OWB 2.0.27, TomEE 8.0.14, JSF (myfaces) 2.3.10 startup errors

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We are upgrading our webapp to JSF 2.3.10, OWB 2.0.22, and TomEE 8.0.14. I realize we should move to Jakarta EE, but, for now, this is our tech stack.

I'm seeing stacktraces in the catalina logs concerning Default qualifiers. A snippet of one:

Caused by: javax.enterprise.inject.spi.DeploymentException: couldn't start owb context at org.apache.openejb.cdi.ThreadSingletonServiceImpl.initialize(ThreadSingletonServiceImpl.java:263) at org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiBuilder.build(CdiBuilder.java:43) at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.createApplication(Assembler.java:974) at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.createApplication(Assembler.java:762) at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.startInternal(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:1340) 43 more Caused by: org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBRuntimeException: org.apache.webbeans.exception.WebBeansDeploymentException: javax.enterprise.inject.UnsatisfiedResolutionException: Api type [com.inovis.catalogue.ui.hierarchy.SelcodeList] is not found with the qualifiers Qualifiers: [@javax.enterprise.inject.Default()] for injection into Field Injection Point, field name : selcodeList, Bean Owner : [SearchAction, WebBeansType:MANAGED, Name:searchAction, API Types:[java.io.Serializable,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.search.SearchAction,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.BaseAction,java.lang.Object], Qualifiers:[javax.enterprise.inject.Default,javax.enterprise.inject.Any,javax.inject.Named,javax.faces.annotation.FacesConfig]] at org.apache.openejb.cdi.OpenEJBLifecycle.startApplication(OpenEJBLifecycle.java:200) at org.apache.openejb.cdi.ThreadSingletonServiceImpl.initialize(ThreadSingletonServiceImpl.java:261) 47 more Caused by: org.apache.webbeans.exception.WebBeansDeploymentException: javax.enterprise.inject.UnsatisfiedResolutionException: Api type [com.inovis.catalogue.ui.hierarchy.SelcodeList] is not found with the qualifiers Qualifiers: [@javax.enterprise.inject.Default()] for injection into Field Injection Point, field name : selcodeList, Bean Owner : [SearchAction, WebBeansType:MANAGED, Name:searchAction, API Types:[java.io.Serializable,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.search.SearchAction,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.BaseAction,java.lang.Object], Qualifiers:[javax.enterprise.inject.Default,javax.enterprise.inject.Any,javax.inject.Named,javax.faces.annotation.FacesConfig]] at org.apache.webbeans.config.BeansDeployer.deploy(BeansDeployer.java:398) at org.apache.openejb.cdi.OpenEJBLifecycle.startApplication(OpenEJBLifecycle.java:196) 48 more Caused by: javax.enterprise.inject.UnsatisfiedResolutionException: Api type [com.inovis.catalogue.ui.hierarchy.SelcodeList] is not found with the qualifiers Qualifiers: [@javax.enterprise.inject.Default()] for injection into Field Injection Point, field name : selcodeList, Bean Owner : [SearchAction, WebBeansType:MANAGED, Name:searchAction, API Types:[java.io.Serializable,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.search.SearchAction,com.inovis.catalogue.ui.BaseAction,java.lang.Object], Qualifiers:[javax.enterprise.inject.Default,javax.enterprise.inject.Any,javax.inject.Named,javax.faces.annotation.FacesConfig]] at org.apache.webbeans.util.InjectionExceptionUtil.throwUnsatisfiedResolutionException(InjectionExceptionUtil.java:60) at org.apache.webbeans.container.InjectionResolver.checkInjectionPoint(InjectionResolver.java:252) at org.apache.webbeans.container.BeanManagerImpl.validate(BeanManagerImpl.java:1231) at org.apache.webbeans.util.WebBeansUtil.validate(WebBeansUtil.java:1521) at org.apache.webbeans.config.BeansDeployer.validate(BeansDeployer.java:1220) at org.apache.webbeans.config.BeansDeployer.validateInjectionPoints(BeansDeployer.java:1131) at org.apache.webbeans.config.BeansDeployer.deploy(BeansDeployer.java:323) 49 more

