[GERONIMO-264] exceptions being swallowed at startup

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-M2
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-M4
• Component/s: deployment

Environment

fedora core 2
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_04-b05)

• Assignee: Aaron Mulder
• Reporter: Tobias Schlitt
• Created: 12/Jul/04 20:06
• Updated: 16/Jul/06 18:00
• Resolved: 10/Jul/05 08:11

Description

some exceptions that are thrown during startup are swallowed and don't show up in the logs.

i'm at the 'monkey and typewriter' stage of the geronimo learning curve so i'm a good randomness injector. i had a problem where geronimo would try to start up and then go directly to shutdown for no apparent reason. actually, i think i've had a few:

15:50:17,290 DEBUG [GBeanMBean] geronimo.config:name="skeleton/RA" State changed from stopped to starting
15:50:17,292 DEBUG [Configuration] ClassPath for skeleton/RA resolved to file:/home/tcabot/try/incubator-geronimo/target/config-store/8/connector/skeleton-ra.jar
ra test setting configParameter to NewStringValue
15:50:17,737 DEBUG [SpreadManagedConnectionFactory] BaseManagedConnectionFactory()
15:50:17,737 DEBUG [SpreadManagedConnectionFactory] SpreadManagedConnectionFactory()
15:50:18,425 DEBUG [GBeanMBean] geronimo.config:name="skeleton/RA" State changed from starting to failed
15:50:18,426 INFO [Kernel] Starting kernel shutdown

i'll include a patch that logs the problem in the catch clause in Configuration.doStart(). There might be better places to do this, but as long as it gets done somewhere i'm happy.

regards,
toby