Re: Invoking XALAN from a Java servlet

[Roger L. Costello]

Thanks Joe,

Yes, here is the first line of the exception [the complete exception is
listed at the bottom]:

    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/transform/Source

Some thoughts:

1. The package javax.xml.transform is in xml-apis.jar
2. This package contains TransformerFactory.class (which the servlet
engine found), as well as Source.class (which it says that it can't
find).

I don't understand how it can find one class but not the other, when
they are both in the same jar file.  

I am using xalan-j_2_3_1 (I don't believe that that is the latest.  Does
it make a difference?)

Any ideas?  /Roger

Here's the exception that was thrown by the servlet engine:

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1012)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)


root cause 

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/transform/Source
        at PartsDepotApps.getParts(PartsDepotApps.java:16)
        at PartsDepotServlet.doGet(PartsDepotServlet.java:140)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:190)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2343)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:468)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1012)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1107)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)