I've looked at several blogs and many questions/answers here on StackOverflow about configuring OWB2, Tomcat (TomEE+), and JSF2.3. Including: https://hantsy.gitbook.io/java-ee-8-by-example/jsf/jsf-activation

Apache OpenWebBeans(CDI) + Servlet, injection not working

https://devlearnings.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/apache-openwebbeans-cdi-from-standalone-to-webapp

OpenWebBeans + MyFaces + Tomcat = IllegalStateException

I've also added the extra dependencies to the TomEE/lib directory, found in the batch file, based on this site: https://lists.apache.org/thread/wct0r81bvsdbo7jbyqmw3x3d90h8s9jr

My configuration:

/META_INF/context.xml (Commented out due to org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatResourceFactory.create Can't create resource null -> java.lang.IllegalStateException: On a thread without an initialized context nor a classloader mapping a deployed app)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
<!--    <Resource name="BeanManager"-->
<!--              auth="Container"-->
<!--              type="javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager"-->
<!--              factory="org.apache.webbeans.container.ManagerObjectFactory"/>-->
</Context>

/WEB-INF/beans.xml

<beans xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
        http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/beans_2_0.xsd"
       bean-discovery-mode="annotated"
       version="2.0">
</beans>

/WEB-INF/web.xml (snippet)

    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.RENDER_VIEWSTATE_ID</param-name>
        <param-value>false</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.apache.myfaces.ERROR_HANDLING</param-name>
        <param-value>false</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Development</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.ENABLE_CDI_RESOLVER_CHAIN</param-name>
        <param-value>true</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
        <param-value>server</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <resource-env-ref>
        <resource-env-ref-name>BeanManager</resource-env-ref-name>
        <resource-env-ref-type>javax.enterprise.inject.spi.BeanManager</resource-env-ref-type>
    </resource-env-ref>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.apache.webbeans.servlet.WebBeansConfigurationListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

    <!--jsf-->
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.apache.myfaces.webapp.StartupServletContextListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>faces</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

A snippet of our bean and the class it's injected into:

@FacesConfig(version=FacesConfig.Version.JSF_2_3)
@Default
@Named("selcodeList")
@SessionScope
public class SelcodeList extends BaseListAction implements Serializable {

@FacesConfig(version=FacesConfig.Version.JSF_2_3)
@Default
@Named("searchAction")
@SessionScoped
public class SearchAction extends BaseAction {

    @Inject
    private SelcodeList selcodeList;

I've even added a ConfigurationBean:

import javax.faces.annotation.FacesConfig;

@FacesConfig(version = FacesConfig.Version.JSF_2_3)
public class ConfigurationBean {
}

So, I suspect it's a configuration error, but I'm not sure where. However, based on the above references, everything seems to be in order. What else could cause the qualifier error?

Secondly, adding the @Default annotation explicitly seemed to help with other similar errors. I thought that annotation was implied in CDI beans?

Thank you for any help with this.

RandyB, with tomee (web profile, plus and plume), there is no need to add external dependencies to make CDI and JSF work. Your SelcodeList bean is really annotated with as a SessionScoped CDI bean? Your code shows only a SessionScope annotation. — Paulo Araújo, Apr 05 '23 at 19:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '23 at 04:28

Change the bean-discovery-mode="annotated" to bean-discovery-mode="all" in beans.xml file.
Remove @FacesConfig(version = FacesConfig.Version.JSF_2_3) and @Default from SelcodeList and SearchAction
Add @ApplicationScoped to ConfigurationBean
Add implements Serializable to SearchAction bean
Remove extra Apache OpenWebBeans dependencies from the TomEE/lib directory, don't remove libs provided by Apache TomEE.

OWB 2.0.27, TomEE 8.0.14, JSF (myfaces) 2.3.10 startup errors

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