Failed to bring up /web/guest page with java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.portletbridge.portlet.DefaultIdGenerator error

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 5.2.3
• Fix Version/s: --Sprint 12/11
• Component/s: Bookmarks
• Labels: None
• Environment: fedora 11
• Liferay Contributor's Agreement:
  Accept

I just installed liferay 5.2.3 SE on a new fedora 11 installed box. When I tried to start up liferay 5.2.3, the default page, http://localhost:8080, did not come up. When I tied to access it from the firefox browser, I got the following error:

INFO: Server startup in 119512 ms
17:39:38,366 WARN [PortalImpl:2948] Current URL /web/guest generates exception:

{groupId=16,privateLayout=false}

does not have any layouts
Starting Liferay Portal Standard Edition 5.2.3 (Augustine / Build 5203 / May 20, 2009)
17:39:38,902 INFO [DBUtil:498] Database supports case sensitive queries
17:39:43,367 ERROR [OpenSSOFilter:139] javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet Main Servlet threw exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet Main Servlet threw exception
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate(StandardWrapper.java:808)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:599)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:436)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:374)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:302)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalImpl.sendError(PortalImpl.java:3010)
at com.liferay.portal.util.PortalUtil.sendError(PortalUtil.java:919)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.FriendlyURLServlet.service(FriendlyURLServlet.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.strip.StripFilter.processFilter(StripFilter.java:142)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.gzip.GZipFilter.processFilter(GZipFilter.java:140)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.secure.SecureFilter.processFilter(SecureFilter.java:282)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.cache.CacheFilter.processFilter(CacheFilter.java:368)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.autologin.AutoLoginFilter.processFilter(AutoLoginFilter.java:257)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.sso.opensso.OpenSSOFilter.processFilter(OpenSSOFilter.java:73)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.sharepoint.SharepointFilter.processFilter(SharepointFilter.java:193)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.virtualhost.VirtualHostFilter.doFilter(VirtualHostFilter.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.filters.threadlocalcache.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.processFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:55)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.processFilter(BaseFilter.java:154)
at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:94)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:738)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.portletbridge.portlet.DefaultIdGenerator
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgePortlet.createViewPortlet(PortletBridgePortlet.java:219)
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgePortlet.init(PortletBridgePortlet.java:73)
at com.liferay.portlet.webproxy.WebProxyPortlet.init(WebProxyPortlet.java:57)
at javax.portlet.GenericPortlet.init(GenericPortlet.java:107)
at com.liferay.portlet.InvokerPortletImpl.init(InvokerPortletImpl.java:250)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.init(PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java:245)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.init(PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java:217)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.create(PortletInstanceFactoryImpl.java:140)
at com.liferay.portlet.PortletInstanceFactoryUtil.create(PortletInstanceFactoryUtil.java:47)
at com.liferay.portal.servlet.MainServlet.init(MainServlet.java:231)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1172)
... 81 more

[Dale Shan]

I can not duplicate your issue with liferay tomcat 5 bundle and tomcat 6 bundle.
Now i will close it, if you still has issue please reopen it.
Thanks

[Pierluigi Riti (Inactive)]

I have same error on Fedora 11

[Dale Shan]

Hi,

Are you using a Liferay bundle or manual deployment?

[Pierluigi Riti (Inactive)]

hi using liferay bundle

[Tony Bolger (Inactive)]

I had the same stacktrace.

The real exception is swallowed in the Tomcat 6 version - any issue initializing the DefaultIDGenerator class gets mis-reported as a missing class. Luckily the tomcat 5.5 bundle prints both the real exception and this incorrect one.

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgePortlet.createViewPortlet(PortletBridgePortlet.java:219)

<trim lots of irrelevant stuff>

org.portletbridge.portlet.GUIDException: error - failure to instantiate GUIDGeneratorjava.net.UnknownHostException: myhost.mydomain: myhost.mydomain
at org.portletbridge.portlet.GUIDGenerator.<init>(GUIDGenerator.java:144)
at org.portletbridge.portlet.DefaultIdGenerator.<init>(DefaultIdGenerator.java:43)
at org.portletbridge.portlet.DefaultIdGenerator.<clinit>(DefaultIdGenerator.java:29)
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgePortlet.createViewPortlet(PortletBridgePortlet.java:219)
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgePortlet.init(PortletBridgePortlet.java:73)

Followed by:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.portletbridge.portlet.DefaultIdGenerator
at org.portletbridge.portlet.PortletBridgeServlet.init(PortletBridgeServlet.java:103)

As you can see from the first bit, the DefaultIdGenerator class certainly was found.

For me, the problem was the lack of a valid DNS or /etc/hosts entry for the hostname, and with that, both the tomcat 5.5 and tomcat 6.0 versions started up ok.