Bug 51340 - Intermittent java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence
Summary: Intermittent java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Tomcat 7
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Catalina (show other bugs)
Version: 7.0.12
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tomcat Developers Mailing List
URL: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_m...
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Reported: 2011-06-08 13:37 UTC by Glyn Normington
Modified: 2011-06-08 15:52 UTC (History)
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2011-06-08 13:39 UTC, Glyn Normington
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Description Glyn Normington 2011-06-08 13:37:25 UTC
An Eclipse Virgo CI build recently failed with the stack trace below. I
haven't seen the problem before, but it seems that at least
one user of vanilla Tomcat has hit the same problem, on Tomcat 6 in 2009 ([1]).

I am raising this bug to get this on the record and perhaps to help identify a pattern of usage that may ultimately lead to a solution.

It is possible that the bug is in the JRE XML processing, of course.

Environment:

Java 6 R21 64 bit (Sun)
Sles 11 x86-64
Tomcat 7.0.12 embedded in development version of Eclipse Virgo 3.0

[1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200902.mbox/%3C36E4692623C5974BA6661C0B18EE8EDFE4138B@MAILSERV.hcrest.com%3E

[2011-06-07 11:07:17.741] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester startElement 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.741] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Begin event threw exception 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.741] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.SetSessionConfig.begin(WebRuleSet.java:722) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1282) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:501) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.742] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1543) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1694) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1197) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:882) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:317) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.743] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5081) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.744] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.internal.StandardWebApplication.start(StandardWebApplication.java:91) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.web.core.internal.WebBundleLifecycleListener.onStarted(WebBundleLifecycleListener.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.StandardArtifactStateMonitor.onStarted(StandardArtifactStateMonitor.java:247) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.asyncStartSucceeded(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:294) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.access$0(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:291) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact$StateMonitorSignal.signalSuccessfulCompletion(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:229) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.core.internal.BundleStartTracker$1.run(BundleStartTracker.java:143) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.745] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.746] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.747] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml file at file:/opt/users/hudsonbuild/workspace/virgo.web-server.snapshot/org.eclipse.virgo.server.smoketest/target/test-expanded/virgo-tomcat-server-3.0.0.CI-2011-06-07_11-01-11/work/org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.deployer_3.0.0.D-20110603101321/staging/global/bundle/org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat/2.0.0.BUILD-20110603145554/org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat-2.0.0.BUILD-20110603145554.jar/conf/web.xml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2687) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2713) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1285) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.748] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:501) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.749] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1543) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1694) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1197) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:882) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:317) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.750] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5081) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.internal.StandardWebApplication.start(StandardWebApplication.java:91) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.web.core.internal.WebBundleLifecycleListener.onStarted(WebBundleLifecycleListener.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.StandardArtifactStateMonitor.onStarted(StandardArtifactStateMonitor.java:247) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.751] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.asyncStartSucceeded(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:294) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.access$0(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:291) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact$StateMonitorSignal.signalSuccessfulCompletion(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:229) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.core.internal.BundleStartTracker$1.run(BundleStartTracker.java:143) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.SetSessionConfig.begin(WebRuleSet.java:722) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.752] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1282) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.753] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        	... 33 more 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.753] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.753] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Occurred at line 468 column 21 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.759] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester startElement 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.759] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Begin event threw exception 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.760] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.760] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.SetSessionConfig.begin(WebRuleSet.java:722) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.760] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1282) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.760] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:501) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.761] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.761] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.762] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.762] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.763] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.763] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.763] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.764] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.764] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.765] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1543) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.765] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1694) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.765] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1197) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.766] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:882) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.766] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:317) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.766] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.767] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.767] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5081) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.767] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.768] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.768] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.769] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.769] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.769] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.internal.StandardWebApplication.start(StandardWebApplication.java:91) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.770] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.web.core.internal.WebBundleLifecycleListener.onStarted(WebBundleLifecycleListener.