"NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xml/serializer/OutputPropertiesFactory" Whilst Deploying CS During Upgrade From 11.1.1.6.1 To 11.1.1.8.0 (Doc ID 2053411.1)

Last updated on JULY 25, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Issue whilst deploying Sites during upgrade from 11.1.1.6.1 to 11.1.1.8.0. Deployment of Sites fails with the following exceptions on-screen in the WLS console:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Getting Deployment configuration...
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xml/serializer/OutputPropertiesFactory

and in WLS logs:

#### <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '0' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <> at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.DeploymentConfigurationImpl.getDConfigBeanRoot(DeploymentConfigurationImpl.java:171)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeWithConfig(SessionHelper.java:798)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initialize(SessionHelper.java:739)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:556)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:544)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.tools.SessionHelper.initializeConfiguration(SessionHelper.java:627)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentConfigurationHelper$1.execute(DeploymentConfigurationHelper.java:838)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentUtils.runDeploymentAction(DeploymentUtils.java:5022)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentConfigurationHelper.initDeploymentConfiguration(DeploymentConfigurationHelper.java:827)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentConfigurationHelper.completeInitialization(DeploymentConfigurationHelper.java:428)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentConfigurationManager.getDeploymentConfiguration(DeploymentConfigurationManager.java:130)
   at com.bea.console.utils.DeploymentConfigurationManager.getDeploymentConfiguration(DeploymentConfigurationManager.java:65)
...
   at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
Caused by: javax.enterprise.deploy.spi.exceptions.InvalidModuleException: [J2EE Deployment SPI:260050]'weblogic.j2ee.descriptor.wl.WeblogicWebAppBeanDConfig' does not implement weblogic.deploy.api.spi.WebLogicDConfigBeanRoot, or cannot be instantiated: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xml/serializer/OutputPropertiesFactory.
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.DeploymentConfigurationImpl.initDConfig(DeploymentConfigurationImpl.java:726)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.DeploymentConfigurationImpl.getDConfigBeanRoot(DeploymentConfigurationImpl.java:157)
... 63 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/xml/serializer/OutputPropertiesFactory
   at org.apache.xalan.templates.OutputProperties.(OutputProperties.java:83)
   at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:88)
   at org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl.newTransformer(TransformerFactoryImpl.java:823)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.model.internal.DDBeanImpl.getTextFromNode(DDBeanImpl.java:253)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.model.internal.DDBeanImpl.getNodeText(DDBeanImpl.java:245)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.model.internal.DDBeanImpl.getText(DDBeanImpl.java:79)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.internal.utils.ConfigHelper.getNSPrefix(ConfigHelper.java:74)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.BasicDConfigBeanRoot.setNamespace(BasicDConfigBeanRoot.java:440)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.BasicDConfigBeanRoot.(BasicDConfigBeanRoot.java:89)
   at weblogic.j2ee.descriptor.wl.WeblogicWebAppBeanDConfig.(WeblogicWebAppBeanDConfig.java:60)
   at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
   at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
   at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
   at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.DeploymentConfigurationImpl.constructDCB(DeploymentConfigurationImpl.java:606)
   at weblogic.deploy.api.spi.config.DeploymentConfigurationImpl.initDConfig(DeploymentConfigurationImpl.java:693)
... 64 more

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