Springboot and Ehcache - MultiCacheException

Question

I'm trying to add caching to a springboot application and I am running into an issue where a org.ehcache.jsr107.MultiCacheException exception is being thrown during startup.

I am using the following ( all loaded via Maven pom file): Springboot 1.5.5, Ehcache 3.3.1, Javax cache 1.0.0

My SpringBootApplication looks like this:

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableCaching
public class DemoApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
    }
}

I have a CacheConfig class that contains the following:

@Component
public class CacheConfig implements JCacheManagerCustomizer{
    @Override
    public void customize(javax.cache.CacheManager cacheManager) {
        cacheManager.createCache("item", new MutableConfiguration<>()
                .setExpiryPolicyFactory(CreatedExpiryPolicy.factoryOf(new Duration(TimeUnit.MINUTES, 5)))
                .setStoreByValue(false)
                .setStatisticsEnabled(true));
    }
}

And my ehcache.xml file contains:

<config
        xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
        xmlns='http://www.ehcache.org/v3'
        xmlns:jsr107='http://www.ehcache.org/v3/jsr107'>

    <service>
        <jsr107:defaults>
            <jsr107:cache name="item" template="heap-cache"/>
        </jsr107:defaults>
    </service>

    <cache-template name="heap-cache">
        <listeners>
            <listener>
                <class>org.terracotta.ehcache.EventLogger</class>
                <event-firing-mode>ASYNCHRONOUS</event-firing-mode>
                <event-ordering-mode>UNORDERED</event-ordering-mode>
                <events-to-fire-on>CREATED</events-to-fire-on>
                <events-to-fire-on>UPDATED</events-to-fire-on>
                <events-to-fire-on>EXPIRED</events-to-fire-on>
                <events-to-fire-on>REMOVED</events-to-fire-on>
                <events-to-fire-on>EVICTED</events-to-fire-on>
            </listener>
        </listeners>
        <resources>
            <heap unit="entries">2000</heap>
            <offheap unit="MB">100</offheap>
        </resources>
    </cache-template>
</config>

The test item service contains:

@Service
public class ItemService {

    @CacheResult(cacheName = "item")
    public String getItem(int itemNumber) {
        switch (itemNumber) {
            case 1:
                return "Item 1";
            case 2:
                return "Item 2";
            default:
                return "No Item";

        }
    }
}

And finally, the application.properties contains:

spring.cache.jcache.config=classpath:ehcache.xml

When I run the application, I get the following exceptions ending with:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'jCacheCacheManager' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/JCacheCacheConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.cache.CacheManager]: Factory method 'jCacheCacheManager' threw exception; nested exception is org.ehcache.jsr107.MultiCacheException: [Exception 0] org.terracotta.ehcache.EventLogger
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:599) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    ... 70 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.cache.CacheManager]: Factory method 'jCacheCacheManager' threw exception; nested exception is org.ehcache.jsr107.MultiCacheException: [Exception 0] org.terracotta.ehcache.EventLogger
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:189) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:588) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    ... 83 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.ehcache.jsr107.MultiCacheException: [Exception 0] org.terracotta.ehcache.EventLogger
    at org.ehcache.jsr107.ConfigurationMerger.mergeConfigurations(ConfigurationMerger.java:138) ~[ehcache-3.3.1.jar:3.3.1 01f4b2121ef38b7e7d95c952c773881d5b1051d8]
    at org.ehcache.jsr107.Eh107CacheManager.createCache(Eh107CacheManager.java:190) ~[ehcache-3.3.1.jar:3.3.1 01f4b2121ef38b7e7d95c952c773881d5b1051d8]
    at com.example.cacheexample.CacheConfig.customize(CacheConfig.java:18) ~[classes/:na]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.JCacheCacheConfiguration.customize(JCacheCacheConfiguration.java:149) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar:1.5.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.JCacheCacheConfiguration.jCacheCacheManager(JCacheCacheConfiguration.java:104) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar:1.5.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.JCacheCacheConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$e218d7d3.CGLIB$jCacheCacheManager$1(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar:1.5.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.JCacheCacheConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$e218d7d3$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$b2f1636b.invoke(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar:1.5.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:358) ~[spring-context-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.JCacheCacheConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$e218d7d3.jCacheCacheManager(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.5.RELEASE.jar:1.5.5.RELEASE]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_121]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162) ~[spring-beans-4.3.10.RELEASE.jar:4.3.10.RELEASE]
    ... 84 common frames omitted

I'm not certain where to go with this as I pretty much replicated what was found on this site: http://www.ehcache.org/blog/2016/05/18/ehcache3_jsr107_spring.html

Any insight would be very appreciated.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Turns out that the org.terracotta.ehcache.EventLogger class as defined in the ehcache.xml file was just an example logger for the purpose of the test program defined in blog post above. The package name lead me to believe it was a part of the ehcache distribution.

When I stepped through the code, I saw a NoClassDefFoundError exception was being generated, and resulted in the MultiCacheException being thrown. Nothing in the stack track made it clear that a NoClassDefFoundError was the real culprit. I created my own EventLogger and everything is working as expected now.

Thanks for the pointers!