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.770] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.StandardArtifactStateMonitor.onStarted(StandardArtifactStateMonitor.java:247) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.771] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.asyncStartSucceeded(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:294) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.771] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.access$0(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:291) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.772] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact$StateMonitorSignal.signalSuccessfulCompletion(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:229) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.772] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.core.internal.BundleStartTracker$1.run(BundleStartTracker.java:143) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.773] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.773] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.773] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.775] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.776] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml file at file:/opt/users/hudsonbuild/workspace/virgo.web-server.snapshot/org.eclipse.virgo.server.smoketest/target/test-expanded/virgo-tomcat-server-3.0.0.CI-2011-06-07_11-01-11/work/org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.deployer_3.0.0.D-20110603101321/staging/global/bundle/org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat/2.0.0.BUILD-20110603145554/org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat-2.0.0.BUILD-20110603145554.jar/conf/web.xml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.777] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.777] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2687) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.777] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2713) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.778] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1285) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.778] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:501) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.779] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.779] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.780] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.780] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.781] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.781] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.781] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.782] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.782] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.782] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1543) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.783] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1694) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.783] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1197) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.783] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:882) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.784] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:317) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.784] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.785] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.785] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5081) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.785] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.786] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.786] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.786] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.787] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.787] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.internal.StandardWebApplication.start(StandardWebApplication.java:91) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.788] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.web.core.internal.WebBundleLifecycleListener.onStarted(WebBundleLifecycleListener.java:122) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.788] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.StandardArtifactStateMonitor.onStarted(StandardArtifactStateMonitor.java:247) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.789] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.asyncStartSucceeded(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:294) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.789] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.access$0(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:291) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.790] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact$StateMonitorSignal.signalSuccessfulCompletion(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:229) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.790] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.core.internal.BundleStartTracker$1.run(BundleStartTracker.java:143) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.790] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.791] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.791] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.791] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.792] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.catalina.startup.SetSessionConfig.begin(WebRuleSet.java:722) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.792] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1282) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.792] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        	... 33 more 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.793] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.793] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Occurred at line 468 column 21 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.806] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig configureStart 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.806] ERROR start-signalling-4           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.808] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:17 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig configureStart 
[2011-06-07 11:07:17.808] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Marking this application unavailable due to previous error(s) 
[2011-06-07 11:07:18.034] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:18 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal 
[2011-06-07 11:07:18.035] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Error getConfigured 
[2011-06-07 11:07:18.036] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        Jun 7, 2011 11:07:18 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal 
[2011-06-07 11:07:18.037] ERROR start-signalling-1           System.err                                                        SEVERE: Context [/org.eclipse.virgo.apps.repository] startup failed due to previous errors
Comment 1 Glyn Normington 2011-06-08 13:39:04 UTC
Created attachment 27131 [details]
Zipped full log
Comment 2 Glyn Normington 2011-06-08 13:42:47 UTC
A more readable version of the stack trace:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <session-config> element is limited to 1 occurrence 
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.SetSessionConfig.begin(WebRuleSet.java:722) 
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1282) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:501) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:1363) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2755) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:648) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:511) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:808) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:737) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:119) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1205) 
	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:522) 
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1543) 
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1694) 
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1197) 
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:882) 
	at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:317) 
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119) 
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:89) 
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5081) 
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145) 
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:812) 
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:787) 
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:607) 
	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.tomcat.internal.TomcatServletContainer.startWebApplication(TomcatServletContainer.java:122) 
	at org.eclipse.gemini.web.internal.StandardWebApplication.start(StandardWebApplication.java:91) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.web.core.internal.WebBundleLifecycleListener.onStarted(WebBundleLifecycleListener.java:122) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.StandardArtifactStateMonitor.onStarted(StandardArtifactStateMonitor.java:247) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.asyncStartSucceeded(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:294) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact.access$0(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:291) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.install.artifact.internal.AbstractInstallArtifact$StateMonitorSignal.signalSuccessfulCompletion(AbstractInstallArtifact.java:229) 
	at org.eclipse.virgo.kernel.core.internal.BundleStartTracker$1.run(BundleStartTracker.java:143) 
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) 
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) 
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Comment 3 Mark Thomas 2011-06-08 15:47:46 UTC
I got some more details from Glyn off-list.

Virgo may use multiple threads for deployment depending on circumstances.

Looking at the xml parsing code, there are 4 digesters each using the same ruleset. Neither object is threadsafe but we sync on the digester so there could be multiple threads using the same webruleset which is a possible explanation for this issue.

I'll proceed on the basis that this is the root cause. We can always re-open if this re-occurs.
Comment 4 Mark Thomas 2011-06-08 15:52:45 UTC
Fixed in 7.0.x and will be included in 7.0.16 onwards.