[kitm]

– System Setup ——————————-
Operating System and version: Win 2000 version 5.0 (Build 2195: sp4)
Eclipse version: Version: 3.0.0
Eclipse build id: 200406251208
Fresh Eclipse install (y/n): n
If not, was it upgraded to its current version using the update manager? No
Other installed external plugins: none
Number of plugins in the <eclipse>/plugins directory that begin with org.eclipse.pde.*: 7
MyEclipse version: 3.8b2
Eclipse JDK version: j2sdk1.4.2_05
Application Server JDK version: j2sdk1.4.2_05
Are there any exceptions in the Eclipse log file? see below.

– Message Body ——————————-
I have a weblogic 8 application that consists of four web-projects (no EJBs) and one eap that I use for deployment. It worked fine in ME 2.7.* and 3.8b1, but now that I’ve upgraded to 3.8b2 it no longer deploys. The first time I tried to re-deploy I got an “Error” dialog with nothing in it but a red circle with a white “X” in the middle of it and an [OK] button. When I click the button or otherwise close this dialog, ME showed a successful deployment, but my app wouldn’t start. So I undeployed it (removing each module individually) and tried to create a new deployment from the eap module.

New Deployment dialog:
Enterprise Project: em-eap,
Server: Weblogic 8,
Deploy type: Exploded archive,
Deploy Location: <WL_HOME>/config/emcluster/applications/em-eap)

But when I click [Finish], it shows activity in the deployment status area for about a few seconds and then the Error dialog pops up. (Normal deployment takes about 30-40 seconds.) Again, dispatching the Error dialog leaves the New Deployment dialog showing a successful deployment, but none of the web-modules report that they are actually deployed, and the deployment location only contains some of the exploded files.

I’ve tried closing all projects & ME, cleaning all projects, and even rebooting my workstation. Most of the times that I re-tried to deploy, nothing was added to the eclipse .log file, but on *one* occasion an exception was logged. Here is the entire contents of my .log file since installing the upgrade around 9:00AM today:

!SESSION Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.03 ———————————————-
eclipse.buildId=I200406251208
java.version=1.4.2_05
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.03
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.deploytools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.webtools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.jsftools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.strutstools
!SESSION Jul 13, 2004 16:28:18.60 ———————————————-
eclipse.buildId=I200406251208
java.version=1.4.2_05
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86, WS=win32, NL=en_US

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 16:28:18.60
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 0 Jul 13, 2004 16:28:18.60
!MESSAGE java.lang.NullPointerException
!STACK 0
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.DeploymentUtil.getWebLibJarNames(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.DeploymentUtil.deployExternalLibraries(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.WebDeployment.Ä‚(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.WebDeployment.resyncAll(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.ModuleDeployment.deployAsExplodedArchive(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.Deployment.deploy(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.EARDeployment.resyncAll(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.EARDeployment.deployAsExplodedArchive(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.Deployment.deploy(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.Deployment.redeploy(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.ui.dialog.DeploymentManagerDialog.Ä…(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.ui.dialog.DeploymentManagerDialog.access$2(Unknown Source)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.ui.dialog.DeploymentManagerDialog$5.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:82)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:796)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:2772)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2431)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:668)
at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:648)
at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.ui.action.DeploymentMgmtActionDelegate.runWithEvent(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:266)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:915)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:866)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$7.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:785)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:82)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:796)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:2772)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:2431)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:1377)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:1348)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:254)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:141)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:96)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:335)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:273)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:129)
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:324)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:183)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:644)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:628)

Some more project configuration details:

Two of the web-apps (em-web1 and em-web2) contain only static files (html, images, stylesheets, etc.)
Each of these projects looks like:

em-web*/docroot-static/*.html
em-web*/docroot-static/images/*.gif
em-web*/docroot-static/stylesheets/*.css
em-web*/WEB-INF/web.xml (put there by ME and containing only “<web-app></web-app>”)
em-web*/WEB-INF/classes/<empty>

The other two web apps (em-1 and em-2) are struts-based and look like:

em-*/docroot/**/*.jsp
em-*/docroot/WEB-INF/classes/ (project compile target)
em-*/docroot/WEB-INF/lib/*.jar (third-party libraries [struts, commons*, log4j, etc]
em-*/Properties/*.properties & *.xml
em-*/shared-source/**/*.java (internal corporate “library” source)
em-*/src/**/*.java (project-specific source)

Both of these web apps depend on a fifth (non-web) java project that just contains application-specific source that is common to both web apps:

em-base/src/**/*.java

Please help!

[Riyad Kalla]

So to clarify you have the following dep tree:

+ EAP
  + em-web
    + em-base
  + em
    + em-base

And when you deploy the EAP you need not only the em-web and em to be deployed, but their dependent project “em-base” as well right?

