deploying vaadin dashboard

Hi All,

I am trying to modify the vaadin dashboard and compiling and deploying the same on tomcat server.

I am able to build and make the WAR file and deploy it on the server and run the application.


However whenever I shutdown the tomcat server (with teh Vaadin Dashboard Demo Application deployed) and restart the services, tomcat refuses to start giving the Error :

INFO: validateJarFile(D:\Vikas-Soft\tomcat-7.0.53-win-32bit\tomcat-7.0.53\webapps\quicktickets-dashboard-1.0.1\WEB-INF\lib\servlet-api-2.5-6.1.11.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 3.0, section 10.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class

Oct 31, 2014 2:31:30 AM org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager doLoad
SEVERE: IOException while loading persisted sessions: java.io.WriteAbortedExcept
ion: writing aborted; java.io.NotSerializableException: com.vaadin.demo.dashboar
d.data.DataProvider
java.io.WriteAbortedException: writing aborted; java.io.NotSerializableException
: com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.data.DataProvider
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1354)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1990)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1915)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1184)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:1017)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1893)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1990)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1915)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.readObject(StandardSession.java:1595)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.readObjectData(StandardSession.java:1060)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doLoad(StandardManager.java:282)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.load(StandardManager.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.startInternal(StandardManager.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5476)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1073)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.
java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor
.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.data.Data
Provider
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1183)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1547)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1508)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:347)
at java.util.HashMap.writeObject(HashMap.java:1133)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:988)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1495)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1547)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1508)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:347)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.writeObject(StandardSession.java:1671)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.writeObjectData(StandardSession.java:1077)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doUnload(StandardManager.java:430)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.unload(StandardManager.java:351)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.stopInternal(StandardManager.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5655)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1564)
… 4 more

Oct 31, 2014 2:31:30 AM org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager startInternal
SEVERE: Exception loading sessions from persistent storage
java.io.WriteAbortedException: writing aborted; java.io.NotSerializableException
: com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.data.DataProvider
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1354)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1990)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1915)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at java.util.HashMap.readObject(HashMap.java:1184)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeReadObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:1017)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1893)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1990)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1915)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1798)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1350)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:370)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.readObject(StandardSession.java:1595)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.readObjectData(StandardSession.java:1060)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doLoad(StandardManager.java:282)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.load(StandardManager.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.startInternal(StandardManager.java:489)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5476)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:632)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1073)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1857)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.data.Data
Provider
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1183)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1547)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1508)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:347)
at java.util.HashMap.writeObject(HashMap.java:1133)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at java.io.ObjectStreamClass.invokeWriteObject(ObjectStreamClass.java:988)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1495)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1547)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1508)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1431)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1177)
at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:347)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.writeObject(StandardSession.java:1671)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSession.writeObjectData(StandardSession.java:1077)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.doUnload(StandardManager.java:430)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.unload(StandardManager.java:351)
at org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager.stopInternal(StandardManager.java:516)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stopInternal(StandardContext.java:5655)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.stop(LifecycleBase.java:232)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StopChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1564)
… 4 more


Pls Advise

Hi Vikas
Are you sure you’re using the newest version of the Dashboard project? The resulting war-package shouldn’t contain a servlet-api jar and DataProvider should be just an interface.

I’m having some NotSerializable exceptions too. Not on DataProvider, but on DashboardEventBus. The project indeed starts, but with those errors.

Also when opening the app on the browser, an error is shown: “Failed to load the widgetset: ./VAADIN/widgetsets/com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.DashboardWidgetSet/com.vaadin.demo.dashboard.DashboardWidgetSet.nocache.js?1421233622211”

Project was imported as a Maven Project on Eclipse. Dependencies resolve fine and so on.

I’m using the latest version of the app on Github. Commit: dc9e620bf2e28341854b1c7292ca3134bd0ca421

Could you please give me some advice on this? Thank you.

Regarding the “Failed to load the widgetset”, the solution was to compile de widgeset (clever, right? :P)

NotSerializable exceptions are still presents, but the app is running, so I guess it is not a problem. But is worth mentioning.

The serialization exceptions come because your Tomcat is configured to save sessions to disk on shutdown and reload them on startup. As the session in the application contains non-serializable classes, saving of those sessions fails but that should not affect anything else than disabling keeping of those sessions over server restart.

You can disable this feature in your Tomcat by uncommenting the Manager line in your Tomcat context.xml .

Thank you so much for your answer, your clear explanation about the cause of the problem and also for your time.

Great service support!