Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status:
Closed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: 2.8
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Fix Version/s: 2.9
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Component/s: PicoContainer (Java)
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Labels:None
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Environment:Any
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Patch Submitted:Yes
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Number of attachments :
Description
When a container configured with a lifecycle reflection strategy is started and that a container component throws a InvocationTargetException during startup, the ReflectionLifecycleStrategy class can fails when trying to cast the InvocationTargetException cause to (Error). All the original stack trace is lost and make it impossible to know what has really happened and debug the real problem.
See patch for the most clearest explanation possible : the code 
Issue Links
- is depended upon by
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SONAR-1018
NoClassDefFoundError is not correctly handled by the Sonar Maven plugin
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Activity
Sorry to come back on this issue, but this bug is becoming very critical for Sonar. Any chance to be applied in a upcoming version ? Thanks for your help.
Freddy
Freddy Mallet
added a comment - Sorry to come back on this issue, but this bug is becoming very critical for Sonar. Any chance to be applied in a upcoming version ? Thanks for your help.
Freddy Fixed, test added.
Paul Hammant
added a comment - Fixed, test added. Thanks a lot Paul !
Freddy Mallet
added a comment - Thanks a lot Paul ! 
For instance, when a NoClassDefFoundError is encountered we get the following exception and there is no way to get the root message :
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError cannot b e cast to java.lang.Exception at org.picocontainer.lifecycle.ReflectionLifecycleStrategy.invokeMethod( ReflectionLifecycleStrategy.java:115) at org.picocontainer.lifecycle.ReflectionLifecycleStrategy.start(Reflect ionLifecycleStrategy.java:89) at org.picocontainer.adapters.InstanceAdapter.start(InstanceAdapter.java :113) at org.picocontainer.adapters.InstanceAdapter.start(InstanceAdapter.java :91) at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.startAdapters(DefaultPicoConta iner.java:882) at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.start(DefaultPicoContainer.jav a:630)