Does iReport 5.1.0 work with WebSphere 8

[hahagal]

Hi,

I need to know if iReport 5.1.0 work with WebSphere 8. I put some of the iReport jar files into lib/ext folder. But when I navigate the WebSphere 8 admin console, I get errors.

[5/20/13 16:51:05:343 com.ibm.websphere.servlet.error.ServletErrorReport: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/commons/beanutils/PropertyUtils.removeBidiChars(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1320)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:775)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:457)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.invokeTarget(WebAppFilterChain.java:136)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:97)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.setUpCommandAssistance(WSCUrlFilter.java:950)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.continueStoringTaskState(WSCUrlFilter.java:499)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.doFilter(WSCUrlFilter.java:320)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:928)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1025)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:87)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:908)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:195)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:453)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:515)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:306)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:83)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:166)[5/20/13 16:51:05:344         at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1691)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345 Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/commons/beanutils/PropertyUtils.removeBidiChars(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter$HttpServletRequestWrapperConsole.getParameter(WSCUrlFilter.java:1147)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.CSRFUtils.verifyCSRFTokenInRequest(CSRFUtils.java:56)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.ConfigFileHelper.isSessionValid(ConfigFileHelper.java:1100)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.console.core.action.NavigatorAction.execute(NavigatorAction.java:29)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(Unknown Source)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(Unknown Source)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(Unknown Source)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:575)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1225)[5/20/13 16:51:05:345         ... 28 more[5/20/13 16:51:05:343 SGT] 0000002f servlet       E       com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper service Uncaught service() exception thrown by servlet action: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/commons/beanutils/PropertyUtils.removeBidiChars(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter$HttpServletRequestWrapperConsole.getParameter(WSCUrlFilter.java:1147)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.CSRFUtils.verifyCSRFTokenInRequest(CSRFUtils.java:56)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.ConfigFileHelper.isSessionValid(ConfigFileHelper.java:1100)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.action.NavigatorAction.execute(NavigatorAction.java:29)       at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(Unknown Source)       at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(Unknown Source)       at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(Unknown Source)       at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(Unknown Source)       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:575)       at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1225)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:775)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:457)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.handleRequest(ServletWrapperImpl.java:178)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.invokeTarget(WebAppFilterChain.java:136)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:97)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.setUpCommandAssistance(WSCUrlFilter.java:950)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.continueStoringTaskState(WSCUrlFilter.java:499)       at com.ibm.ws.console.core.servlet.WSCUrlFilter.doFilter(WSCUrlFilter.java:320)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:195)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:91)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:928)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:1025)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:87)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:908)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)       at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:195)       at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:453)       at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:515)       at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:306)       at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:83)       at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:166)       at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)       at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)       at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)       at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)       at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)       at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)       at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1691)[5/20/13 16:51:05:343 SGT] 0000002f SystemOut     O WSCUrlFilter exception using CSRFResponseWrapper: com.ibm.websphere.servlet.error.ServletErrorReport: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/apache/commons/beanutils/PropertyUtils.removeBidiChars(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;

[ilona]

Yes, JRS works with Websphere 8, so iReport also works with Websphere 8.

[eluzgin]

I have encountered the same issue. The root cause of this problem is that IBM WebSphere is using internally a completely different version of beanutils library, which has a different set of public methods in the same class - PropertyUtils.

By placing your commons-beanutils library under ext, which is a global location for all applications - it takes precedence over library used by IBM admin console and thus breaking it as it's trying to call non-existent method.

This is a classical jar libraries conflict - when you have two or more jars which have different definitions of the same class name on a classpath.

You have to use some file tool which allows you to search for class name across all jar files recursively in IBM Web Sphere folder structure. I use Far Manager (http://www.farmanager.com/) for it and found multiple jars used internally in IBM WEB Sphere which come in conflict with the commons-beanutils library used by iReport library.

The only logical solution for this problem is to place these libraries in the scope of visibility of your application only and remove it from global lib/ext folder.

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

[eluzgin]

Just placing commons-beanutils-1.8.2.jar under WebSphere 8 lib or lib/ext folder will crash server admin console on restart. So you effectively unable to manage server. The only workaround in this case - limiting exposure of beanutils library to the scope of your application only.