ClassNotFoundException when upgraded to Tomcat 8

Question

I recently upgraded my NetBeans IDE from v7.3 to v8 and all of a sudden my application throws an exception at server startup while connecting to DB. The only difference between these two versions of IDE are that the later one is using Tomcat 8.

Exception Log:

javax.naming.NamingException: Could not load resource factory class [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory]
    at org.apache.naming.factory.ResourceFactory.getObjectInstance(ResourceFactory.java:82)
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:321)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:841)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:152)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:829)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:152)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:829)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:152)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:829)
    at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:166)
    at org.apache.naming.SelectorContext.lookup(SelectorContext.java:157)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411)
    at com.istore.core.listeners.AppContextListener.initdb(AppContextListener.java:44)
    at com.istore.core.listeners.AppContextListener.contextInitialized(AppContextListener.java:27)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4738)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5158)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:726)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:702)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:697)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:579)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:455)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1554)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300)
    at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
    at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1428)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.deploy(ManagerServlet.java:885)
    at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.doGet(ManagerServlet.java:343)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:618)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:725)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:301)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:239)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:219)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:106)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:615)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:136)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:74)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:88)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:516)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1015)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:652)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:222)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1575)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1533)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1284)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1132)
    at org.apache.naming.factory.ResourceFactory.getObjectInstance(ResourceFactory.java:80)
    ... 58 more

META-INF/context.xml

<!-- PostgreSQL Datasource -->
<Resource auth="Container" driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver" factory="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory" maxActive="50" maxIdle="10" maxWait="-1" name="jdbc/mydb" type="javax.sql.DataSource" url="jdbc:postgresql://myorg.corp.net:5432/mydb" username="abc" password="def" />

Please guide.

Mark Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-20T15:45:43.440

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The name of the default factory changed between Tomcat 7 and Tomcat 8. A couple of attribute names also changed. This is all as a result of switching from DBCP 1.x to DBCP 2.x in Tomcat 8. You want the following in your META-INF/context.xml file:

<!-- PostgreSQL Datasource -->
<Resource auth="Container"
          driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver"
          factory="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSourceFactory"
          maxTotal="50"
          maxIdle="10"
          maxWaitMillis="-1"
          name="jdbc/mydb"
          type="javax.sql.DataSource"
          url="jdbc:postgresql://myorg.corp.net:5432/mydb"
          username="abc"
          password="def" />

Since this factory is used by default for resources of type javax.sql.DataSource you can just drop that attribute all together. The other changes were:

maxActive -> maxTotal
maxWait   -> maxWaitMillis

edited Mar 20 '14 at 15:45

answered Mar 19 '14 at 22:49

Mark Thomas

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Made changes as suggested but did not work. Still getting the same exception. – Nital Mar 20 '14 at 14:04
Grrr. Typo in the new factory package name now fixed. – Mark Thomas Mar 20 '14 at 15:46
Changed the factory package name but did not work either. Downgraded from NetBeans8 to NetBeans7 and it started working again. Looks like Tomcat8 has some problems. – Nital Mar 20 '14 at 16:50
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSourceFactory :( – Alfredo M Jun 25 '18 at 17:43
@AlfredoM Sounds like you need to add commons-dcps2-x.x.x.jar into your classpath. I've placed it in the `lib` folder. See https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/download_dbcp.cgi – maccaroo Nov 08 '20 at 00:22
Nice +1 this one works for tomcat8. – J.Doe Apr 29 '22 at 03:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 31 '16 at 11:58

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You need tomcat-dbcp-8.0.0-RC1.jar in your tomcat8 lib folder. The package structure for org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSourceFactory in commons-dbcp.jar is different from other tomcat versions.

edited May 31 '16 at 11:58

Tom11

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answered Apr 11 '16 at 12:07

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ClassNotFoundException when upgraded to Tomcat 8

Exception Log:

META-INF/context.xml

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