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java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be ca tony kerz March 7, 2011 7:36 PM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Thiago Leão Moreira March 9, 2011 2:28 PM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Arsh g April 30, 2011 3:09 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Hitoshi Ozawa April 30, 2011 5:08 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Thiago Leão Moreira April 30, 2011 5:37 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Hitoshi Ozawa April 30, 2011 6:52 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b JoseManuel Garcia May 27, 2011 12:32 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Bartlomiej Knabel June 7, 2011 3:11 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Gaurang Sheladia June 15, 2011 5:15 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Thiago Leão Moreira June 15, 2011 10:14 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Gaurang Sheladia August 3, 2011 2:41 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Vincent Paranpan September 11, 2011 6:33 PM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Hector Leon Garay November 16, 2011 11:36 AM
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b Gwowen Fu December 26, 2012 10:33 AM
tony kerz
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be ca
March 7, 2011 7:36 PM
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tony kerz

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anyone ever see this:


 1
 203:27:31,125 INFO  [HookHotDeployListener:394] Registering hook for liferay-custom-hook
 3log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
 4java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.Appender
 5    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.java:238)
 6    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java:171)
 7    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator.java:184)
 8    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigurator.java:502)
 9    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:471)
10    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:921)
11    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:790)
12    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:696)
13    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:821)
14    at com.liferay.util.log4j.Log4JUtil.configureLog4J(Log4JUtil.java:48)
15    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.initLogger(HookHotDeployListener.java:1105)
16    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.doInvokeDeploy(HookHotDeployListener.java:401)
17    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.invokeDeploy(HookHotDeployListener.java:218)
18    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil._doFireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:109)
19    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil._fireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:182)
20    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil.fireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:38)
21    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.HookContextListener.contextInitialized(HookContextListener.java:36)
22    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4135)
23    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4630)
24    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.checkResources(HostConfig.java:1244)
25    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1342)
26    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:303)
27    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
28    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1337)
29    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1601)
30    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1610)
31    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1590)
32    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
33log4j:ERROR Could not parse url [jar:file:/F:/product/liferay/liferay-portal-6.0.6/tomcat-6.0.29/webapps/liferay-custom-hook/WEB-INF/lib/portal-impl.jar!/META-INF/portal-log4j.xml].
34java.lang.NullPointerException
35    at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:394)
36    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java:172)
37    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator.java:184)
38    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigurator.java:502)
39    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:471)
40    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:921)
41    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:790)
42    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:696)
43    at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:821)
44    at com.liferay.util.log4j.Log4JUtil.configureLog4J(Log4JUtil.java:48)
45    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.initLogger(HookHotDeployListener.java:1105)
46    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.doInvokeDeploy(HookHotDeployListener.java:401)
47    at com.liferay.portal.deploy.hot.HookHotDeployListener.invokeDeploy(HookHotDeployListener.java:218)
48    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil._doFireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:109)
49    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil._fireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:182)
50    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.deploy.hot.HotDeployUtil.fireDeployEvent(HotDeployUtil.java:38)
51    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.servlet.HookContextListener.contextInitialized(HookContextListener.java:36)
52    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4135)
53    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4630)
54    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.checkResources(HostConfig.java:1244)
55    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1342)
56    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:303)
57    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
58    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1337)
59    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1601)
60    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1610)
61    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1590)
62    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)



i got it with 6.0.5 and currently with 6.0.6.

i didn't do anything fancy with a "hook" project i'm working on (e.g. add a log4j jar or anything). i have a liferay-plugin-package.properties that looks like:

 1
 2name=Liferay Custom
 3module-group-id=liferay
 4module-incremental-version=1
 5tags=
 6short-description=
 7change-log=
 8page-url=http://www.liferay.com
 9author=Liferay, Inc.
10licenses=LGPL
11portal-dependency-jars=\
12    portal-impl.jar,\
13    easyconf.jar,\
14    commons-lang.jar,\
15    commons-digester.jar,\
16    commons-configuration.jar,\
17    xstream.jar,\
18    commons-collections.jar,\
19    commons-beanutils.jar
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Thiago Leão Moreira
RE: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot b
March 9, 2011 2:28 PM
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Thiago Leão Moreira

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Hey Tony,

I noticed that you added portal-impl.jar to your classpath THIS IS FORBIDDEN! Adding this jar to you plugin will make Liferay behavior not properly like the problem that you are facing.
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Arsh g
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April 30, 2011 3:09 AM
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Now i am not included portal-impl.jar then also it throws

java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.Appender
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Hitoshi Ozawa
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April 30, 2011 5:08 AM
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Hitoshi Ozawa

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Have you tried Googling this exception?
Check if you have any log4j settings in the WEB-INF\classes folder.
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Thiago Leão Moreira
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April 30, 2011 5:37 AM
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Hey Tony,

This seems that you have two instances of log4j available in different classpaths. Probably one in the Global classpath and another in the Application classpath.
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Hitoshi Ozawa
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April 30, 2011 6:52 AM
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Hitoshi Ozawa

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When doing a Liferay .war install, I think some application server may already have log4j in it's path. The one in the portlet's WEB-INF is usually the org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
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JoseManuel Garcia
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May 27, 2011 12:32 AM
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Hi Tony Kerz,

I have the same problem that you. For one hand I have this error: log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.Appender.

