Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sql/STRUCT after 11g/GF3.1.2 upgrade

Question

We have recently upgraded all of our servers from:
Java 1.6.31 to 1.6.32
and
Glassfish 3.1.1 to 3.1.2
We upgraded our development server from Oracle 10g to 11g.
Our live servers are working fine. Our development server now is spewing out a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sql/STRUCT error whenever it encounters a servlet or page which uses this class.
ojdbc14.jar and sdopai.jar were included within the WAR file, and I have tried with them excluded from the WAR file to no avail. We have tried reverting the version of ojdbc.jar on the server to the earlier version, this has made no different.
Any ideas? The full stack trace is below:
[#|2012-05-28T16:15:34.950+0100|WARNING|glassfish3.1.2|javax.enterprise.system.container.web.com.sun.enterprise.web|_ThreadID=80;_ThreadName=Thread-2;|StandardWrapperValve[EnterDataSS]: PWC1406: Servlet.service() for servlet EnterDataSS threw exception
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sql/STRUCT
at oracle.spatial.geometry.JGeometry.load(JGeometry.java:3097)
at Bto.Location.LocatorUtils.JavaScriptifySDO(LocatorUtils.java:97)
at Bto.Chats.Controllers.EnterDataModuleMain.<init>(EnterDataModuleMain.java:136)
at Bto.Chats.SessionBean.initialiseEdm2(SessionBean.java:348)
at Bto.Chats.Servlets.Enter.EnterDataSS.processRequest(EnterDataSS.java:36)
at Bto.Chats.Servlets.ChatsServlet.doGet(ChatsServlet.java:90)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:668)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:770)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1542)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:281)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:655)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:595)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:161)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:331)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:231)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper$AdapterCallable.call(ContainerMapper.java:317)
at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:195)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(ProcessorTask.java:849)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ajp.AjpProcessorTask.invokeAdapter(AjpProcessorTask.java:135)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.doProcess(ProcessorTask.java:746)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.ProcessorTask.process(ProcessorTask.java:1045)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.DefaultProtocolFilter.execute(DefaultProtocolFilter.java:228)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.executeProtocolFilter(DefaultProtocolChain.java:137)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:104)
at com.sun.grizzly.DefaultProtocolChain.execute(DefaultProtocolChain.java:90)
at com.sun.grizzly.http.HttpProtocolChain.execute(HttpProtocolChain.java:79)
at com.sun.grizzly.ProtocolChainContextTask.doCall(ProtocolChainContextTask.java:54)
at com.sun.grizzly.SelectionKeyContextTask.call(SelectionKeyContextTask.java:59)
at com.sun.grizzly.ContextTask.run(ContextTask.java:71)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:532)
at com.sun.grizzly.util.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:513)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.sql.STRUCT
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Launcher.java:229)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
... 33 more
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Answer 1

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Our live servers are working fine. Our development server now is spewing out a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sql/STRUCT error whenever it encounters a servlet or page which uses this class.
ojdbc14.jar and sdopai.jar were included within the WAR file, and I have tried with them excluded from the WAR file to no avail. We have tried reverting the version of ojdbc.jar on the server to the earlier version, this has made no different.
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If your code can't find the class then you have the classic NoClassDefFoundError problem you get when any other referenced class can't be located.
The oracle/sql/STRUCT class is in the ojdbc14.jar, ojdbc5.jar and ojdbc6.jar so if it can't be found then that class is missing from the jar you are using (which you can tell by examining the jar contents) or the jar is missing from the classpath being used.
As already mentioned you need the Oracle 11 JDBC files to support Java 1.6
Here is the official Oracle JDBC page that shows the Oracle DB versions supported for each of the JDBC drivers available and also describes the JDBC jars and what JDK versions they support.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-faq-090281.html#02_01
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Which JDBC drivers support which versions of Javasoft's JDK?
pre-8i OCI and THIN Drivers - JDK 1.0.x and JDK 1.1.x
8.1.5 OCI and THIN Drivers - JDK 1.0.x and JDK 1.1.x
8.1.6SDK THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x (aka Java2)
8.1.6SDK OCI Driver - Only JDK 1.1.x
8.1.6 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x
8.1.7 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x and JDK 1.2.x
9.0.1 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2.x and JDK 1.3.x
9.2.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.1.x, JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, and JDK 1.4.x
10.1.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, and JDK 1.4.x
10.2.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.2.x, JDK 1.3.x, JDK 1.4.x, and JDK 5.0.x
11.1.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.5.x and JDK 1.6.x
11.2.0 OCI and THIN Driver - JDK 1.5.x and JDK 1.6.x
Please note that JDK 1.4 is not supported by the 11 drivers.