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AccessDeniedException in java

I'm developing a security mechanism to my project in java where I use AccessDeniedException to restrict access to users in some methods of project. I work with ws to publish this methods. I use tomcat 7 to deploy my ws. Now when I startup tomcat 7 to deploy my ws this is that show in console of my IDE Eclipse:
GRAVE: WSSERVLET11: failed to parse runtime descriptor: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/nio/file/AccessDeniedExceptionjava.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/nio/file/AccessDeniedException at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.DeploymentDescriptorParser.getImplementorClass(DeploymentDescriptorParser.java:545)
at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.DeploymentDescriptorParser.parseAdapters(DeploymentDescriptorParser.java:223)
at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.DeploymentDescriptorParser.parse(DeploymentDescriptorParser.java:147)
at com.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.servlet.WSServletContextListener.contextInitialized(WSServletContextListener.java:108)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4887)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5381)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
... 16 more
I use jre7 although I have imported jre6 and jre8 to my project too. I have imported java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException class in my code. I don't understand what is happened in this case. Is how if my project not found java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException class. Thanks ahead of time.

apache tomcat 8.0.9 is not starting suddenly

I am using eclipse and tomcat. I was unable to start tomcat server. It showed a problem encountered and server couldn't be started. Moreover, I tried to start by using command prompt and still failed. I already restarted my PC and changed Tomcat's port, but it still having problem. While I start the server, a part of eclipse's consoles message shows:
Sep 02, 2014 8:09:00 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
Sep 02, 2014 8:09:03 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/FirstSpringMVCProject]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:916)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:868)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1396)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1386)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
What is the problem?

The problem was in an app,that was running in the server that time. Because of the problematic app server was not running.After removing the app from the server,server started running again. So,this is not a problem of server,but of app.

Apache: Error configuring application listener

I'm facing with this problem when I try to run the application:
WARNING: [SetContextPropertiesRule]{Context} Setting property 'source'
to 'org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.server:CongressApp' did not find a matching
property. May 13, 2014 1:35:26 PM
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Error
configuring application listener of class
org.apache.catalina.deploy.ApplicationListener#bdeab
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.iss.congress.core.util.CongressContextListener at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:527)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:509)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:137)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4854)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5434)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:656)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1635)
at
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
May 13, 2014 1:35:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
listenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
org.apache.catalina.deploy.ApplicationListener#6a5b20
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.iss.congress.core.util.CongressHttpSessionListener at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:527)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:509)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:137)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4854)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5434)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:656)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1635)
at
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
May 13, 2014 1:35:26 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
listenerStart SEVERE: Error configuring application listener of class
org.apache.catalina.deploy.ApplicationListener#1bacb12
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
com.iss.congress.core.util.HibernateListener at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1714)
at
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1559)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClass(DefaultInstanceManager.java:527)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.loadClassMaybePrivileged(DefaultInstanceManager.java:509)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.DefaultInstanceManager.newInstance(DefaultInstanceManager.java:137)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4854)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5434)
at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:633)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:656)
at
org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1635)
at
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166) at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
In web.xml listeners are configured in this manner:
<listener>
<listener-class>com.iss.congress.core.util.CongressContextListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<listener>
<listener-class>com.iss.congress.core.util.CongressHttpSessionListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<listener>
<display-name>Hibernate Session Listener</display-name>
<listener-class>com.iss.congress.core.util.HibernateListener</listener-class>
</listener>

This is a case of java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.iss.congress.core.util.HibernateListener which means that the class HibernateListener is not present in the class path. Make sure that the jar containing this class is present in the WEB-INF/lib folder of your application.
If the class is present in the src folder then check the package name. Package names/Class Names are case-sensitive.

There can be any of the following reasons:
Either, your class file is not available on specified location (check your package_name/class_file_name.java)
OR, your file exist at specified location but there is an error in your file, that could be built (generate class file)
(for me, the reason for an issue was point no. 2.) The root cause of an issue was, I changed (upgraded) version of rest libraries, which caused an issue with existing class files.
I resolved an issue by adding/selecting proper apache tomcat server.
Project Properties => Java Build Path => Add Library => Select Server Runtime => click Next and Select "Apache Tomcat" => Finish

It happened that I edited in the listener class and after I saved it and republish the app to tomcat I found that error of class not found.
What I did was to remove my updates in the listener class, republish to tomcat, then add the updates again.. I did this because I suspected that there is a problem in eclipse in .class generation for any reason, although I cleaned the projects several times.
Removing my updates, saving (to have a new compiled version of the class), then adding my updates back again has resolved the issue for me.
Yes this seems illogic, but IDEs issues occur sometimes.

