Incompatible neethi.jar with WAS 7

Question

I am deploying one application Apache CXF-2.7.5 with neethi-3.0.2 in websphere 7. I am getting below error. My Application is spring driven. When I degraded Apache CXF to

Answer 1

I had to make 'parent_last' class loading at web module level and delete following jar files from WAR:-

geronimo-servlet_3.0_spec-1.0.jar
geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec-1.7.1.jar
stax-api-1.0.1.jar

This is because of the AssertionBuilderFactory was an implementation in 2.0.5 version of neethi.jar but is an interface in 3.0.2 which we are using due to CXF 2.7.5.

Since these jar files are automatically added at build time due to CXF dependencies, I think we'll have to manually delete these jars from WAR before deployment in WAS. Also with each deployment, we'll have to change Class Loader setting for our WAR.

To change the Class Loader order, use following path:- Enterprise Applications > MyApplicationWAR > Manage Modules > MyApplicationWAR

EDIT:

You can do the same from your POM file using tag

            org.apache.cxf
            cxf-bundle-jaxrs
            ${cxf.version}
            
                
                    org.apache.geronimo.specs
                    geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec
                
                
                    org.apache.geronimo.specs
                    geronimo-servlet_3.0_spec
                
            
        


        
            org.codehaus.jettison
            jettison
            ${jettison.version}
            
                
                    stax
                    stax-api