ArrayStoreException when using spring-boot-1.2.0.M2 on Wildfly 8.1.0

[BigMichi1]

i upgraded today from 1.2.0.M1 to 1.2.0.M2 in my development version and tried to deploy my app on wildfly 8.1.0. during app start i got this exception:

09:56:25,987 INFO  [org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils] (MSC service thread 1-4) Failed to introspect annotations on [class org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jersey.JerseyAutoConfiguration]: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
09:56:25,988 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-4) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats: Failed to start service
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1904) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
    at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:219)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService.startContext(UndertowDeploymentService.java:87)
    at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService.start(UndertowDeploymentService.java:72)
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1948) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
    at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1881) [jboss-msc-1.2.2.Final.jar:1.2.2.Final]
    ... 3 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseClassArray(AnnotationParser.java:724) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseArray(AnnotationParser.java:531) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseMemberValue(AnnotationParser.java:355) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotation2(AnnotationParser.java:286) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations2(AnnotationParser.java:120) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationParser.parseAnnotations(AnnotationParser.java:72) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.lang.Class.createAnnotationData(Class.java:3508) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.lang.Class.annotationData(Class.java:3497) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredAnnotations(Class.java:3464) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    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) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:216) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1438) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.util.List.sort(List.java:478) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:175) [rt.jar:1.8.0_20]
    at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.java:111)
    at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:171)
    at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:179)
    ... 7 more

09:56:25,997 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (XNIO-1 task-3) JBAS014613: Operation ("deploy") failed - address: ([("deployment" => "steamstats.war")]) - failure description: {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats: Failed to start service
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
    Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy"}}
09:56:25,998 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server] (XNIO-1 task-3) JBAS015870: Deploy of deployment "steamstats.war" was rolled back with the following failure message: 
{"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./steamstats: Failed to start service
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
    Caused by: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy"}}

1.2.0.M1 works fine here

[wilkinsona]

This is the JDK's cryptic way of telling you that it's encountered an annotation that's referencing a class that isn't on the class path. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you which annotation it was processing, where that annotated was sited, or the class that's missing.

Can you post your application's dependencies, please? They should be enough for us to figure it out. The output from mvn dependency:tree or ./gradlew dependencies would be ideal.

[BigMichi1]

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[wilkinsona]

This is similar to #1065. The problem this time is JerseyAutoConfiguration. It's annotated with @ConditionalOnClass({SpringComponentProvider.class, ServletRegistration.class}). Normally, this wouldn't be a problem as, in the absence of either of those classes, the configuration class bean will not be present in the bean factory and, therefore, its annotations will never be introspected using reflection.

However, JerseyAutoConfiguration is a WebApplicationInitializer. This means that when it's deployed to a standalone container, JerseyAutoConfiguration is found by the container and its class is passed to SpringServletContainerInitializer. SpringServletContainerInitializer introspects every WebApplicationInitializer class so that it can order them. This blows up if Jersey's SpringComponentProvider class isn't on the classpath as the annotation is referencing SpringComponentProvider as a Class and the attempt to load it fails. The problem can be avoided by referencing SpringComponentProvider using a String.

TL;DR: Using @ConditionalOnClass on a WebApplicationInitializer is risky. For it to be safe, the class must be referenced as a String rather than a Class.

[lazee]

@wilkinsona I think there is a similar case with EndpointWebMvcChildContextConfiguration

2015-03-17 17:59:29.112  INFO 99517 --- [           main] o.s.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils      : Failed to introspect annotations on [class org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.EndpointWebMvcChildContextConfiguration$EndpointHandlerMappingConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$80ee83ce]: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy
2015-03-17 17:59:29.113  INFO 99517 --- [           main] o.s.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils      : Failed to introspect annotations on [class org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.EndpointWebMvcChildContextConfiguration$EndpointHandlerMappingConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$80ee83ce]: java.lang.ArrayStoreException: sun.reflect.annotation.TypeNotPresentExceptionProxy

When Spring Security is not in classpath. Should I open an issue on this?

[wilkinsona]

@lazee Yes, please. EndpointWebMvcChildContextConfiguration isn't a WebApplicationInitializer so it's a different (and currently not obvious) cause. A sample app that reproduces the problem would be very helpful.