John.L
John.L

Reputation: 19

Tomcat unknown classloader with java 11

I changed the java of my project from java 8 to java 11 and when tomcat starts it deploys .war files i have specified, however with Java 11 it failed to deploy them , the tomcat is version 5.5 here is the log from Catalina

INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/5.5.36
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:00 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost start
INFO: XML validation disabled
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:00 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader setClassPath
INFO: Unknown loader jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@2cdf8d8a class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:00 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader setClassPath
INFO: Unknown loader jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@2cdf8d8a class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:00 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive axis2.war
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:03 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader setClassPath
INFO: Unknown loader jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@2cdf8d8a class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:05 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive MicroClient.war
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:05 AM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader setClassPath
INFO: Unknown loader jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@2cdf8d8a class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader
Sep 02, 2020 10:09:05 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart

Any suggestions where the problem can be?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1399

Answers (1)

Olaf Kock
Olaf Kock

Reputation: 48057

Tomcat 5.5 was last released 2012-10-09, e.g. 8 years ago, just after its announced end-of-life in September 2012.

Java 11 was released in September 2018, 6 years after Tomcat 5.5 went to unmaintained state.

Any suggestion where the problem can be?

You do the math on release dates above. Upgrade!

Upvotes: 2

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