java.lang.IllegalStateException: [...] could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContex

[Enrico Ascaruta Tangau]

Hi to all.

I'm working on an web application under IBM WAS 6.1 with JSF 1.2, RichFaces 3.3,
the same application was correctly working on a machine but I had the need to migrate to another machine;
I exported and restored the application and the server configuration to the new machine, but...
at the moment to run it, the server start (correctly, i think) but the application responds as follows:

    
[23/08/10 16.39.59:904 CEST] 00000021 ServletWrappe E   SRVE0100E: errore init() non rilevato generato dal servlet Faces Servlet: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:725)
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:239)
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:164)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:220)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:328)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:413)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:486)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3440)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:815)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1461)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:118)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1473)

[23/08/10 16.39.59:904 CEST] 00000021 ServletWrappe E   Deregister the mbean because of uncaught init() exception thrown by servlet Faces Servlet: javax.servlet.ServletException: SRVE0207E: Eccezione di inizializzazione non rilevata generata dal servlet
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:272)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:328)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:413)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:486)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3440)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:815)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1461)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:118)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1473)
---- Begin backtrace for Nested Throwables
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:725)
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:239)
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:164)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:220)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:328)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:413)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:486)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3440)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:815)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1461)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:118)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1473)
, 
[23/08/10 16.39.59:904 CEST] 00000021 WebApp        E   [Servlet Error]-[Faces Servlet]: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder$FactoryManager.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:725)
	at javax.faces.FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.java:239)
	at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.init(FacesServlet.java:164)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:220)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:328)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:413)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:486)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3440)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:815)
	at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1461)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:118)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:267)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.sendToDiscriminators(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:214)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.complete(NewConnectionInitialReadCallback.java:113)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1473)

do you have any suggestion ?

thanks.

byez

[Abzee AntiPro]

This happens when the application tries to look the jsf jars in the lib folder and fails to find it.

just keep all the jsf jars in the lib folder and restart the server.
your problem should be solved

[Bishal Ghimire]

Did you able to resolve that issue? I am having the same problem and I had all my jsf jars in lib and, it still throwing the same error.

[Bishal Ghimire]

Problem resolved. Had bug in the web.xml, incorrect classpath naming issue.

[Mital Pritmani]

I had same exception:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Application was not properly initialized at startup, could not find Factory: javax.faces.context.FacesContextFactory

I solved it by adding listener class for jsf in web.xml as below:

<listener>
        <listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class>
</listener>

[Ankush Kaundal]

Please check which Mojarra you are using..Please try the latest one..