SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml file
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It seems you have duplicate jars in classpath due to which tomcat couldn't able to load java-ee.jar which ultimately led to web.xml parse error. Make sure you have only one java-ee.jar available in classpath.
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David Zhao
Updated on June 05, 2022Comments
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David Zhao almost 2 years
I'm trying to deploy an application on tomcat 7.0.23 (the web app is all compiled and built), and I've been getting this error in catalina.out:
INFO: validateJarFile(/Library/Tomcat/webapps/app2/WEB-INF/lib/javaee-api-6.0.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class Jan 5, 2012 10:28:41 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile INFO: validateJarFile(/Library/Tomcat/webapps/app2/WEB-INF/lib/javaee.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class Jan 5, 2012 10:28:41 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml file at jndi:/localhost/app2/WEB-INF/web.xml java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:127) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:135) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:72) at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.<init>(URLJarFile.java:72) at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.URLJarFile.getJarFile(URLJarFile.java:48) at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarFileFactory.get(JarFileFactory.java:70) at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.connect(JarURLConnection.java:104) at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getInputStream(JarURLConnection.java:132) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.setupCurrentEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:653) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.startEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:1315) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLEntityManager.startDTDEntity(XMLEntityManager.java:1282) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDTDScannerImpl.setInputSource(XMLDTDScannerImpl.java:283) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDriver.dispatch(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1194) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$DTDDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1090) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1003) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1537) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1742) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1174) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:828) at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:302) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5148) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.start(ManagerServlet.java:1247) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.start(HTMLManagerServlet.java:747) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:222) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:187) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFilter.java:108) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:928) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:539) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:298) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) Jan 5, 2012 10:28:41 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig configureStart SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) Jan 5, 2012 10:28:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Error getConfigured Jan 5, 2012 10:28:43 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal SEVERE: Context [/app2] startup failed due to previous errors
I can't find anything on this error by googling, please help.
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Artem over 12 yearsYour web.xml file seems to be not valid. Could you post it somewhere(e.g. on pastebin.com) and give a link?
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David Zhao over 12 yearsI know for sure this is a valid web.xml, because I had the app running just a while ago, and nothing changed. why does tomcat needs ziputils for an xml file?
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David Zhao over 12 yearsThank, it seems that this was the problem, I did have multiple java-ee.jar files in classpath, plus antoher javaee-6-api.jar