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Tomcat 7.0.26 fails to start util.jar mismatch problem

 
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Tomcat was starting until I added functionality that required a util.jar which I added to the Lib directory.
I just can't seem to find the correct Tomcat-util.jar, however.

Environment: Mac OS X 10.9.5
Eclipse: Indigo
Tomcat 7.0.26
Tomcat-util.jar October 16, 2013

Here is the output when I start Tomcat at the command line:

Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/betty80906/Tools/Tomcat_7.0.26/apache-tomcat-7.0.26
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/betty80906/Tools/Tomcat_7.0.26/apache-tomcat-7.0.26
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/betty80906/Tools/Tomcat_7.0.26/apache-tomcat-7.0.26/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Users/betty80906/Tools/Tomcat_7.0.26/apache-tomcat-7.0.26/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Users/betty80906/Tools/Tomcat_7.0.26/apache-tomcat-7.0.26/bin/tomcat-juli.jar

When I issue this command, I see Tomcat is not running:

ps -ef | grep Tomcat
501 816 315 0 11:33AM ttys000 0:00.00 grep Tomcat

Here is catalina.out:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.setRulesValidation(Z)V
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.createStartDigester(Catalina.java:293)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:619)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:281)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:449)


When I start Tomcat within Eclipse, this output is logged in the Console:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.setRulesValidation(Z)V
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.createStartDigester(Catalina.java:293)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:512)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:619)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:281)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:449)

I have tried a couple of util.jar files but can't seem to find one with the missing method.
I currently have the Tomcat-util.jar from October 16, 2013.
Has anyone solved this problem?

 
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Here is the contents of /conf/catalina.properties:

# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
# contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

#
# List of comma-separated packages that start with or equal this string
# will cause a security exception to be thrown when
# passed to checkPackageAccess unless the
# corresponding RuntimePermission ("accessClassInPackage."+package) has
# been granted.
package.access=sun.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache.tomcat.,org.apache.jasper.
#
# List of comma-separated packages that start with or equal this string
# will cause a security exception to be thrown when
# passed to checkPackageDefinition unless the
# corresponding RuntimePermission ("defineClassInPackage."+package) has
# been granted.
#
# by default, no packages are restricted for definition, and none of
# the class loaders supplied with the JDK call checkPackageDefinition.
#
package.definition=sun.,java.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache.tomcat.,org.apache.jasper.

#
#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "common"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank,the JVM system loader will be used as Catalina's "common"
# loader.
# Examples:
# "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
# "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
# repositories
# "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "server"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_HOME or CATALINA_BASE path or absolute.
# If left as blank, the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "server"
# loader.
# Examples:
# "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
# "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
# repositories
# "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
server.loader=

#
# List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "shared"
# classloader. Prefixes should be used to define what is the repository type.
# Path may be relative to the CATALINA_BASE path or absolute. If left as blank,
# the "common" loader will be used as Catalina's "shared" loader.
# Examples:
# "foo": Add this folder as a class repository
# "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class
# repositories
# "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
# Please note that for single jars, e.g. bar.jar, you need the URL form
# starting with file:.
shared.loader=

# List of JAR files that should not be scanned for configuration information
# such as web fragments, TLD files etc. It must be a comma separated list of
# JAR file names.
# The JARs listed below include:
# - Tomcat Bootstrap JARs
# - Tomcat API JARs
# - Catalina JARs
# - Jasper JARs
# - Tomcat JARs
# - Common non-Tomcat JARs
# - Sun JDK JARs
# - Apple JDK JARs
tomcat.util.scan.DefaultJarScanner.jarsToSkip=\
bootstrap.jar,commons-daemon.jar,tomcat-juli.jar,\
annotations-api.jar,el-api.jar,jsp-api.jar,servlet-api.jar,\
catalina.jar,catalina-ant.jar,catalina-ha.jar,catalina-tribes.jar,\
jasper.jar,jasper-el.jar,ecj-*.jar,\
tomcat-api.jar,tomcat-util.jar,tomcat-coyote.jar,tomcat-dbcp.jar,\
tomcat-i18n-en.jar,tomcat-i18n-es.jar,tomcat-i18n-fr.jar,tomcat-i18n-ja.jar,\
tomcat-juli-adapters.jar,catalina-jmx-remote.jar,catalina-ws.jar,\
tomcat-jdbc.jar,\
commons-beanutils*.jar,commons-codec*.jar,commons-collections*.jar,\
commons-dbcp*.jar,commons-digester*.jar,commons-fileupload*.jar,\
commons-httpclient*.jar,commons-io*.jar,commons-lang*.jar,commons-logging*.jar,\
commons-math*.jar,commons-pool*.jar,\
jstl.jar,\
geronimo-spec-jaxrpc*.jar,wsdl4j*.jar,\
ant.jar,ant-junit*.jar,aspectj*.jar,jmx.jar,h2*.jar,hibernate*.jar,httpclient*.jar,\
jmx-tools.jar,jta*.jar,log4j*.jar,mail*.jar,slf4j*.jar,\
xercesImpl.jar,xmlParserAPIs.jar,xml-apis.jar,\
dnsns.jar,ldapsec.jar,localedata.jar,sunjce_provider.jar,sunmscapi.jar,\
sunpkcs11.jar,jhall.jar,tools.jar,\
sunec.jar,zipfs.jar,\
apple_provider.jar,AppleScriptEngine.jar,CoreAudio.jar,dns_sd.jar,\
j3daudio.jar,j3dcore.jar,j3dutils.jar,jai_core.jar,jai_codec.jar,\
mlibwrapper_jai.jar,MRJToolkit.jar,vecmath.jar,\
junit.jar,junit-*.jar,ant-launcher.jar

#
# String cache configuration.
tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.byte.enabled=true
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.char.enabled=true
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.trainThreshold=500000
#tomcat.util.buf.StringCache.cacheSize=5000
 
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What are you doing that "requires" this additional jar? And where did you get it? Generally, if a web app requires libraries, then those should go into WEB-INF/lib, not into Tomcat's lib folder.

It sounds as if the jar clashes with a different version of itself that is also somewhere in the classpath.
 
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I added some code to a Java file that resulted in a message stating the Dispatcher class was needed. I found that would be in the Tomcat-util.jar so added that jar file. The next step was the Method Missing error when trying to start the server. I will have to back up and recreate the class now as I am not exactly sure which step caused the server not to start. I wasn't taking detailed enough notes. It was a very simple tutorial or so I thought!
 
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I just deleted the server and downloaded the latest. Let me see if I have the same problem when I get to that point in the tutorial. Thanks for now.
 
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I just checked my Tomcat 7 installation, and it does have a file called tomcat-util.jar in the lib directory. That contains classes in the "org/apache/tomcat/util" hierarchy, which suggests to me that anything that requires that would be mucking around with Tomcat on a very fundamental level - something I don't recommend you do unless you intend to patch Tomcat in some way.
 
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I just deleted Tomcat and downloaded a newer version which worked just fine. Thank you for looking at this.
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