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can't seem to have my spring webapp working with jetty-maven pluging

i always get

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'loadTimeWeaver': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method. Specify a custom LoadTimeWeaver or start your Java virtual machine with Spring's agent: -javaagent:org.springframework.instrument.jar

though i have:

  • set MAVEN_OPTS to javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-instrument/3.1.3.RELEASE/spring-instrument-3.1.3.RELEASE.jar
  • set JAVA_OPTIONS to the same thing
  • added dep to spring-instrument and spring-aspects
  • added jvmArgs with -javaagent:.... to jetty-maven-plugin configuration
mfirry
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Probably you are missing few jars aspectjweaver aspectjrt spring-instrument

Additionally you may want to try explicitly defining the bean loadTimeWeaver in applicationcontext.xml file.

    <property name="loadTimeWeaver">
        <bean id="instrumentationLoadTimeWeaver" class="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver"/>
    </property>
Parvez
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  • i've got which I suppose is the same you suggest. i'll try and add those deps. thanks. – mfirry Dec 13 '12 at 10:46
  • might want to make those as dependencies to the plugin itself and not just the project, not super clear what you're doing but that works in many scenarios – jesse mcconnell Mar 14 '13 at 11:41
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When launching Jetty from Maven (using mvn jetty:run), Jetty will run in the same JVM as maven does, so you'll need to pass any options using MAVEN_OPTS.

(Be sure to include the minus sign before javaagent, as I didn't see that in your snippet).

export MAVEN_OPTS=-javaagent:org.springframework.instrument-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar

A complete example of load time weaving in jetty using Maven can be found on Github.

https://github.com/zzantozz/testbed/tree/master/spring-aspectj-load-time-weaving-in-jetty

ddewaele
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  • Thanks for your suggestion! I followed it, taking care of adding the leading dash in `MAVEN_OPTS`' value. It doesn't work for me (*Eclipse Maven Build Run configuration*, with `jetty-maven-plugin` version `8.1.7.v20120910`) – Abdull Mar 21 '13 at 00:45
  • You added the -javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/..... to the VM arguments in the JRE tab (VM arguments) ? – ddewaele Mar 21 '13 at 07:49
  • Thanks for following up! I first tried *Environment tab* -> Variable: `MAVEN_OPTS`, Value: `-javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/...`. ... Then I tried *JRE tab* -> *VM arguments* -> providing `-javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/...` ... Then I tried both. It never works for me. jetty-maven-plugin drives me nuts! – Abdull Mar 21 '13 at 12:31
  • With Netbeans it is [easy](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17348882/netbeans-7-3-how-to-set-maven-opts-e-g-maxpermsize). – Gilberto May 15 '14 at 18:12
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Without more details about your pom.xml file... it's not easy. But one common issue with jetty plugin are the dependencies.

One rule that always worked for me is to put all dependencies of your war with scope provided as direct dependencies of the maven-jetty-plugin.

I suggest you to put spring-instrument and spring-aspects as direct dependencies of the maven-jetty-plugin too.

According my understanding:

set MAVEN_OPTS to javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-instrument/3.1.3.RELEASE/spring-instrument-3.1.3.RELEASE.jar

is the correct way to pass jvm args to the jetty JVM (since jetty run in the same JVM as maven)

ben75
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  • I gave your suggestions a try (especially with respect to adding `spring-instrument` and `spring-instrument` as dependencies on the `jetty-maven-plugin` plugin). Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. – Abdull Mar 18 '13 at 13:14
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I've had same issue I use load time weaving in spring. How can i set class loader in jetty?. I've resolved it by adding a "-Xbootclasspath/a:[path to jar]" as JvmArgs param.

Now it's looks like

<extraJvmArgs>-Xmx4g -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -javaagent:C:\Users\auldanov\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-instrument\3.1.4.RELEASE\spring-instrument-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar -Xbootclasspath/a:C:\Users\auldanov\.m2\repository\org\springframework\spring-instrument\3.1.4.RELEASE\spring-instrument-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar</extraJvmArgs>
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kraken
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I finally made it work following the example from ddewaele. So apart from doing

  • set MAVEN_OPTS to javaagent:/Users/blabla/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-instrument/3.1.3.RELEASE/spring-instrument-3.1.3.RELEASE.jar

You have to check the dependencies you have added. I was missing spring-tx. You need to have these dependencies:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
    <version>1.6.10</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Following dependencies are required because of spring-aspects -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Otherwise you get that non-intuitive error

Specify a custom LoadTimeWeaver or start your Java virtual machine with Spring's agent: -javaagent:org.springframework.instrument.jar

NOTE: You can use the spring version you want. I am using 3.2.5 for everything.

Guito
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Want to warn everybody! This problem is very unclear. Don't include this dependency to your project or include with provided scope. 

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-instrument</artifactId>
    <version>${thirdparty.spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

Otherwise agent class InstrumentationSavingAgent will load twice (first when loading agent, second while linking libraries) and spring will use second Class instance without injected Instrumentation

Mikhail Terentyev
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