Make GeoNode work with GeoServer 2.4

[ingenieroariel]

As a potential fix for #667. I started to look into making GeoNode run with GeoServer 2.4.

The first problem I found was a compilation error that looks like this:

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 5.511s
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Nov 12 14:20:30 COT 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 26M/81M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) on project geonode-geoserver-ext: Compilation failure
[ERROR] /Users/x/work/geoserver-geonode-ext/src/main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/shp/ShapeZipWriter.java:[521,12] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol  : method setStringCharset(java.nio.charset.Charset)
[ERROR] location: class org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) on project geonode-geoserver-ext: Compilation failure
/Users/x/work/geoserver-geonode-ext/src/main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/shp/ShapeZipWriter.java:[521,12] cannot find symbol
symbol  : method setStringCharset(java.nio.charset.Charset)
location: class org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore

    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:212)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:317)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:152)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:555)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
    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.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilationFailureException: Compilation failure
/Users/x/work/geoserver-geonode-ext/src/main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/shp/ShapeZipWriter.java:[521,12] cannot find symbol
symbol  : method setStringCharset(java.nio.charset.Charset)
location: class org.geotools.data.shapefile.ShapefileDataStore

    at org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:729)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:106)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
    ... 19 more

This was in OSX with Java 1.6

➜  geoserver-geonode-ext git:(2.4.x) java -version
java version "1.6.0_65"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-b14-462-11M4609)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.65-b04-462, mixed mode)

and Maven 3:

➜  geoserver-geonode-ext git:(2.4.x) mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.1.1 (0728685237757ffbf44136acec0402957f723d9a; 2013-09-17 10:22:22-0500)
Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.1.1/libexec
Java version: 1.6.0_65, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.9", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

Using the 2.4.x branch of geoserver-geonode-ext

[ingenieroariel]

By looking at this diff in GeoTools' source I found that setStringCharset may have been deprecated in favor of setCharset in the move to shapefile-ng.

https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/176/files#diff-d5c851c474f9ea5a8e81727d724ffad2L194

[ingenieroariel]

After fixing the compilation problems I ran the integration tests and got the following:

(geonode)➜  geonode git:(master) ✗ paver test_integration
---> pavement.test_integration
rm -rf geonode/development.db
rmtree geoserver/data
extracting datadir
---> pavement.start_geoserver
cd /Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/data
java -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -DGEOSERVER_DATA_DIR=/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/data -Dorg.eclipse.jetty.server.webapp.parentLoaderPriority=true -jar /Users/x/work/geonode/downloaded/jetty-runner-8.1.8.v20121106.jar --log /Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/jetty.log /Users/x/work/geonode/scripts/misc/jetty-runner.xml > /dev/null &
cd /Users/x/work/geonode
Starting GeoServer on http://localhost:8080/geoserver/
2013-11-12 15:24:09.062:INFO:omjr.Runner:Runner
2013-11-12 15:24:09.063:WARN:omjr.Runner:No tx manager found
2013-11-12 15:24:09.164:INFO:oejs.Server:jetty-8.y.z-SNAPSHOT
Null identity service, trying login service: null
Finding identity service: null
2013-11-12 15:24:09.543:INFO:oejsh.ContextHandler:started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/geoserver,file:/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/geoserver/},../geoserver
2013-11-12 15:24:09.543:INFO:oejsh.ContextHandler:started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/geoserver,file:/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/geoserver/},../geoserver
2013-11-12 15:24:10.296:INFO:oejsh.ContextHandler:started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/geoserver,file:/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/geoserver/},../geoserver
log4j:WARN File option not set for appender [geoserverlogfile].
log4j:WARN Are you using FileAppender instead of ConsoleAppender?
2013-11-12 15:24:10.584:INFO:oejsh.ContextHandler:started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/geoserver,file:/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/geoserver/},../geoserver
2013-11-12 15:24:10.590:INFO:/geoserver:Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Nov 12, 2013 3:24:12 PM org.geoserver.platform.GeoServerExtensions checkContext
WARNING: Extension lookup occured, but ApplicationContext is unset.
2013-11-12 15:24:21.871:INFO:oejsh.ContextHandler:started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext{/geoserver,file:/Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/geoserver/},../geoserver
2013-11-12 15:24:21.910:INFO:oejs.NCSARequestLog:Opened /Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/jetty.log
2013-11-12 15:24:21.932:INFO:oejs.AbstractConnector:Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080
2013-11-12 15:24:23.002:INFO:/geoserver:Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcher'
The logs are available at /Users/x/work/geonode/geoserver/jetty.log
GeoNode is now available, running the tests now.
python manage.py test geonode.tests.integration --noinput --liveserver=localhost:8000
nosetests --verbosity 1 geonode.tests.integration --nocapture --detailed-errors
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
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ERROR: Verifying GeoNode complains about a shapefile without .prj
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 288, in test_bad_shapefile
    uploaded = file_upload(thefile, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer points_epsg2249_no_prj, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Verify that the helpers.cascading_delete() method is working properly
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 407, in test_cascading_delete
    shp_layer = file_upload(shp_file)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Verify that the 'delete_layer' pre_delete hook is functioning
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 367, in test_delete_layer
    shp_layer = file_upload(shp_file)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Regression-test for failures caused by zero-width bounding boxes
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 449, in test_empty_bbox
    uploaded = file_upload(thefile, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer single_point, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Check that keywords can be passed to file_upload
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 439, in test_keywords_upload
    uploaded = file_upload(thefile, keywords=['foo', 'bar'], overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Verify that layer is correctly deleted from GeoServer
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 345, in test_layer_delete_from_geoserver
    shp_layer = file_upload(shp_file, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Test layer replace functionality
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 459, in test_layer_replace
    vector_layer = file_upload(vector_file, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_administrative, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Test uploading a layer with XML metadata
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 239, in test_layer_upload_metadata
    uploaded = file_upload(thelayer, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer air_runways, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Upload the same file more than once
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 312, in test_repeated_upload
    uploaded1 = file_upload(thefile, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 717, in _create_coveragestore
    cat.create_coveragestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 364, in create_coveragestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer test_grid, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Test Uploading a good shapefile
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 276, in test_shapefile
    uploaded = file_upload(thefile, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Uploading a good .tiff
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 302, in test_tiff
    uploaded = file_upload(thefile, overwrite=True)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 595, in file_upload
    keywords=keywords, title=title)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 717, in _create_coveragestore
    cat.create_coveragestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 364, in create_coveragestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer test_grid, there was an upload error: 