In my case some jar files was missing like
javax.ejb-api-3.2.jar missing
in Tomcat directory in libs folder. also check jars libs of your .m2 repository of project.

Struts2 filter Exception [duplicate]

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Java Struts2 (Action class not found)
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Closed 5 years ago.
I am getting this exception in my struts2 web application. How can I fix it?
SEVERE: Exception starting filter struts2
Unable to load configuration. - action - file:/C:/Program%20Files/JavaEE/eclipse/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Exclude_Params_Struts2_Mvn/WEB-INF/classes/struts.xml:31:90
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:58)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init_PreloadConfiguration(Dispatcher.java:360)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.Dispatcher.init(Dispatcher.java:403)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.InitOperations.initDispatcher(InitOperations.java:69)
at org.apache.struts2.dispatcher.ng.filter.StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.init(StrutsPrepareAndExecuteFilter.java:48)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.initFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:281)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:262)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFilterConfig.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.java:4746)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5399)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: Action class [org.apache.struts.edit.action.EditAction] not found - action - file:/C:/Program%20Files/JavaEE/eclipse/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Exclude_Params_Struts2_Mvn/WEB-INF/classes/struts.xml:31:90
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.verifyAction(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:405)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.addAction(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:355)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.addPackage(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:460)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadPackages(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:265)
at org.apache.struts2.config.StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.loadPackages(StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider.java:111)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reloadContainer(DefaultConfiguration.java:189)
at com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:55)
... 17 more
окт 13, 2013 5:27:35 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error filterStart

Usually I see this kind of error when two Struts 2 libraries are added with different versions. Make sure your Struts 2 libraries are all in the same version.
In order to improve the answer, could you please provide your pom.xml or the list of dependencies from your project?

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer

I was working on writing some servlets and they all worked fine Tomcat had no issue running what so ever. Then I wrote a class file that used JERSEY and when I tried to run it Tomcat wouldn't start. I have the Web development tools plug in installed in Eclipse, everytime I hit compile I get
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
Here is the output from the console
May 08, 2012 4:51:36 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin/client;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin;C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/lib/i386;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5;C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\VCPackages;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia AUX;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia AUX\Support binaries;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia Broker;C:\Program Files (x86)\SSH Communications Security\SSH Tectia\SSH Tectia Client;C:\Program Files\CREDANT\Shield v7.1\;C:\Development Tools\java\eclipse;;.
May 08, 2012 4:51:36 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.SetPropertiesRule begin
WARNING: [SetPropertiesRule]{Server/Service/Engine/Host/Context} Setting property 'source' to 'org.eclipse.jst.jee.server:Test_Server' did not find a matching property.
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-80"]
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 546 ms
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Catalina
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.27
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Test_Server]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:782)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/Test_Server]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
... 7 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/ServletContainerInitializer
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1626)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1556)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.getServletContainerInitializer(ContextConfig.java:1601)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processServletContainerInitializers(ContextConfig.java:1519)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1222)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:855)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:345)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5161)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 7 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 33 more
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1128)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:675)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1136)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:782)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 7 more
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
SEVERE: Catalina.start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardServer[8005]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:675)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:322)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:450)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardService[Catalina]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:732)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 7 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:443)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 9 more
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1136)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:302)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 11 more
May 08, 2012 4:51:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 416 ms
How is this caused and how can I solve it?

javax/servlet/ServletContainerInitializer is a class in Servlet 3.0 which is not support in Tomcat 6.
You probably have servlet.jar floating around somewhere in your CLASSPATH, it shouldn't be. This really messes up the classloaders since Tomcat's classloaders don't act quite as normal as one expects (see links above). servlet.jar should only be found only once in $CATALINA_HOME/lib.

Sometimes if you are running a Tomcat server in Eclipse, the local Tomcat working directory can get jacked up and you have to clear it explicitly. Note that this is NOT the same as doing a Clean build on the project:
From the Servers window:
Right click on the server you are trying to start->Clean Tomcat work Directory...->OK

simple right click on tomcat server then clean the tomcat work directory then clean the tomcat. it will work.

I got the same issue today. Eventually it turned out to be that a user library became empty. However the error message shown did not give any hints about that.

A late answer but this may help someone.
I believe this happens because the Jersey was created using a newer java version and you're trying to run it in an older version of java. Either update your java version or download an older version of Jersey that supports your java version.
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Compiler -> set "Compiler compliance level" to 1.7.
From Jersey documentation:
Until version 2.6, Jersey was compiled with Java SE 6. This has changes in Jersey 2.7.
Now almost all Jersey components are compiled with Java SE 7 target. It means, that
you will need at least Java SE 7 to be able to compile and run your application
that is using latest Jersey. Only core-common and core-client modules are still
compiled with Java class version runnable with Java SE 6.