CODI with ejb stateless on Websphere liberty profile 8.5.5 - websphere-liberty

Question

I cannot launch a webapp that embedd CODI on websphere liberty profile 8.5.5 if the webapp contains a #Stateless ejb.
I get this exception:
[ERROR ] null
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[ERROR ] An error occured while initializing MyFaces: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
[ERROR ] Uncaught.init.exception.thrown.by.servlet
Faces Servlet
codiTest
javax.enterprise.context.ContextNotActiveException: WebBeans context with scope type annotation #ApplicationScoped does not exist within current thread
at org.apache.webbeans.container.BeanManagerImpl.getContext(BeanManagerImpl.java:342)
at [internal classes]
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.core.api.config.CodiCoreConfig_$$_javassist_78.isAdvancedQualifierRequiredForDependencyInjection(CodiCoreConfig_$$_javassist_78.java)
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.jsf.impl.listener.phase.PhaseListenerExtension.consumePhaseListeners(PhaseListenerExtension.java:110)
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.jsf2.impl.listener.phase.CodiLifecycleFactoryWrapper.getLifecycle(CodiLifecycleFactoryWrapper.java:67)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:119)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:322)
at [internal classes]
[ERROR ] SRVE0266E: Error occured while initializing servlets: javax.servlet.ServletException: SRVE0207E: Uncaught initialization exception created by servlet
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:385)
at [internal classes]
Caused by: javax.enterprise.context.ContextNotActiveException: WebBeans context with scope type annotation #ApplicationScoped does not exist within current thread
at org.apache.webbeans.container.BeanManagerImpl.getContext(BeanManagerImpl.java:342)
at [internal classes]
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.core.api.config.CodiCoreConfig_$$_javassist_78.isAdvancedQualifierRequiredForDependencyInjection(CodiCoreConfig_$$_javassist_78.java)
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.jsf.impl.listener.phase.PhaseListenerExtension.consumePhaseListeners(PhaseListenerExtension.java:110)
at org.apache.myfaces.extensions.cdi.jsf2.impl.listener.phase.CodiLifecycleFactoryWrapper.getLifecycle(CodiLifecycleFactoryWrapper.java:67)
at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:119)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:322)
... 1 more
[WARNING ] Unknown RenderKit 'HTML_BASIC'.
[WARNING ] Unknown RenderKit 'HTML_BASIC'.
[ERROR ] An exception occurred
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not find a RenderKit for "HTML_BASIC"
I've constated that the problem occurs only if an ejb is present in the project (in my case a #Stateless ejb).
In this case, the application context is initialized when the server is started and the webapp installed/deployed. No problem here.
When the first HTTP request is handled by the webapp, the FacesServlet is initialized and CodiNavigationHandler is instanciated.
The method CodiNavigationHandler.isAddViewConfigsAsNavigationCaseActivated() is called in the constructor and tries to get a reference on CODI JsfModuleConfig. This JsfModuleConfig has an #ApplicationScoped annotation and the the beanManager tries to get the application context.
This application context has already been created (when the webapp is deployed) but the LibertyContextsService.initApplicationContext(String)has not been called yet.
So the application context is null on the LibertyContextsService.applicationContexts ThreadLocal variable and the error occurs:
WebBeans context with scope type annotation #ApplicationScoped does not exist within current thread
To reproduce:
create a Dynamic Web Project
add an almost empty beans.xml under WEB-INF (just a beans element)
add an almost empty faces-config.xml under WEB-INF (just a faces-config element)
add a web.xml with a faces/index.xhtml
copy codi jars in WEB-INF/lib (http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/myfaces/binaries/myfaces-extcdi-assembly-jsf20-1.0.5-bin.zip)
add a stateless bean:
import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
#Stateless
public class MyBean {
#PostConstruct
public void postConstruct() {
System.out.println("post construct: " + this);
}
public String getTitle() {
return "test";
}
}
add a jsf bean:
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
#Named
public class MyController {
#Inject
private MyBean myBean;
public String getTitle() {
return myBean.getTitle();
}
}
add a simple jsf web page with:
<h:body>
<h:outputText>${myController.title}</h:outputText>
</h:body>
nota: if you remove the #stateless on the ejb, the application works.

Answer 1

Effectively it seems to be a bug (I also post the question on IBM forums: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/topic?id=f372bbc5-5ba4-4c2a-9ef0-0bdcd76766da#09228314-2baf-4892-899e-5a8cc52daa19).
I'm going to try to find a way to create a PMR (I'm in a big company, difficult to find the right person that will grant me access to that).
So for now, I've switched to jboss.