sl4j error in weblogic when deploying grails application war - exception

Question

I create a WAR for my grails application and when I deploy it in Weblogic 12c server I get the following Exception
<Mar 27, 2012 12:38:55 PM PDT> <Warning> <HTTP> <BEA-101162> <User defined listener org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.GrailsC
ontextLoaderListener failed: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/Strin
g;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V.
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/la
ng/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:187)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.EventsManager$FireContextListenerAction.run(EventsManager.java:582)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
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>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:38:55 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101165> <Could not load user defined filter in web.xml: org.codehaus.groovy.gra
ils.web.sitemesh.GrailsPageFilter.
com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.factory.FactoryException: Could not initialize DecoratorMapper : org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.s
itemesh.GrailsLayoutDecoratorMapper: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener reg
istered?
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.factory.BaseFactory.pushDecoratorMapper(BaseFactory.java:117)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh.Grails5535Factory.loadDecoratorMappers(Grails5535Factory.java:235)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh.Grails5535Factory.loadConfig(Grails5535Factory.java:98)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh.Grails5535Factory.<init>(Grails5535Factory.java:66)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh.GrailsPageFilter.init(GrailsPageFilter.java:79)
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>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:38:55 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101165> <Could not load user defined filter in web.xml: org.codehaus.groovy.gra
ils.web.mapping.filter.UrlMappingsFilter.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener registered?
at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(WebApplicationConte
xtUtils.java:84)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.WebUtils.lookupHandlerInterceptors(WebUtils.java:97)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.filter.UrlMappingsFilter.initFilterBean(UrlMappingsFilter.java:77)
at org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean.init(GenericFilterBean.java:179)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterManager$FilterInitAction.run(FilterManager.java:576)
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>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:38:55 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101165> <Could not load user defined filter in web.xml: org.codehaus.groovy.gra
ils.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequestFilter.
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener registered?
at org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(WebApplicationConte
xtUtils.java:84)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequestFilter.initialize(GrailsWebRequestFilter.java:98)
at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequestFilter.initFilterBean(GrailsWebRequestFilter.java:94)
at org.springframework.web.filter.GenericFilterBean.init(GenericFilterBean.java:179)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterManager$FilterInitAction.run(FilterManager.java:576)
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>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:38:55 PM PDT> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101216> <Servlet: "grails" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "gr
a.war".
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/la
ng/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:301)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:299)
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>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:39:03 PM PDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149265> <Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID "1
332877104876" for task "0". Error is: "weblogic.application.ModuleException: [HTTP:101216]Servlet: "grails" failed to preload on s
tartup in Web application: "gra.war".
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/la
ng/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:301)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:299)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:250)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.provider.WlsSubjectHandle.run(WlsSubjectHandle.java:57)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.initServletInstance(StubSecurityHelper.java:94)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:82)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:74)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:60)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:34)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.initStubLifecycleHelper(ServletStubImpl.java:638)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:579)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1874)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1848)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1738)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:2740)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1704)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:781)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:212)
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.start(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:111)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:124)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:24)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:729)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:258)
at weblogic.application.internal.SingleModuleDeployment.activate(SingleModuleDeployment.java:48)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:165)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:582)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:148)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:114)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:335)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCa
llbackDeliverer.java:195)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallback
Deliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliv
erer.java:68)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:545)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221)
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weblogic.application.ModuleException: [HTTP:101216]Servlet: "grails" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "gra.war".
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/la
ng/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:301)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:299)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:250)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.provider.WlsSubjectHandle.run(WlsSubjectHandle.java:57)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.initServletInstance(StubSecurityHelper.java:94)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:82)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:74)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:60)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:34)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.initStubLifecycleHelper(ServletStubImpl.java:638)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:579)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1874)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1848)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1738)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:2740)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1704)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:781)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:212)
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.start(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:111)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:124)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:70)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:24)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:729)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:258)
at weblogic.application.internal.SingleModuleDeployment.activate(SingleModuleDeployment.java:48)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:165)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:582)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:148)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:114)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:335)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCa
llbackDeliverer.java:195)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallback
Deliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliv
erer.java:68)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:545)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1706)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:781)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:213)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:208)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:35)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/Stri
ng;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:301)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:240)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:299)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:39:04 PM PDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149202> <Encountered an exception while attempting to commit the 1 task for
the application "gra".>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:39:04 PM PDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149004> <Failures were detected while initiating deploy task for applicat
ion "gra".>
<Mar 27, 2012 12:39:04 PM PDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149078> <Stack trace for message 149004
weblogic.application.ModuleException: [HTTP:101216]Servlet: "grails" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "gra.war".
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;Ljava/la
ng/Throwable;)V
at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:159)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:301)
The Entire Trace is really long but basically as I am seeing it, it looks like some isuue with Sl4j api. Not sure what is the cause since the application runs fine when I do run-app directly without WAR and even with the WAR delpoyed in Tomcat Server v6
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

The version bundled in Weblogic of SLF4J is 1.6.1 and grails comes with 1.5.10
If you're using maven then see this thread:
http://forum.springsource.org/showthread.php?124753-Spring-mvc-sample-project-slf4j-problem&p=407143
You can try using a PARENT_LAST/CHILD_FIRST classloader option or removing the slf4j wars from the grails WAR
Ex from Grails Deployment page on how to remove Wars:
//Remove logging libs from grails app because they're already supplied by Jboss - BuildConfig.groovy
grails.war.resources = { stagingDir ->
for (name in ['log4j', 'slf4j', 'jcl-over-slf4j', 'jul-to-slf4j']) {
delete {
fileset dir: "$stagingDir/WEB-INF/lib/",
includes: "$name*.jar"
}
}
}