JasperReports NoClassDefFoundError exception on net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser

Question

When trying to export on WebLogic 11g, it throws NoClassDefFound exception. I checked the application WAR and jasperreports-3.7.4.jar is included in WEB-INF/lib folder. What

Answer 1

for my case, jasperreports 6.8.0, worked the change of project dependency xml-apis from version

    
            xml-apis
            xml-apis
            2.0.2
    

to

    
            xml-apis
            xml-apis
            1.4.01
    

as proposed in jaspersoft community forum https://community.jaspersoft.com/questions/825173/could-not-initialize-class-netsfjasperreportsengineutiljrstyledtextparser