerFactory.isBootstrapped()) {
> >                 log.debug("Releasing Roller Session");
> >                 WebloggerFactory.getWeblogger().release();
> >
> > I assume that I must have missed something exceedingly crucial in the
> > WebLogic deployment (I've never used WLS before, so it is quite likely).
> > I'll poke around & write down the process once it's together.
> > Any other ideas?
>
> I think you are going to have to fix the root problem, i.e. make
> getRealPath() return the real path or find some substitute for the
> getRealPath() method.

One other idea... Could there be some security setting that might be
preventing Weblogic from returning the real path?

- Dave

Re: WebLogic 10?

Posted by Dave <sn...@gmail.com>.
On Dec 18, 2007 2:39 PM, Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org> wrote:
> I wrapped those two lines in a try block, compiled & inserted my new
> roller-web.jar into the WAR file. With good luck, Roller starts, creates
> its tables, then dies thusly:
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at
> org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.
> doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:64)
>
> when continuing the install
>
> Lines 62-64 are rather simple:
> if (WebloggerFactory.isBootstrapped()) {
>                 log.debug("Releasing Roller Session");
>                 WebloggerFactory.getWeblogger().release();
>
> I assume that I must have missed something exceedingly crucial in the
> WebLogic deployment (I've never used WLS before, so it is quite likely).
> I'll poke around & write down the process once it's together.
> Any other ideas?

I think you are going to have to fix the root problem, i.e. make
getRealPath() return the real path or find some substitute for the
getRealPath() method.

- Dave

Re: WebLogic 10?

Posted by Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org>.
I wrapped those two lines in a try block, compiled & inserted my new 
roller-web.jar into the WAR file. With good luck, Roller starts, creates 
its tables, then dies thusly:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at 
org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.filters.PersistenceSessionFilter.
doFilter(PersistenceSessionFilter.java:64)

when continuing the install

Lines 62-64 are rather simple:
if (WebloggerFactory.isBootstrapped()) {
                log.debug("Releasing Roller Session");
                WebloggerFactory.getWeblogger().release();

I assume that I must have missed something exceedingly crucial in the 
WebLogic deployment (I've never used WLS before, so it is quite likely). 
I'll poke around & write down the process once it's together.
Any other ideas?
Thanks again,
 -- Stefan

Dave wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2007 2:10 PM, Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org> wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>  Here's the deal: Roller 4.0 works fine on Tomcat 6.0, which is used for
>> internal testing. However, WebLogic 9.2 (soon 10.0) is used for
>> internet-facing appservers. We're upgrading to 10.0, but I cannot get
>> Roller to run on WL; each time it is told to start, I receive an error
>> (see below).
>> The environment is:
>>  - Solaris 10 SPARC
>>  - MySQL 5.x
>>  - WebLogic 10.0
>>  - Roller 4.0final (had the same issue with rc9/rc10)
>>
>> Thanks for any help in advance,
>>  -- Stefan
>>
>> The errors look like this:
>> Error Message 1 (added for legibility)
>> ------------------------
>> User defined listener org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext
>> failed: java.lang.NullPointerException. java.lang.NullPointerException
>> at
>> org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext.contextInitialized(RollerContext.java:110)
>>     
>
> Here are lines 109 and 110 of RollerContext.java.
>
> 109        String ctxPath = servletContext.getRealPath("/");
>  110       if(!ctxPath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
>
> Could it be that ServletContext.getRealPath("/") returns null on
> Weblogic? And if so, can you configure Weblogic so that it returns a
> proper path instead?
>
> - Dave
>   

Re: WebLogic 10?

Posted by Dave <sn...@gmail.com>.
On Dec 14, 2007 2:10 PM, Stefan Edwards <se...@aip.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>  Here's the deal: Roller 4.0 works fine on Tomcat 6.0, which is used for
> internal testing. However, WebLogic 9.2 (soon 10.0) is used for
> internet-facing appservers. We're upgrading to 10.0, but I cannot get
> Roller to run on WL; each time it is told to start, I receive an error
> (see below).
> The environment is:
>  - Solaris 10 SPARC
>  - MySQL 5.x
>  - WebLogic 10.0
>  - Roller 4.0final (had the same issue with rc9/rc10)
>
> Thanks for any help in advance,
>  -- Stefan
>
> The errors look like this:
> Error Message 1 (added for legibility)
> ------------------------
> User defined listener org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext
> failed: java.lang.NullPointerException. java.lang.NullPointerException
> at
> org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.core.RollerContext.contextInitialized(RollerContext.java:110)

Here are lines 109 and 110 of RollerContext.java.

109        String ctxPath = servletContext.getRealPath("/");
 110       if(!ctxPath.endsWith(File.separator)) {

Could it be that ServletContext.getRealPath("/") returns null on
Weblogic? And if so, can you configure Weblogic so that it returns a
proper path instead?

- Dave