AbstractMethodError Exception Logging Into WebCenter Sites (Doc ID 2100570.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

After updating WebCenter Sites 11.1.1.8.0 to Patch 11, when browsing to http://examplehost/<sites_context>/login returns an error and the page does not fully load:

The following error is seen in the application server log:

com.fatwire.wem.sso.cas.filter.CASFilter ERROR [[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '1' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] - Exception met in filter Chain:
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder.uri(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljavax/ws/rs/core/UriBuilder;
  at com.fatwire.auth.RequestAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RequestAuthenticationFilter.java:223)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
  at COM.FutureTense.Servlet.URLRewriteFilter.doFilter(URLRewriteFilter.java:81)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
  at com.fatwire.wem.sso.cas.filter.CASFilter.doFilter(CASFilter.java:293)
  at com.fatwire.wem.sso.SSOFilter.doFilter(SSOFilter.java:51)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
  at COM.FutureTense.Security.Common.ContentSecurityFilter.doFilter(ContentSecurityFilter.java:65)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.wrapRun(WebAppServletContext.java:3748)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3714)
  at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
  at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2283)
  at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2182)

Cause

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