tomee-and-jodd

example project for Apache TomEE 1.7.x and Jodd -> asm problems

steps to reproduce:

• download and install Apache TomEE plus Edition 1.7.4
• execute mvn clean install
• copy jodd411.war into $CATALINA_HOME/webapps
• start tomee via $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.(sh|bat) jpda start

full stacktrace : see stacktrace.txt

snippet:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.apache.xbean.asm5.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xbean.asm5.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xbean.asm5.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xbean.finder.AnnotationFinder.readClassDef(AnnotationFinder.java:1169) at org.apache.xbean.finder.AnnotationFinder.<init>(AnnotationFinder.java:147) at org.apache.xbean.finder.AnnotationFinder.<init>(AnnotationFinder.java:160) at org.apache.openejb.config.FinderFactory$OpenEJBAnnotationFinder.<init>(FinderFactory.java:514) at org.apache.openejb.config.FinderFactory.newFinder(FinderFactory.java:259) at org.apache.openejb.config.FinderFactory.create(FinderFactory.java:77) at org.apache.openejb.config.FinderFactory.createFinder(FinderFactory.java:66) at org.apache.openejb.config.DeploymentLoader.addWebModule(DeploymentLoader.java:841) ... 19 more

Results:

• stacktrace is thrown in apache-tomee-1.7.5 , too
• with jodd 3.9.1, no exception is thrown
• with jodd 4.0.0, an exception (see above) is thrown
• with jodd 4.1.0, an exception (see above) is thrown

explanation:

in jodd-core there are java 9 class files (META-INF directory) for running jodd in Java 9. But these classes are read by asm5 (from openejb). and asm5 can not read Java 9 class files. Therefore the exception (see above) is thrown

resolution:

Remove the classes under META-INF/versions from artefact jodd-core

note:

jodd team is trying to solve this issue - see oblac/jodd#567!

issue is solved! use Jodd 4.1.4+ :-)