Errors after migrate from JSF 2/RichFaces 4 to JSF 1.2/RichFaces 3

Question

After applying necessary changes to migrate from JSF 2/RichFaces 4 to JSF 1.2/RichFaces 3, these errors was appears and i'm not able to solve them:

What's the cause of those exceptions please

09:45:17,231 WARN  [org.jboss.modules] (MSC service thread 1-1) Failed to define class javax.faces.render.ClientBehaviorRenderer in Module "deployment.project-web.war:main" from Service Module Loader: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/faces/render/ClientBehaviorRenderer
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:787) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:327) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:391) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:243) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:73) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:517) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:182) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:468) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:456) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:120) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:787) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:327) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:391) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:243) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:73) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:517) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:182) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:468) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:456) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:120) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.jsf.JsfAnnotationProcessor.deploy(JsfAnnotationProcessor.java:111)
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:113) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]

09:45:17,252 WARN  [org.jboss.modules] (MSC service thread 1-1) Failed to define class org.richfaces.renderkit.ComponentControlBehaviorRenderer in Module "deployment.project-web.war:main" from Service Module Loader: java.lang.LinkageError: Failed to link org/richfaces/renderkit/ComponentControlBehaviorRenderer (Module "deployment.project-web.war:main" from Service Module Loader)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:396) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:243) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:73) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:517) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:182) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:468) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:456) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:120) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.jsf.JsfAnnotationProcessor.deploy(JsfAnnotationProcessor.java:111)
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:113) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/faces/render/ClientBehaviorRenderer
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:787) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.doDefineOrLoadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:327) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:391) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
... 15 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.faces.render.ClientBehaviorRenderer from [Module "deployment.project-web.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:190) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:468) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:456) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:120) [jboss-modules.jar:1.1.1.GA]
... 20 more

09:45:17,275 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-1) MSC00001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.unit."project-web.war".INSTALL: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."project-web.war".INSTALL: Failed to process phase INSTALL of deployment "project-web.war"
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:119) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA.jar:1.0.2.GA]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) [rt.jar:1.7.0_15]
Caused by: org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitProcessingException: JBAS018045: Failed to load annotated class: org.richfaces.renderkit.ComponentControlBehaviorRenderer
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.jsf.JsfAnnotationProcessor.deploy(JsfAnnotationProcessor.java:113)
at org.jboss.as.server.deployment.DeploymentUnitPhaseService.start(DeploymentUnitPhaseService.java:113) [jboss-as-server-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]
... 5 more

09:45:17,326 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) JBAS015870: Deploy of deployment "project-web.war" was rolled back with failure message {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"project-web.war\".INSTALL" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"project-web.war\".INSTALL: Failed to process phase INSTALL of deployment \"project-web.war\""}}
09:45:17,328 INFO  [org.jboss.as.controller] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 1) 
JBAS014774: Service status report
JBAS014777:   Services which failed to start:      service jboss.deployment.unit."project-web.war".INSTALL: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit."project-web.war".INSTALL: Failed to process phase INSTALL of deployment "project-web.war"

09:45:17,330 ERROR [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) {"JBAS014653: Composite operation failed and was rolled back. Steps that failed:" => {"Operation step-2" => {"JBAS014671: Failed services" => {"jboss.deployment.unit.\"project-web.war\".INSTALL" => "org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.unit.\"project-web.war\".INSTALL: Failed to process phase INSTALL of deployment \"project-web.war\""}}}

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: The application server is JBoss AS 7

Answer 1

This error depends on your web application server, you should replace java-web-app jar by your server's implementation. Normally it will be enough by changing some parameters from your maven configuration file.

In your case, for Jboss, you should have something like this (which is build automatically when building your project with jboss-tools):

<!-- JBoss distributes a complete set of Java EE 6 APIs including a Bill
    of Materials (BOM). A BOM specifies the versions of a "stack" (or a collection)
    of artifacts. We use this here so that we always get the correct versions
    of artifacts. Here we use the jboss-javaee-6.0-with tools stack (you can read this as
    the JBoss stack of the Java EE 6 APIs, with some extras tools for your project, such
    as Arquillian for testing) -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jboss.bom</groupId>
    <artifactId>jboss-javaee-6.0-with-tools</artifactId>
    <version>${javaee6.with.tools.version}</version>
    <type>pom</type>
    <scope>import</scope>
</dependency>

From Oracle page:

You will get a strange error by loading the Java EE 6 API classes included by the standard Maven archetype (see Listing 6).

 <dependency>
    <groupId>javax</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
    <version>6.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
 </dependency>

Listing 6: Unusable Reference to API

The standard Java EE 6 APIs in the Maven repository were processed by a tool, which removes the method body implementation from the bytecode and makes the javaee-web-api dependency unusable for unit testing. Any attempt to load the classes from the Java EE 6 API leads to an error like the following:

Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/enterprise/util/TypeLiteral

java.lang.ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/enterprise/util/TypeLiteral
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassCond(ClassLoader.java:632)

Listing 7: Error Caused by Loading a Class from Java EE 6 API

You should replace the Java EE 6 API classes by the application vendor implementation. For GlassFish v3.1, the most convenient way is to use the single dependency on the embedded container:

 <dependency>
    <groupId>org.glassfish.extras</groupId>
    <artifactId>glassfish-embedded-all</artifactId>
    <version>3.1</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
 </dependency>

Listing 8: Java EE 6 API Replacement

Regards,