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ERROR: Try uploading a layer and verify that the user can administrate
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/tests/integration.py", line 114, in test_layer_upload
    overwrite=True,
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 384, in save
    overwrite=overwrite)
  File "/Users/x/work/geonode/geonode/layers/utils.py", line 711, in _create_featurestore
    cat.create_featurestore(name, data, overwrite=overwrite, charset=charset)
  File "/Users/x/.virtualenvs/geonode/lib/python2.7/site-packages/geoserver/catalog.py", line 320, in create_featurestore
    raise UploadError(response)
UploadError: Could not save the layer san_andres_y_providencia_poi_by_norman, there was an upload error: 

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Ran 15 tests in 9.886s

FAILED (errors=12)
Destroying test database for alias 'default'...
Tests failed! Subprocess return code: 1

[ingenieroariel]

When looking at the GeoServer logs, I find this very long traceback:

2013-11-12 15:30:15,168 WARN [geonode.security] - Error connecting to the GeoNode server for authentication purposes
org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceException: Communication with GeoNode failed
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.java:61)
        at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoServerAuthenticationProvider.java:57)
        at org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager.authenticate(ProviderManager.java:156)
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(GeoNodeAnonymousProcessingFilter.java:63)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:139)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:52)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
        at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:134)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:75)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:48)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:453)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:560)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1072)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:382)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1006)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:255)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:154)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:365)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:485)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:926)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:988)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:635)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:628)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:608)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:543)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228)
        at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ReflectionSocketFactory.createSocket(ReflectionSocketFactory.java:140)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:125)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:323)
        at org.geonode.security.HTTPClient.sendGET(HTTPClient.java:71)
        at org.geonode.security.DefaultSecurityClient.authenticate(DefaultSecurityClient.java:152)
        at org.geonode.security.DefaultSecurityClient.authenticateAnonymous(DefaultSecurityClient.java:135)
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.java:48)
        ... 50 more
2013-11-12 15:30:15,410 WARN [geonode.security] - Error connecting to the GeoNode server for authentication purposes
org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationServiceException: Communication with GeoNode failed
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.java:61)
        at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoServerAuthenticationProvider.java:57)
        at org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager.authenticate(ProviderManager.java:156)
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(GeoNodeAnonymousProcessingFilter.java:63)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:150)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(GeoServerBasicAuthenticationFilter.java:82)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeCookieProcessingFilter.doFilter(GeoNodeCookieProcessingFilter.java:107)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:68)
        at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter$1.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:52)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter$NestedFilterChain.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:72)
        at org.geoserver.security.filter.GeoServerCompositeFilter.doFilter(GeoServerCompositeFilter.java:91)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:323)
        at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:173)
        at org.geoserver.security.GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.doFilter(GeoServerSecurityFilterChainProxy.java:134)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:259)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.LoggingFilter.doFilter(LoggingFilter.java:75)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.GZIPFilter.doFilter(GZIPFilter.java:48)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.geoserver.filters.SessionDebugFilter.doFilter(SessionDebugFilter.java:47)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1307)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:453)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:560)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1072)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:382)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1006)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:255)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:154)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:365)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:485)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:926)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:988)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:635)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:628)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:608)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:543)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:382)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:241)
        at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:228)
        at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:431)
        at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:527)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ReflectionSocketFactory.createSocket(ReflectionSocketFactory.java:140)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:125)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager$HttpConnectionAdapter.open(MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.java:1361)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
        at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:323)
        at org.geonode.security.HTTPClient.sendGET(HTTPClient.java:71)
        at org.geonode.security.DefaultSecurityClient.authenticate(DefaultSecurityClient.java:152)
        at org.geonode.security.DefaultSecurityClient.authenticateAnonymous(DefaultSecurityClient.java:135)
        at org.geonode.security.GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.authenticate(GeoNodeAuthenticationProvider.java:48)
        ... 53 more
2013-11-12 15:35:17,051 WARN [servlet.PageNotFound] - No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/geoserver/accessDenied.jsp] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher'

