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The working project can be found at:
https://github.com/joergi77/JSF2_Richfaces4_Seam_23
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I migrated our old project to a newer setup.
Old setup
New setup:
The WAR file was already deployable and working with SEAM 2.2 and JSF 1.2. on the Tomcat 7.0.57
After that I was upgrading to SEAM 2.3 and JSF 2. At the end was able to compile the WAR again and to deploy it on the Tomcat without any error logs. But when I tried to enter the website via http://localhost:8080/ourproject I got this following error:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not start transaction
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.begin(SeamPhaseListener.java:602)
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.begin(SeamPhaseListener.java:587)
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.handleTransactionsBeforePhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:326)
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.beforeServletPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:143)
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.beforePhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:117)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.handleBeforePhase(Phase.java:228)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:99)
at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:303)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:206)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:290)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:388)
at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:515)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
at org.jboss.seam.web.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:60)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
at org.jboss.seam.web.IdentityFilter.doFilter(IdentityFilter.java:40)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:90)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:241)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:208)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:220)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:122)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:503)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:116)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1070)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:316)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: no transaction
at org.jboss.seam.transaction.NoTransaction.begin(NoTransaction.java:36)
at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.begin(SeamPhaseListener.java:597)
... 48 more
Here is our setup:
web.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<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">
<!-- Increase buffers so the entire response is sent at once (some people
say this could increase the performance). -->
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.responseBufferSize</param-name>
<param-value>100000</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.DISABLE_FACELET_JSF_VIEWHANDLER</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Allows the browser to cache jsf's javascript -->
<context-param>
<param-name>com.sun.faces.sendPoweredByHeader</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.BUFFER_SIZE</param-name>
<param-value>100000</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ##################### Facelets ##################### Disables facelets
debug page Defined in root pom - initial value: fale -->
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.DEVELOPMENT</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Stops facelets from scanning the xhtml's for changes Defined in root
pom - initial value: -1, for development 2 is recomanded -->
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.REFRESH_PERIOD</param-name>
<param-value>-1</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.SKIP_COMMENTS</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ##################### TagLib ##################### -->
<context-param>
<param-name>facelets.LIBRARIES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/taglibs/ourcompany-common.taglib.xml;
/WEB-INF/taglibs/ourcompany-core.taglib.xml;
/WEB-INF/taglibs/ourcompany-product.taglib.xml;
/WEB-INF/taglibs/ourcompany-customer.taglib.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ##################### JSF ##################### -->
<!-- <context-param> -->
<!-- <param-name>javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX</param-name> -->
<!-- <param-value>.xhtml</param-value> -->
<!-- </context-param> -->
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.DEFAULT_EXPIRE</param-name>
<param-value>1000000</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ##################### Ajax4Jsf ##################### -->
<!-- <context-param> -->
<!-- <param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name> -->
<!-- <param-value>javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrappe</param-value> -->
<!-- </context-param> -->
<!-- Änderung JSF 2 -->
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name>
<param-value>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.LoadScriptStrategy</param-name>
<param-value>ALL</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.LoadStyleStrategy</param-name>
<param-value>ALL</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- ##################### Richfaces ##################### -->
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
<param-value>ruby</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter>
<display-name>RichFaces Filter</display-name>
<filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>Seam Filter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<!-- ##################### Seam ##################### -->
<listener>
<listener-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamResourceServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Seam Resource Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/seam/resource/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.htm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- ##################### Global Stuff ##################### -->
<session-config>
<session-timeout>40</session-timeout>
</session-config>
<security-constraint>
<display-name>Restrict raw XHTML Documents</display-name>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>XHTML</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint />
</security-constraint>
</web-app>
our pom.xml:
......
<parent>
<groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-seam-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1.Final</version>
</parent>
.....
<dependencies>
<!-- Seam and JBOSS -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-seam-ui</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.seam</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-seam-remoting</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>3.3.1.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>3.4.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.interceptor</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-interceptors-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<!-- View -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
<version>${jsf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
<version>${jsf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.facelets</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-facelets</artifactId>
<version>1.1.15.B1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<artifactId>richfaces-ui</artifactId>
<groupId>org.richfaces.ui</groupId>
<version>3.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.framework</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-impl-jsf2</artifactId>
<version>3.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Commons -->
<dependency>
<groupId>jboss</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-common-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Logging -->
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.12.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.18</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
<artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
<version>2.6.10</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
our faces-config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<faces-config version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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-facesconfig_2_0.xsd">
<lifecycle>
<phase-listener>com.ourproject.view.jsf.listener.NavigationPhaseListener</phase-listener>
</lifecycle>
</faces-config>
our components.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<components xmlns="http://jboss.com/products/seam/components"
xmlns:core="http://jboss.com/products/seam/core"
xmlns:persistence="http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence"
xmlns:transaction="http://jboss.com/products/seam/transaction"
xmlns:security="http://jboss.com/products/seam/security"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:mail="http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail"
xmlns:async="http://jboss.com/products/seam/async"
xmlns:web="http://jboss.com/products/seam/web"
xsi:schemaLocation=
"http://jboss.com/products/seam/core http://jboss.com/products/seam/core-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence http://jboss.com/products/seam/persistence-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/transaction http://jboss.com/products/seam/transaction-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/security http://jboss.com/products/seam/security-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/components http://jboss.com/products/seam/components-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/async http://jboss.com/products/seam/async-2.3.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/web http://jboss.com/products/seam/web-2.3.xsd">
<core:init debug="true"/>
<core:manager concurrent-request-timeout="30000"
conversation-id-parameter="cid" conversation-timeout="1200000"
parent-conversation-id-parameter="pid" />
<transaction:entity-transaction entity-manager="#{entityManager}"/>
<persistence:entity-manager-factory name="companyDatabase"/>
<persistence:managed-persistence-context name="entityManager"
auto-create="true"
entity-manager-factory="#{companyDatabase}"/>
<security:jpa-identity-store
user-class="com.ourcompany.user.model.Account"
role-class="com.ourcompany.user.model.AccountRole" />
<security:permission-manager permission-store="#{jpaPermissionStore}"/>
<security:jpa-permission-store
user-permission-class="com.ourcompany.user.model.AccountPermission"/>
<web:multipart-filter create-temp-files="true"
max-request-size="100000000" url-pattern="*.html" />
<web:logging-filter disabled="true" />
<web:cache-control-filter name="imageCacheControlFilter"
regex-url-pattern=".*(\.gif|\.png|\.jpg|\.jpeg)" value="max-age=86400" />
<web:cache-control-filter name="textCacheControlFilter"
regex-url-pattern=".*(\.css|\.js)" value="max-age=1400" />
</components>
I will also change to a newer Richfaces Version and maybe even a newer JSF Version, but only if I get this setup (which should work, as far as I know) to a running version.
The namespace used in component.xml in seam 2.3 has changed. You are still using the old one.
change http://jboss.com/products/seam to: http://jboss.org/schema/seam
If you have still problems check out the Migration from 2.2 to 2.3 in the JBoss Seam Documentation Chapter 4: http://docs.jboss.org/seam/2.3.1.Final/reference/pdf/seam-reference-guide.pdf