Re: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Truncated class file

From:
Karl Lopes <karl_lopes@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:12:44 GMT
Message-ID:
<Xns9E4FE1F4DF546karllopesyahoocom@69.16.185.247>
The problem is occuring in the load class method in JasperLoader. I
suspect your jsp is not getting compiled: (method is below).
Two things can be done here:
1. Put a breakpoint in JasperLoader in the above class and see what
happens.
2. Try to precompile your JSPs and see which one fails. That should give
you a start. (Ref: http://scriptlandia.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-to-pre-
compile-jsp-pages-for.html)
Karl.

/*
public Class loadClass(final String name, boolean resolve)
   95 throws ClassNotFoundException {
   96
   97 Class clazz = null;
   98
   99 // (0) Check our previously loaded class cache
  100 clazz = findLoadedClass(name);
  101 if (clazz != null) {
  102 if (resolve)
  103 resolveClass(clazz);
  104 return (clazz);
  105 }
  106
  107 // (.5) Permission to access this class when using a
SecurityManager
  108 if (securityManager != null) {
  109 int dot = name.lastIndexOf('.');
  110 if (dot >= 0) {
  111 try {
  112 // Do not call the security manager since by
default, we grant that package.
  113 if
(!"org.apache.jasper.runtime".equalsIgnoreCase(name.substring(0,dot))){
  114 securityManager.checkPackageAccess
(name.substring(0,dot));
  115 }
  116 } catch (SecurityException se) {
  117 String error = "Security Violation, attempt
to use " +
  118 "Restricted Class: " + name;
  119 se.printStackTrace();
  120 throw new ClassNotFoundException(error);
  121 }
  122 }
  123 }
  124
  125 if( !name.startsWith(Constants.JSP_PACKAGE_NAME + '.') )
{
  126 // Class is not in org.apache.jsp, therefore, have
our
  127 // parent load it
  128 clazz = parent.loadClass(name);
  129 if( resolve )
  130 resolveClass(clazz);
  131 return clazz;
  132 }
  133
  134 return findClass(name);
  135 }

*/

laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote in
news:6e10c54e-be59-4b4e-b228-4633082726b0@v6g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

Hi, I'm using Java 1.6 with Tomcat 6.0.26. When we are visiting
certain JSPs, we are getting the error below. All the literature I
have found so far pertains to applets, so I wanted to float this out
to the group to see what advice you have about troubleshooting this
further. Thanks, - Dave

java.lang.ClassFormatError: Truncated class file
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
        at
java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:
124)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:
260)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:56)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:
134)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:66)
        at
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.load

(JspCompilationContext.java

: 598)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.getServlet

(JspServletWrappe

r.java: 144)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service

(JspServletWrapper.j

ava: 329)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:
320)
        at
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:
803)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter

(Applic

ationFilterChain.java: 290)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter

(ApplicationFil

terChain.java: 206)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke

(ApplicationDispat

cher.java: 654) at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest

(Applicati

onDispatcher.java: 445)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward

(ApplicationDis

patcher.java: 379)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward

(ApplicationDispa

tcher.java: 292)
        at
com.lvcva.servlet.generic.GenericHttpServlet.callView

(GenericHttpServle

t.java: 610) at
com.lvcva.servlet.dine.DiningServlet.details(DiningServlet.java:272)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor457.invoke(Unknown
Source) at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke

(DelegatingMethodAccesso

rImpl.java: 25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at
com.lvcva.servlet.generic.GenericHttpServlet.doGet

(GenericHttpServlet.j

ava: 587)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:
690)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:
803)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter

(Applic

ationFilterChain.java: 290)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter

(ApplicationFil

terChain.java: 206)
        at
com.lvcva.filter.RecordPageFilter.doFilter(RecordPageFilter.java:30)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter

(Applic

ationFilterChain.java: 235)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter

(ApplicationFil

terChain.java: 206)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke

(StandardWrapperVal

ve.java: 230)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke

(StandardContextVal

ve.java: 175)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke

(StandardHostValve.jav

a: 128)
        at
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke

(ErrorReportValve.jav

a: 104)
        at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke

(StandardEngineValve

.java: 109)
        at
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service

(CoyoteAdapter.java:

261)
        at
org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:190)
        at
org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:283)
        at
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:767)
        at
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection

(ChannelSocket.java

: 697)
        at org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket
$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:889)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool
$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:686)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

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