[Jersey] Erratic missing "CdiInjecteeSkippingClassAnalyzer" Exceptions

From: Joachim Kanbach <jo.ka_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:05:15 +0200

I hope this is the right mailing list to ask since my problem is apparently in the Jersey-GlassFish integration layer (jersey-gf-cdi.jar/jersey-gf-ejb.jar).

I have a setup where a @Singleton @Startup EJB makes calls to another @Stateless EJB. Due to the program layout, it's possible that those calls are triggered right at the server startup through the @PostConstruct method (the whole architecture is a little more complex, I can give the deails if required, but I first need guidance where to look for clues at all).

On our build system, the nightly build and deploy occasionally fails with a stack trace like this:

javax.ejb.EJBException: javax.ejb.EJBException: javax.ejb.CreateException: Could not create stateless EJB

        at com.sun.ejb.containers.StatelessSessionContainer._getContext(StatelessSessionContainer.java:435)
        at com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.getContext(BaseContainer.java:2579)
        at com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.preInvoke(BaseContainer.java:1971)
        at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.java:210)
        at com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.java:88)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy224.deleteKeyMetaMappingByDbid(Unknown Source)
        at com.mycompany.cfg.__EJB31_Generated__ConfigurationService__Intf____Bean__.deleteKeyMetaMappingByDbid(Unknown Source)

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Caused by: javax.ejb.EJBException: javax.ejb.CreateException: Could not create stateless EJB

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Caused by: javax.ejb.CreateException: Could not create stateless EJB

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Caused by: A MultiException has 1 exceptions. They are:
1. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find an implementation of ClassAnalyzer with name CdiInjecteeSkippingClassAnalyzer

        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Collector.throwIfErrors(Collector.java:88)
        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.justInject(Utilities.java:928)
        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceLocatorImpl.inject(ServiceLocatorImpl.java:902)
        at org.glassfish.jersey.gf.ejb.internal.EjbComponentInterceptor.inject(EjbComponentInterceptor.java:71)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)

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Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not find an implementation of ClassAnalyzer with name CdiInjecteeSkippingClassAnalyzer
        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.ServiceLocatorImpl.getAnalyzer(ServiceLocatorImpl.java:2249)
        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.getClassAnalyzer(Utilities.java:172)
        at org.jvnet.hk2.internal.Utilities.justInject(Utilities.java:927)
        ... 102 more

"ConfigurationService" is the @Stateless EJB on which deleteKeyMetaMappingByDbid() should be called

This happens quite rarely, not more than once a week or so. I didn't manage to recreate the situation outside of the build period. It could be that the system is under very high load during that time. But I couldn't find a pattern that separates the successful deployments, where the exact same sequence of method calls and EJB creations happens, from the ones failing with this stack trace.

I've looked at the source code a little and realized that "CdiInjecteeSkippingClassAnalyzer" must be the HK2 internal name used for org.glassfish.jersey.gf.cdi.internal.InjecteeSkippingAnalyzer. But if you search for this on the web, you get only a very few hits, none of which is helpful.

So my question is how an error like this could be possible at all? I was wondering if the cause might be that HK2 may not have finished initializing properly before the @Stateless EJB is to be injected and used (cf. my remark regarding system load)?