I'm building a RESTful service via CXF 2.7.5 and am using the cxf-servlet approach. javax-servlet 3.0 API, Spring 3.x, and Hibernate 4.x are all part of the picture.
Before incorporating Spring JPA, Spring ORM, and Hibernate into my maven POM file, I could build a war-file that actually served a well-defined endpoing (established through JAX-RS).
In any case, now the war-file does not deploy into Tomcat 7.x; instead the exception shown in the title occurs:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor
Some things I've already checked:
I've browsed a number of articles that explain similar circumstances. But most end up suggesting the obvious: make sure ClassVisitor is referenced in the classpath.
I'm listing my POM file (modulo a few exemptions at the top), along with the web.xml deployment descriptor for the war-file, and the applicationContext.xml. At the bottom, I've also re-listed the exception, with context.
maven 3.x POM:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.acme.etorf</groupId>
<artifactId>etorf</artifactId>
...
<version>1</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<cxf.version>2.7.5</cxf.version>
<spring.version>3.2.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
<spring.asm.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</spring.asm.version>
<spring.jpa.version>2.0.8</spring.jpa.version>
<hibernate.version>4.2.2.Final</hibernate.version>
<hibernate.jpa.api.version>2.0-cr-1</hibernate.jpa.api.version>
<mysql.connector.version>5.1.25</mysql.connector.version>
<c3p0.version>0.9.1.2</c3p0.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
</properties>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<configuration>
<webXml>WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml</webXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-hc</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jpa</artifactId>
<version>${spring.jpa.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>${mysql.connector.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>c3p0</groupId>
<artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
<version>${c3p0.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>${slf4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
web.xml:
<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">
<display-name>etorf</display-name>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>cxf</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
<async-supported>true</async-supported>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>cxf</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<session-config>
<session-timeout>60</session-timeout>
</session-config>
</web-app>
applicationContext.xml:
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<beans
xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:jaxrs="http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs"
xmlns:http-conf="http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://cxf.apache.org/jaxrs
http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/jaxrs.xsd
http://cxf.apache.org/transports/http/configuration
http://cxf.apache.org/schemas/configuration/http-conf.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
<import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml" />
<import resource="classpath:META-INF/cxf/cxf-servlet.xml" />
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location">
<value>classpath:hibernate.properties</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="dataSource" class="com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource">
<property name="driverClass" value="${hibernate.connection.driver_class}" />
<property name="jdbcUrl" value="${hibernate.connection.url}" />
<property name="user" value="${hibernate.connection.username}" />
<property name="password" value="${hibernate.connection.password}" />
<property name="acquireIncrement" value="5" />
<property name="minPoolSize" value="5" />
<property name="maxPoolSize" value="150" />
<property name="maxIdleTime" value="1800" />
</bean>
<bean id="hibernateJpaDialect" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect"/>
<bean id="hibernateJpaVendorAdapter" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
<property name="database" value="MYSQL" />
<!-- <property name="showSql" value="true" /> -->
<!--<property name="generateDdl" value="true" /> -->
</bean>
<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
<property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="classpath:persistence.xml" />
<property name="persistenceUnitName" value="Forte-Persistence-Unit" />
<property name="jpaVendorAdapter" ref="hibernateJpaVendorAdapter" />
<property name="jpaPropertyMap">
<map>
<entry key="hibernate.transaction.flush_before_completion" value="true" />
<entry key="hibernate.transaction.auto_close_session" value="true" />
<entry key="hibernate.current_session_context_class" value="jta" />
<entry key="hibernate.connection.release_mode" value="auto" />
<!-- <entry key="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />-->
</map>
</property>
<property name="jpaDialect" ref="hibernateJpaDialect" />
</bean>
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />
<bean id="helloservice" class="com.kornferry.service.HelloServiceImpl"/>
<jaxrs:server id="helloworld" address="/">
<jaxrs:serviceBeans>
<ref bean="helloservice"/>
</jaxrs:serviceBeans>
</jaxrs:server>
</beans>
Exception from catalina.out:
INFO: Refreshing Root WebApplicationContext: startup date [Mon Jul 08 22:47:52 PDT 2013]; root of context hierarchy
Jul 8, 2013 10:47:52 PM org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext
SEVERE: Context initialization failed
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.customizeBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:218)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:282)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:204)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4887)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5381)
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:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:976)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1653)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
... 21 more
Jul 8, 2013 10:47:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Jul 8, 2013 10:47:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [/cxf-library] startup failed due to previous errors
See my last comment. The missing ClassVisitor exception was triggered by cxf-library.war, a separate war-file from my own. After removing cxf-libray.war (and its unpacked folder), then restarting Tomcat, the exception went away.