And the other hand I have this problem: log4j:ERROR Could not parse url [jar:file:/C:/Liferay/liferay-portal-6.0.6/tomcat-6.0.29/webapps/UsuariosConectados-portlet/WEB-INF/lib/portal-impl.jar!/META-INF/portal-log4j.xml].
java.lang.NullPointerException.

Have you find solution for this problem?
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Bartlomiej Knabel
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June 7, 2011 3:11 AM
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I have simmilar problem as JoseManuel - did You solve it?
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Gaurang Sheladia
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June 15, 2011 5:15 AM
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Hi All,

I am using Liferay 6.0.5 and i have migrated Struts Plugin portlet from Liferay 5.2.3 to 6.0.5 but still i am getting same error


log4j:ERROR Could not parse url [jar:file:/C:/Liferay/liferay-portal-6.0.6/tomcat-6.0.29/webapps/UsuariosConectados-portlet/WEB-INF/lib/portal-impl.jar!/META-INF/portal-log4j.xml].
java.lang.NullPointerException.


Does any one find any alternative solution?

Thanks in advance.

-- Gaurang
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Thiago Leão Moreira
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June 15, 2011 10:14 AM
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Hey Gaurang,

The problem is that you have the portal-impl.jar on your portlet classpath. portal-impl.jar contains the core classes of Liferay and never should be referenced directly by portlet. It is explicit forbidden add this jar to your portlet's classpath. Unknown problems can be raised like the one that you are facing.
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Gaurang Sheladia
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August 3, 2011 2:41 AM
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Yes Thiago, you are right. I have resolved that issue.

Thanks again for your response.
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Vincent Paranpan
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September 11, 2011 6:33 PM
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Thiago Leão Moreira:
Hey Gaurang,

The problem is that you have the portal-impl.jar on your portlet classpath. portal-impl.jar contains the core classes of Liferay and never should be referenced directly by portlet. It is explicit forbidden add this jar to your portlet's classpath. Unknown problems can be raised like the one that you are facing.



Hi Thiago,

I have the same problem, I wanted to copy the functionality of LogoutAction class in my customized hook plugin project, so I've used a part of Liferay's LogoutAction code in one of my classes, but whenever I tried deploying the hook plugin it gives me an error:

1java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/liferay/portal/util/PropsValues


Since the class exists inside the portal-impl.jar I included the jar to my references, but once I redeployed my hook plugin I encountered the error discussed in this thread..

1ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
2java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.Appender
3.
4.
5.
6ERROR Could not parse url [jar:file:/C:/Liferay/liferay-portal-6.0.5/tomcat-6.0.26/webapps/my-test-hook/WEB-INF/lib/portal-impl.jar!/META-INF/portal-log4j.xml].
7java.lang.NullPointerException


Would you have any advice on what I should do?

Cheers,
Vincent
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Hector Leon Garay
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November 16, 2011 11:36 AM
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Hi Vincet,

Did you find the solution for your problem? I have the same issue as you have with a hook.

If you have any solution, can you please share it?

Regards.

HLG
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Gaurang Sheladia
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January 12, 2012 3:27 AM
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Hi Dianne,

The problem is that you have the portal-impl.jar on your portlet classpath. portal-impl.jar contains the core classes of Liferay and never should be referenced directly by portlet. It is explicit forbidden add this jar to your portlet's classpath. Unknown problems can be raised like the one that you are facing.
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Joaquín Fernández
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February 8, 2012 6:43 AM
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Hi all

I have the same error:

log4j:ERROR Could not create an Appender. Reported error follows.
java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender cannot be cast to org.apache.log4j.Appender
at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.java:248)



Where can i configure the portlet classpath? I don't have any jar added in the portal-dependency-jars in the liferay-plugin-package.properties

thanks
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Gwowen Fu
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December 26, 2012 10:33 AM
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Thiago Leão Moreira:
Hey Gaurang,

portal-impl.jar contains the core classes of Liferay and never should be referenced directly by portlet.


I need to import "com.liferay.portal.xml.QNameImpl" class that's in portal-impl.jar, if we cannot reference it directly, what's the alternative way?

Thanks!
Gwowen
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