I had the same issue as here. I tried adding the Maven Dependencies in Deployment Assembly as suggested in the first answer, but then a lot more errors come up. It is not aknowledging the libraries.
Here is a bit of the log (this same exception happens with many many classes):
ADVERTENCIA: No puedo cargar la clase [javax.interceptor.AroundInvoke] para revisar contra la anotación @HandlesTypes de uno o más ServletContentInitializers.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.interceptor.AroundInvoke
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.checkHandlesTypes(ContextConfig.java:2006)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:1969)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:1858)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:1826)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:1812)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1306)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:896)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5103)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:558)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:468)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:389)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:334)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1041)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1033)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:291)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:621)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450)
20-sep-2012 8:16:03 org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig checkHandlesTypes
ADVERTENCIA: No puedo cargar la clase [javax.interceptor.ExcludeClassInterceptors] para revisar contra la anotación @HandlesTypes de uno o más ServletContentInitializers.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.interceptor.ExcludeClassInterceptors
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.checkHandlesTypes(ContextConfig.java:2006)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:1969)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:1858)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:1826)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:1812)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1306)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:896)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5103)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:633)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:558)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:468)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:311)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:389)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:334)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1041)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:774)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1033)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:291)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:727)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:148)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:621)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450)
20-sep-2012 8:16:03 org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig checkHandlesTypes
I'm using STS with VMWare vFabric tc Server, but I have tried with tomcat and the result is the same. I really don't know what to do... plus this also happens with some apps that used to be deployed correctly. I have tried with the same project in a colleague's STS and it works.I've compared both configurations and I don't see differences.
Any Help?
Thanks.