[ingenieroariel]

HTTP Sessions seems to be enabled:

[ingenieroariel]

I ended up deleting the old data dir, avoiding the use of an external data.zip that was not under version control and just using the data directory that comes with GeoServer.

I was able to run the integration tests successfully but found at least two errors when trying batch download:

a) The same login prompt problem we were experiencing with 2.3 is here.
b) Only vectors downloaded correctly, no rasters
Actual error was:

2013-11-12 17:24:25,261 WARN [rest.batchdownload] - Unexpected exception: org.geoserver.catalog.SingleGridCoverage2DReader cannot be cast to org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.geoserver.catalog.SingleGridCoverage2DReader cannot be cast to org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.getCoverageReader(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:335)
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.parseLayerReference(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:310)
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.convertLayersParam(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:273)
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.convertProcessInputs(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:221)
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.execute(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:187)
        at org.geonode.rest.batchdownload.DownloadLauncherRestlet.handle(DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:157)
        at org.geoserver.rest.BeanDelegatingRestlet.handle(BeanDelegatingRestlet.java:37)
        at org.restlet.Filter.doHandle(Filter.java:105)

To test this branch you have to build GeoServer manually, and put it in right folder before running the tests or starting up GeoNode in development mode.

[ingenieroariel]

It seems here are the places where that parent class is used:

➜  src git:(master) grep -r AbstractGridCoverage2DReader .                                  
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/BatchDownload.java:import org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader;
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/BatchDownload.java:        final AbstractGridCoverage2DReader reader = layerRef.getRasterSource();
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/LayerReference.java:import org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader;
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/LayerReference.java:    private final AbstractGridCoverage2DReader rasterSource;
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/LayerReference.java:    public LayerReference(String name, AbstractGridCoverage2DReader source) {
./main/java/org/geonode/process/batchdownload/LayerReference.java:    public AbstractGridCoverage2DReader getRasterSource() {
./main/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:import org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader;
./main/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:            AbstractGridCoverage2DReader source = getCoverageReader(serviceURL, layerName);
./main/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:    private AbstractGridCoverage2DReader getCoverageReader(final String serviceURL,
./main/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:        AbstractGridCoverage2DReader reader;
./main/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestlet.java:            reader = (AbstractGridCoverage2DReader) coverageInfo.getGridCoverageReader(
./test/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadLauncherRestletTest.java:    // AbstractGridCoverage2DReader reader = new ArcSDERasterFormatFactory().createFormat()
./test/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadReadyRestletTest.java:import org.geotools.coverage.grid.io.AbstractGridCoverage2DReader;
./test/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadReadyRestletTest.java:        AbstractGridCoverage2DReader reader;
./test/java/org/geonode/rest/batchdownload/DownloadReadyRestletTest.java:        reader = (AbstractGridCoverage2DReader) coverageInfo.getGridCoverageReader(null, null);

And here is the place where it changed to drop the Abstract prefix:

geoserver/geoserver@3c0dbb3