Hi! We are using Jackrabbit 1.33 with a sybase database. To register custom nodetypes, we are using a cnd-File, and we configured this through the JackrabbitSessionFactory of SpringModules. (see below)
<bean id="jcrSessionFactory" class="org.springmodules.jcr.jackrabbit.JackrabbitSessionFactory"> <property name="repository" ref="repository" /> <property name="workspaceName" value="${repository.workspace.name}"/> <property name="credentials"> <bean class="javax.jcr.SimpleCredentials"> <constructor-arg index="0" value="haidlas" /> <!-- create the credentials using a bean factory --> <constructor-arg index="1"> <bean factory-bean="password" factory-method="toCharArray" /> </constructor-arg> </bean> </property> <property name="contentType" value="text/x-jcr-cnd" /> <property name="nodeDefinitions"> <list> <value>resourcePackageNodes.cnd</value> </list> </property> </bean> Our problem is, that we get a ClassCastException when trying to run the application at startup to register the custom nodetypes: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'jcrSessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/packageManager.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.NodeTypeManagerImpl java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.nodetype.NodeTypeManagerImpl at org.springmodules.jcr.jackrabbit.JackrabbitSessionFactory.registerNodeTy pes(JackrabbitSessionFactory.java:59) at org.springmodules.jcr.JcrSessionFactory.afterPropertiesSet(JcrSessionFac tory.java:126) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1058) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:363) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:226) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:147) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:176) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:105) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1012) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:823) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:345) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:226) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:147) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:176) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:105) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1012) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:823) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:345) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:226) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:147) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:176) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.re solveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:105) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1012) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:823) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFac tory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:345) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:226) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(Ab stractBeanFactory.java:147) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.pre InstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:275) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(A bstractApplicationContext.java:318) at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicatio nContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:134) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContex t(ContextLoader.java:230) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext( ContextLoader.java:156) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized (ContextLoaderListener.java:48) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.j ava:3827) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4343 ) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:789) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1083) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:478) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:2313) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:556) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:287) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:425) We tracked this Issue to the following part of the JackrabbitSessionFactory at line 59: -- Matthias Neubauer Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Informationstechnik Projekt kopal Adickesallee 1 D-60322 Frankfurt am Main Telefon: +49-69-1525-1778 Telefax: +49-69-1525-1799 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.d-nb.de