Spring Boot 1.2.0.M2 doesn't work with Tomcat 7 Maven Plugin

[mraible]

With Spring 1.1.7 (and below), I'm able to configure the tomcat7-maven-plugin to start/stop before/after running my integration tests. I realize it's possible to use an @IntegrationTEST annotation to do this, but I want to verify my app will run in Tomcat since that's what production runs.

Here's the error I see with 1.2.0.M2:

Oct 15, 2014 3:52:14 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Oct 15, 2014 3:52:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Tomcat
Oct 15, 2014 3:52:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.47
Oct 15, 2014 3:52:18 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Tomcat].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:800)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Tomcat].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[]]
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
    ... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseClassArray(AnnotationParser.java:724)
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseArray(AnnotationParser.java:531)
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseMemberValue(AnnotationParser.java:355)
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotation2(AnnotationParser.java:286)
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations2(AnnotationParser.java:120)
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(AnnotationParser.java:72)
    at java.lang.Class.createAnnotationData(Class.java:3410)
    at java.lang.Class.annotationData(Class.java:3399)
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredAnnotations(Class.java:3366)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(AnnotationUtils.java:371)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(AnnotationUtils.java:333)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils.getOrder(OrderUtils.java:58)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils.getOrder(OrderUtils.java:47)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.findOrder(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.java:79)
    at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.getOrder(OrderComparator.java:105)
    at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.getOrder(OrderComparator.java:94)
    at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.doCompare(OrderComparator.java:77)
    at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.compare(OrderComparator.java:63)
    at java.util.TimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(TimSort.java:351)
    at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:216)
    at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1435)
    at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:230)
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.java:111)
    at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:171)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5423)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    ... 6 more

And the configuration in my pom.xml:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
    <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>2.2</version>
    <configuration>
        <path>/</path>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>start-tomcat</id>
            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>run</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <fork>true</fork>
                <port>${tomcat.http.port}</port>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>stop-tomcat</id>
            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>shutdown</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

[mraible]

In case Tomcat 8 is required by Spring Boot 1.2, it looks the tomcat8-maven-plugin is not released yet:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MTOMCAT-234

I tried using Cargo's Tomcat 8.x support but received a similar error:

[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: Server version: Apache Tomcat/8.0.14
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: Server built:   Sep 24 2014 09:01:51
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: Server number:  8.0.14.0
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: OS Name:        Mac OS X
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: OS Version:     10.9.5
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: Architecture:   x86_64
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: JVM Version:    1.8.0-b132
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Oct 15, 2014 4:11:52 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.VersionLoggerListener log
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] INFO: JVM Vendor:     Oracle Corporation
...
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] SEVERE: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/app-name]]
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:724)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:700)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:714)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:919)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1703)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseClassArray(AnnotationParser.java:724)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseArray(AnnotationParser.java:531)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseMemberValue(AnnotationParser.java:355)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotation2(AnnotationParser.java:286)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations2(AnnotationParser.java:120)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(AnnotationParser.java:72)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.lang.Class.createAnnotationData(Class.java:3410)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.lang.Class.annotationData(Class.java:3399)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredAnnotations(Class.java:3366)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(AnnotationUtils.java:371)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(AnnotationUtils.java:333)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils.getOrder(OrderUtils.java:58)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils.getOrder(OrderUtils.java:47)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.findOrder(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.java:79)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.getOrder(OrderComparator.java:105)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.getOrder(OrderComparator.java:94)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.doCompare(OrderComparator.java:78)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.OrderComparator.compare(OrderComparator.java:63)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.TimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(TimSort.java:351)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:216)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1435)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:230)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.java:111)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:171)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5210)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
[INFO] [talledLocalContainer]   ... 10 more

Cargo configuration:

<cargo.container>tomcat8x</cargo.container>
<cargo.container.url>
    http://archive.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-8/v8.0.14/bin/apache-tomcat-8.0.14.zip
</cargo.container.url>
<cargo.container.home>${env.CATALINA_HOME}</cargo.container.home>
<cargo.host>localhost</cargo.host>
<cargo.port>8080</cargo.port>
<cargo.version>1.4.10</cargo.version>

...

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
    <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${cargo.version}</version>
    <configuration>
        <container>
            <containerId>${cargo.container}</containerId>
            <home>${cargo.container.home}</home>
            <zipUrlInstaller>
                <url>${cargo.container.url}</url>
                <extractDir>${installDir}</extractDir>
            </zipUrlInstaller>
        </container>
        <configuration>
            <home>${project.build.directory}/${cargo.container}/container</home>
            <properties>
                <cargo.hostname>${cargo.host}</cargo.hostname>
                <cargo.servlet.port>${cargo.port}</cargo.servlet.port>
                <!-- To prevent conflicts with already running instances -->
                <cargo.tomcat.ajp.port>8123</cargo.tomcat.ajp.port>
            </properties>
        </configuration>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>start-container</id>
            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>start</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
        <execution>
            <id>stop-container</id>
            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
            <goals>
                <goal>stop</goal>
            </goals>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

My environment:

OS X 10.9.5

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-b132)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b70, mixed mode)

[wilkinsona]

You've hit the problem reported in #1696. It should be fixed in the latest 1.2 snapshots.

A (horrible) workaround is to add Jersey to the classpath and exclude its auto-configuration.

[mraible]

I tried upgrading my project to 1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT and this still happens when I do "mvn tomcat7:run".

[mraible]

Adding Jersey as a dependency and adding the following does work. Thanks!

@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude = JerseyAutoConfiguration.class)