In WebLogic 12.2.1.2 Application Deployment is Failing with Error "com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Unexpected Character '.' (code 46)" (Doc ID 2259567.1)

Last updated on JUNE 12, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

During the start of a 12.2.1.2 WebLogic Managed Servers, the application (e.g. <APP-NAME>) is failing to deploy with the below error:

<Apr 19, 2017, 10:53:47,295 AM EDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149231> <Unable to set the activation state to true for the application "<APP-NAME>".
weblogic.application.ModuleException: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Unexpected character '.' (code 46) in prolog; expected '<'
at [row,col,system-id]: [1,1,"file:MW-HOME/config/domains/<DOMAIN NAME>/"]
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.activate(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:123)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.activate(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:114)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$2.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:212)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$2.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:207)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:45)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: com.ctc.wstx.exc.WstxUnexpectedCharException: Unexpected character '.' (code 46) in prolog; expected '<'
at [row,col,system-id]: [1,1,"file:MW-HOME/config/domains/<DOMAIN NAME>/"]
at com.ctc.wstx.sr.StreamScanner.throwUnexpectedChar(StreamScanner.java:639)
at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.nextFromProlog(BasicStreamReader.java:2052)
at com.ctc.wstx.sr.BasicStreamReader.next(BasicStreamReader.java:1134)
at com.sun.xml.ws.util.xml.XMLStreamReaderFilter.next(XMLStreamReaderFilter.java:96)
at com.sun.xml.ws.streaming.XMLStreamReaderUtil.next(XMLStreamReaderUtil.java:80)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace

This application seamlessly worked in older 11.1.1.7 and 12.1.3 WebLogic versions, but failing to get deployed in latest 12.2.1.2 WebLogic versions. 

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