Creating a SOAP connection factory fails due to ClassCastException

Jira Development
#1

Hi guys,

I wrote a Jira plugin that sends and receives data to/from a SOAP web service after certain IssueEvents occured. For this I wrote a simple SOAP client using javax.xml.soap to send a request via HTTP. This all works fine when I call and test the client directly but fails whenever I upload the plugin to my local Jira.

I get the following error when calling SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance():

javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: 
	Unable to create SOAP connection factory: 
	com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.client.p2p.HttpSOAPConnectionFactory cannot be cast to javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnectionFactor

Does anyone know what to make of this? I’m relatively new to Jira development and especially web services.

#2

Hello!

I also encountered a similar problem. Mine, also triggered by SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance() was:

Unable to create SOAP connection factory: Provider com.sun.xml.internal.messaging.saaj.client.p2p.HttpSOAPConnectionFactory not found

My workaround was to add these in the pom.xml dependencies:

<dependency>
   <groupId>javax.xml.soap</groupId>
   <artifactId>javax.xml.soap-api</artifactId>
   <version>1.4.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
   <groupId>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj</groupId>
   <artifactId>saaj-impl</artifactId>
   <version>1.4.0</version>
   <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
#3

My jira version is 8.5.3 and jdk 11. I am having the same problem and adding those dependencies did not solve the issue. My project has the soap client as dependency in pom xml. so I have this separate soap client mvn project and there all code works without problem. but when I deploy the jira plugin then I get

Caused by: javax.xml.soap.SOAPException: Unable to create SOAP connection factory: Provider com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj.client.p2p.HttpSOAPConnectionFactory not found

I believe I am missing something in my jira plugin pom. Any pointers would highly appreciated. I tried to add com.sun.* to Export-Package or Import-Package result did not change.

And when I check the obr file. Actually I can see that HttpSOAPConnectionFactory is in the right folder.

#4

Have you tried:

  • atlas-clean
  • atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse
  • atlas-package

as changes in the pom.xml file are not automatically updated.

#5

I have been doing clean and package all the time. I like to deploy the plugin manually. And yes same exception.

#6

Hmm okay.

I’m not really sure if this helps, but if you are using an IDE, make sure that your maven home directory is from the atlassian-plugin-sdk 's path and not a bundled maven.

Also, the atlas-mvn command sometimes seems to re-import maven dependencies that atlas-package doesn’t, so I’d try that as well.

Regarding the pom dependencies, my xml contains these:

<dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
            <artifactId>jira-api</artifactId>
            <version>${jira.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.servicedesk</groupId>
            <artifactId>jira-servicedesk-api</artifactId>
            <version>${jira.service.desk.version}</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.plugin</groupId>
            <artifactId>atlassian-spring-scanner-annotation</artifactId>
            <version>${atlassian.spring.scanner.version}</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.atlassian.plugin</groupId>
            <artifactId>atlassian-spring-scanner-runtime</artifactId>
            <version>${atlassian.spring.scanner.version}</version>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
            <version>1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
            <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.2-atlassian-1</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.6.6</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
            <version>2.5.6</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.xml.soap</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.xml.soap-api</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.0</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.sun.xml.messaging.saaj</groupId>
            <artifactId>saaj-impl</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.0</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

I did not change my build part.

#7

The issue is with JDK 11. The required packages were removed. You need to manually add them yourself in the pom or use jdk8.

https://www.studytonight.com/post/solved-unable-to-create-saaj-metafactory-provider-saajmetafactoryimpl-not-found