I just tried setting this exact same situation up locally, having 1 Java project, 1 web app and 1 struts project that relied on the Java project, and then 1 EAP project. I double checked the deployment rules for the Web and Struts project (right click on project root, go to MyEclipse-Web) and set it to “Smart” and “Always copy to lib folder” and then deployed the EAP application and everything worked as expected…

[Riyad Kalla]

Maybe you can try clearing your <eclipse-3.0>\configuration directory (back it up first) and restart Eclipse.

[kitm]

@support-rkalla wrote:

So to clarify you have the following dep tree:

+ EAP
  + em-web
    + em-base
  + em
    + em-base

Not quite; the project is more (well, actually exactly) like:

+ EAP
  + em-web1
  + em1
    + em-base
  + em-web2
  + em2
    + em-base

And here’s something interesting: When I remove both em-web* projects from the EAP, it deploys the struts web-apps (em1+em-base & em2+em-base) just fine (and they run OK, but their graphics are missing). As soon as I add one or the other of the static-content-only projects back to the EAP, the deployment breaks with the same error, only some files actually deployed, and nothing in .log.

OTOH, I just noticed that the one exception that *did* get logged during my earlier attempts was a

NullPointerException
    at com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core.DeploymentUtil.getWebLibJarNames(Unknown Source)

which makes me suspicious of these static-only web projects since they have no WEB-INF/lib at all. Does this look relevant?

Also, in your test example, did you make sure that your web-app had *no* executable content (no *.jsp, no *.java, and no *.jar) but only static files (e.g. *.html, *.gif, *.css) in it? I think that’s important in my case. And if so, what did your web.xml look like? Mine contains (verbatim):

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
</web-app>

IIRC, ME 2.7.? created this web.xml file for me when I added web-project capabilities to my existing static-only modules back when I first set this whole thing up originally.

[kitm]

@support-rkalla wrote:

Maybe you can try clearing your <eclipse-3.0>\configuration directory (back it up first) and restart Eclipse.

I tried this also just now and no luck… 🙁

[Riyad Kalla]

Hey I like your observation about static content only, that might be the key to this puzzle, let me check with teh team.

[Scott Anderson]

Actually, I think this whole thread might be a “red herring”. Going back to the original post, kitm’s log file contained:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.03
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.deploytools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.webtools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.jsftools

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 Jul 13, 2004 11:55:52.33
!MESSAGE Unable to find Action Set: com.genuitec.myeclipse.actions.strutstools

If our toolsets could not be found, this is indicitive of an installation/configuration problem. To resolve it I’d suggest closing all editors and perspectives, shutting down Eclipse, deleting the log file at <workspace>/.metadata/.log and the configuration directory under the Eclipse installation. Now start Eclipse and navigate allour preference pages and open the MyEclipse perspective. Check the log file again. If any errors are present at this point, please post them here. If they’re the same errors, perhaps you haven’t installed the complete Eclipse SDK (80+Meg) but just the platform?

[kitm]

No dice. I followed your instructions to the letter (including opening *every* ME preference page for every app server) and got nothing in my .log file. I have also been using ME 3.8b2 on my projects both yesterday and today (editing java/jsps, debugging, running junit tests) with no problems other than the deployment of the static-only web components. And remember, deployment works fine when I remove those two projects from my EAP list of EA modules. I think those .log entries from 11:55AM yesterday are actually the “red herring”s as they appeared (IIRC) during my initial startup/shutdown sequence after installing the upgrade and then never came back, nor did there seem to be anything wrong with ME until I tried the deployment process.

[Riyad Kalla]

kitm,
Thanks for hanging in there so long, we’ll discuss this internally.

[Riyad Kalla]

Update, I was able to duplicate this exact behavior once I cleared out the simple web project and made it empty (bsides the ME stuff). I will file this ASAP.

[Riyad Kalla]

Moving to bugs…

[schuer]

hi,

I’ve noticed something strange:

when i install version 3.8-b2 for windows (sorry!), i have directories like

com.genuitec.eclipse.ast.deploy.core_3.7.200

in C:\Program Files\MyEclipse\eclipse\plugins\…

the version doesn’t correspond, could you check please.

thanks

[Riyad Kalla]

3.7.200 == 3.8 Beta 2… the reason is that we want to reserve 3.8.00 for the GA release, but the way Eclipse UPdate works is that your update needs to have a bigger version number, so we use increments of the 3.7 series.

[kitm]

I found a workaround. If I add an empty <project>/docroot/WEB-INF/lib directory to each of the static-only projects, they deploy without error.
-Kit

[Riyad Kalla]

Hey great info, I’ll add that to the bug report.

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