Error starting jboss server

Question

I've just finished re-installing my OS, and as always install and test standard tools which I use, and now I get this error like never before when I tried to start Jboss 5 from eclipse, its quite big exeption :

3:53:10,693 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Instantiated: name=AttachmentStore state=Described java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong arguments. new for target java.lang.reflect.Constructor expected=[java.net.URI] actual=[java.io.File]     at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.handleErrors(ReflectionUtils.java:395)     at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:153)     at org.jboss.reflect.plugins.introspection.ReflectConstructorInfoImpl.newInstance(ReflectConstructorInfoImpl.java:106)     at org.jboss.joinpoint.plugins.BasicConstructorJoinPoint.dispatch(BasicConstructorJoinPoint.java:80)     at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.createTarget(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:282)     at org.jboss.aop.microcontainer.integration.AOPConstructorJoinpoint.dispatch(AOPConstructorJoinpoint.java:103)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction$JoinpointDispatchWrapper.execute(KernelControllerContextAction.java:241)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.ExecutionWrapper.execute(ExecutionWrapper.java:47)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchExecutionWrapper(KernelControllerContextAction.java:109)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.KernelControllerContextAction.dispatchJoinPoint(KernelControllerContextAction.java:70)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstantiateAction.installActionInternal(InstantiateAction.java:66)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1631)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:934)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:774)     at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:540)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBean(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:319)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deployBeans(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:297)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.deploy(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:130)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.BasicKernelDeployer.deploy(BasicKernelDeployer.java:76)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:91)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.TempBasicXMLDeployer.deploy(TempBasicXMLDeployer.java:161)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:138)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:450)     at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)     at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Failed to boot JBoss: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Incompletely deployed:  DEPLOYMENTS IN ERROR:   Deployment "AttachmentStore" is in error due to: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong arguments. new for target java.lang.reflect.Constructor expected=[java.net.URI] actual=[java.io.File]  DEPLOYMENTS MISSING DEPENDENCIES:   Deployment "ProfileServiceBootstrap" is missing the following dependencies:     Dependency "ProfileService" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "Instantiated")     Dependency "jboss.kernel:service=Kernel" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "**ERROR**")   Deployment "ProfileServiceDeployer" is missing the following dependencies:     Dependency "AttachmentStore" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "**ERROR**")   Deployment "ProfileService" is missing the following dependencies:     Dependency "ProfileServiceDeployer" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "Instantiated")     Dependency "jboss.kernel:service=KernelController" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "**ERROR**")   Deployment "ProfileServicePersistenceDeployer" is missing the following dependencies:     Dependency "AttachmentStore" (should be in state "Installed", but is actually in state "**ERROR**")      at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.internalValidate(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:278)     at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.deployment.AbstractKernelDeployer.validate(AbstractKernelDeployer.java:174)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.microcontainer.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:142)     at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:450)     at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)     at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 23:53:11,600 INFO  [ServerImpl] Runtime shutdown hook called, forceHalt: true 23:53:11,615 INFO  [ServerImpl] Shutdown complete  

Did anyone had the similar problem before?I've never encountered it so far

Answer 1

Looks like a bug that occurs with certain specific combinations of JRE and OS versions (see https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-6981). Basically, the JBoss config is relying on reflection to return constructors in a certain order, and in some cases this order is different, causing the exception. Did you change your JRE version when you reinstalled, say from 1.6.0_17 to _18?

Anyway, the workaround is described in the JIRA issue, and also here. You need to change the content of conf/bootstrap/profile.xml. Look for the definition of the AttachmentStore, and change the constructor line so that it starts like this (i.e. add the class XML attribute to the parameter tag):

<constructor><parameter class="java.io.File"><inject … 

The original version doesn't have the class="java.io.File" attribute.

Pretty sloppy of the JBoss folks, but there you go.