[v.5.4.0] oxalis.inbound fails on startup: NOPLoggerFactory cannot be cast to LoggerContext

[JesMat]

Hello,

We recently attempted an upgrade to version 5.4.0 of oxalis.war, using oxalis.inbound.
The application fails on startup with the error "Error injecting method, java.lang.ClassCastException: org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLoggerFactory cannot be cast to ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext".

Version 5.3.0 works without issues however.

Full stacktrace:

23-Aug-2022 10:09:40.057 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Error configuring application listener of class [network.oxalis.dist.war.WarServletContextListener]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create injector, see the following errors:

1. Error injecting method, java.lang.ClassCastException: org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLoggerFactory cannot be cast to ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext
   at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingHandler.load(LoggingHandler.java:44)
   at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingModule.configure(LoggingModule.java:41)

1 error
at network.oxalis.inbound.OxalisGuiceContextListener.(OxalisGuiceContextListener.java:48)
at network.oxalis.dist.war.WarServletContextListener.(WarServletContextListener.java:11)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:151)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4549)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5091)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:742)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:703)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:630)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1840)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:112)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:424)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:308)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:123)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:424)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:367)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:966)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:839)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1427)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1417)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:134)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:943)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:258)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:422)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:770)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:682)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:492)
Caused by: com.google.inject.CreationException: Unable to create injector, see the following errors:

1. Error injecting method, java.lang.ClassCastException: org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLoggerFactory cannot be cast to ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext
   at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingHandler.load(LoggingHandler.java:44)
   at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingModule.configure(LoggingModule.java:41)

1 error
at com.google.inject.internal.Errors.throwCreationExceptionIfErrorsExist(Errors.java:543)
at com.google.inject.internal.InternalInjectorCreator.injectDynamically(InternalInjectorCreator.java:178)
at com.google.inject.internal.InternalInjectorCreator.build(InternalInjectorCreator.java:109)
at com.google.inject.Guice.createInjector(Guice.java:87)
at com.google.inject.Guice.createInjector(Guice.java:69)
at network.oxalis.commons.guice.GuiceModuleLoader.initiate(GuiceModuleLoader.java:66)
at network.oxalis.inbound.OxalisGuiceContextListener.(OxalisGuiceContextListener.java:45)
... 47 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.slf4j.helpers.NOPLoggerFactory cannot be cast to ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext
at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LogbackConfigurator.execute(LogbackConfigurator.java:68)
at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingHandler.load(LoggingHandler.java:51)
at network.oxalis.commons.logging.LoggingHandler$$FastClassByGuice$$92a6c670.invoke()
at com.google.inject.internal.SingleMethodInjector$1.invoke(SingleMethodInjector.java:51)
at com.google.inject.internal.SingleMethodInjector.inject(SingleMethodInjector.java:85)
at com.google.inject.internal.MembersInjectorImpl.injectMembers(MembersInjectorImpl.java:147)
at com.google.inject.internal.MembersInjectorImpl.injectAndNotify(MembersInjectorImpl.java:101)
at com.google.inject.internal.Initializer$InjectableReference.get(Initializer.java:245)
at com.google.inject.internal.Initializer.injectAll(Initializer.java:140)
at com.google.inject.internal.InternalInjectorCreator.injectDynamically(InternalInjectorCreator.java:176)
... 52 more

23-Aug-2022 10:09:40.057 SEVERE [main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Skipped installing application listeners due to previous error(s)

[aaron-kumar]

@JesMat Sorry, I am unable to reproduce reported issue. i.e. In my case, oxalis war deployed successfully in Servlet container (i.e. Tomcat 9.x) and I am using Java 8. I can see logs being generated.
Can you please elaborate bit more about your integration, Java version and Servlet container version where you are deploying?

For SLF4j binding issue, please refer : https://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder . I hope that will help. Thanks

[JesMat]

@aaron-kumar ,
Hello and thank you for the response Aaron,

It seems I forgot to mention that we also use your oxalis-as4 plugin.
Sorry about that.

I tried to deploy Oxalis without the AS4 plugin: this resulted in no such errors.
It seems to only occur when oxalis-as4 is used.

Oxalis v5.3.0 in combination with Oxalis-AS4 v5.3.0 works fine.

We are also using Java 8 and Tomcat v9.0.8.

Please let me know if I can provide you with any more helpful info!

Best regards
Jesper Mathiesen

[aaron-kumar]

Hi Jesper / @JesMat I hope you are using Oxalis-AS4 version v5.4.0 with Oxalis v5.4.0

If that is the case and you still getting issue then I want to understand your Oxalis-AS4 plugin integration to guide you further. Do you have other things in classpath which is creating problem?

[aaron-kumar]

Hi Jesper,

One additional Oxalis user (Member of QA team) confirm that he was Not able to reproduce Logger casting exception with Oxalis-AS4 version v5.4.0 with Oxalis v5.4.0, so it seems that it is your integration specific error.

Meanwhile I am converting this issue to discussion since it is Not a bug in release. We can continue discussion there.