Tomcat - A child container failed during start - After converting maven to gradle - spring

Question

I converted my project from maven to gradle.
After converting while startup my tomcat server I am getting the following error log.
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Tabserve-Superadmin]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192) at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1120)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:819)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1572)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1562)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Tabserve-Superadmin]]
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
... 6 more Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
javax.servlet.ServletContext.getVirtualServerName()Ljava/lang/String;
at
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsServerContainer.(WsServerContainer.java:147)
at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsSci.init(WsSci.java:131) at
org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsSci.onStartup(WsSci.java:47) at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5573)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 6 more
Nov 01, 2016 2:37:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase
startInternal SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]] at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122) at
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192) at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1120)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:444)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:756)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:693) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294) at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:428) Caused
by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
[StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]] at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1572)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1562)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed
during start at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:819)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 6 more
Nov 01, 2016 2:37:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
SEVERE: The required Server component failed to start so Tomcat is
unable to start. org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to
start component [StandardServer[8005]] at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:693) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:294) at
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:428) Caused
by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component
[StandardService[Catalina]] at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:756)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 7 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed
to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]] at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:444)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 9 more Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child
container failed during start at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:300)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
... 11 more
These are my dependencies
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
apply plugin: 'war'
war {
baseName = 'MyApp'
version = '0.0.1'
}
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
repositories {
mavenLocal()
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'lib')
compile project(':Model_v102')
compile("org.springframework:spring-core:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-context-support:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-beans:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-context:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-tx:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-orm:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-web:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("org.springframework:spring-jms:3.1.0.RELEASE")
compile("dom4j:dom4j:1.1")
compile("cglib:cglib:2.1_3")
compile("com.google.code.gson:gson:1.7.1")
compile("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.12.4")
compile("org.apache.commons:commons-io:1.3.2")
compile("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.2.2")
compile('commons-codec:commons-codec:1.7')
compile("org.jasypt:jasypt:1.7.1")
compile("net.sf.ehcache:ehcache-core:2.5.2")
compile("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6")
compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.6.1")
compile("javassist:javassist:3.12.0.GA")
compile("com.sun.faces:jsf-api:2.1.7")
compile("com.sun.faces:jsf-impl:2.1.7")
compile("javax:javaee-api:6.0")
compile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
compile("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:3.5.1-Final")
compile("org.hibernate:hibernate-annotations:3.5.1-Final")
compile("mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.15")
compile("org.primefaces:primefaces:3.5")
compile("joda-time:joda-time:2.1")
compile("c3p0:c3p0:0.9.1.1")
//compile("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
compile("com.caucho:resin-hessian:4.0.1")
compile("org.apache.poi:poi:3.7")
compile("com.itextpdf:itextpdf:5.0.6")
compile("net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:6.1.0")
compile("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.1.1")
compile("log4j:log4j:1.2.15")
//providedCompile("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:7.0.29")
testCompile("junit:junit")
}

Answer 1

The root cause is:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.getVirtualServerName()Ljava/lang/String
This method has been added in Servlet 3.1. Are you sure you are deploying to the correct Tomcat version?

Answer 2

As #chkal said it looks like a different version of servlet-api is on the classpath. Try comparing the following from command line
mvn dependency:tree (from the old maven build)
gradle dependencies (from the gradle build)
I'm guessing the servlet-api version is different in maven vs gradle build. Maven will use a "nearest definition wins" strategy to resolve multiple versions of an artifact whereas gradle will use the latest version. Note that you can customise the way that gradle resolves dependencies.