WebCenter Application Fails to Load After Upgrading to 12.2.1.3 : Failed to initialize the application "webcenter" due to error weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.wordnik.swagger.jersey.config.JerseyJaxrsConfig (Doc ID 2573076.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 14, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

The WebCenter application fails to load after upgrading from 12.2.1.0 to 12.2.1.3.
The JVM's startst fine, but the webcenter application fails to load.

ERROR

The WC_Portal.out file shows the following errors:

<Date> <Error> <HTTP> <BEA-101371> <There was a failure when processing annotations for application /<DOMAIN_HOME>/servers/WC_Portal/tmp/_WL_user/webcenter/7crphl/webcenter-rest.war. Ensure that the annotations are valid. The error is com.wordnik.swagger.jersey.config.JerseyJaxrsConfig>

<Date> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149205> <Failed to initialize the application "webcenter" due to error weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.wordnik.swagger.jersey.config.JerseyJaxrsConfig
weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.wordnik.swagger.jersey.config.JerseyJaxrsConfig
     at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.prepare(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:114)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:100)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$1.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:192)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$1.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:187)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver$ParallelChange.run(StateMachineDriver.java:83)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.wordnik.swagger.jersey.config.JerseyJaxrsConfig
     at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findLocalClass(GenericClassLoader.java:1029)
     at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findClass(GenericClassLoader.java:990)
     at weblogic.utils.classloaders.ChangeAwareClassLoader.findClass(ChangeAwareClassLoader.java:101)
     at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.doFindClass(GenericClassLoader.java:611)
     at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.loadClass(GenericClassLoader.java:543)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
...

<Date> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149231> <Unable to set the activation state to true for the application "webcenter".
weblogic.application.ModuleException: Module null can not be activated, not in ACTIVATED state: NEW
     at weblogic.diagnostics.module.WLDFModule.activate(WLDFModule.java:328)
     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)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.activate(ModuleStateDriver.java:57)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>

<Date> <Warning> <oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory> <BEA-000000> <Resource META-INF/adf-config.xml not found on the classpath.>
<Date> <Warning> <oracle.adf.share.config.ADFConfigFactory> <BEA-000000> <A default implementation of ADFConfig is being created for application. This can lead to unexpected results in some cases. Please add a basic META-INF/adf-config.xml to your classpath to avoid functional errors.>

STEPS

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Start the portal managed server.
   Here you will see the errors in the log.
   
   
2. Access the webcenter portal URL .
   Here you will get a 404 error.
   
   

Changes

 WebCenter Portal was upgraded from 12.2.1.0 to 12.2.1.3.

Cause

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