Java.lang.StackOverflowError Running BASIC JSF 2 example on Weblogic 12c

Question

*I followed the very basic tutorial found here  example and cannot seem to get past the following error:*
Error 500--Internal Server Error
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletResponseImpl.addHeader(ServletResponseImpl.java:567)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.addHeader(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:200)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.addHeader(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:200)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.addHeader(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:200)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.addHeader(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:200)
Pressing shift + F5 a couple times I can generate a slightly different stacktrace as follows:
Error 500--Internal Server Error
java.lang.StackOverflowError
at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerResponseWrapper.setStatus(ViewHandlerResponseWrapper.java:88)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.setStatus(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:224)
at com.sun.faces.application.ViewHandlerResponseWrapper.setStatus(ViewHandlerResponseWrapper.java:88)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper.setStatus(HttpServletResponseWrapper.java:224)
Here is my web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>JavaServerFaces</display-name>
<!-- JSF mapping -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Map these files with JSF -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.faces</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
Here is the pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>JavaServerFaces</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>JavaServerFaces Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.1.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>JavaServerFaces</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I have exhausted several hours searching the web and constructing new projects with no luck. I understand that the StackOverflowError is produced from bad recursion calls and infinite loops, however I can't see this as the case here.
My current dev stack is eclipse juno (oepe-12.1.1.2.1-juno-distro-win32-x86_64.zip), m2e-wtp, weblogic 12c, Java EE 6 using JSF 2.1
*If I export the war file using eclipse (Right click the project -> Export -> WAR file) then manually deploy it via the weblogic admin counsel the app works as expected. As soon as I add the project to the server inside eclipse and start the server I can no longer view the page. I noticed that in the autogenerated_ear_ folder per my domain that each project project folder is actually empty.*
Any help would me MUCH appreciated!!
UPDATE - Solved the problem! After adding JSF 2.1 in the pom.xml the JSF 2.1 checkbox was checked in project facets, however it did not add the faces-config.xml to the project. I simple created a new xml file named faces-config.xml under the webapp folder and added the following xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<faces-config xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facesconfig_2_1.xsd" version="2.1">
<application></application>
</faces-config>
I hope this helps others!
Edited by: 1006228 on May 15, 2013 8:21 PM
Edited by: 1006228 on May 16, 2013 6:39 PM

Answer 1

Hi.
Try this http://oracleradio.blogspot.com/2012/01/error-durante-el-deployment-de-un.html
It is in spanish, but the important part is that u may correct the issue, installing 11.1.1.5 with the Feature Pack.
It seems to be happening with processes that have loop formed with boundary event inside a gateway circuit.
Hope this helps.
best