[SUREFIRE-33] java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError in TestCase constructor kills surefire without letting any log

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0 (2.2 plugin)
• Environment: maven 2.0.2; surefire 1.5.3-SNAPSHOT
• Assignee: Brett Porter
• Reporter: Jerome Lacoste
• Created: 24/Feb/06 08:20
• Updated: 30/Apr/06 23:03
• Resolved: 30/Apr/06 23:03

Description

In my case the Error is caused by Spring raising a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError.

This is problematic in particular when surefire is forked, there is no output displayed.

Here's the relevant stack trace:

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
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:585)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.battery.JUnitBattery.processTestClass(JUnitBattery.java:130)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.battery.JUnitBattery.<init>(JUnitBattery.java:81)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.SurefireUtils.instantiateBattery(SurefireUtils.java:63)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.instantiateBatteries(Surefire.java:262)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:140)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.Surefire.run(Surefire.java:87)
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:585)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.SurefireBooter.runTestsInProcess(SurefireBooter.java:305)
at org.apache.maven.surefire.SurefireBooter.run(SurefireBooter.java:221)
at org.apache.maven.test.SurefirePlugin.execute(SurefirePlugin.java:368)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:415)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:531)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:472)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:451)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:303)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:270)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:139)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:322)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:115)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:249)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

And the message that appears when surefire is not forked.

RUN ABORTED
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
org.apache.maven.surefire.Runner
An exception or error caused a run to abort.
null

Results :
[surefire] Tests run: 0, Failures: 0, Errors: 1