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Spring Security SAML error logging throws an error

I am new to SAML as well as spring security. I have configured the sample app to connect to an ADFS server following the documentation. When I access the app, I get redirected to the ADFS server appropriately, but one I enter my username and password, I get an error back in the app stating that there was an error validating the SAML message.
In an attempt to see why this is happening, I enabled the message logging according to the documentation (enabling the three properties in the samlLogger bean). When I do that, I get the following stacktrace on startup:
Sep 17, 2018 11:56:25 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
listenerStart SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to
listener instance of class
[org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener]
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.filterChains':
Cannot resolve reference to bean
'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#4' while
setting bean property 'sourceList' with key [4]; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name
'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#4':
Cannot resolve reference to bean 'metadataGeneratorFilter' while
setting constructor argument with key [0]; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'metadataGeneratorFilter' defined in
ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/securityContext.xml]: Cannot create
inner bean
'org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator#3aca2643'
of type [org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator]
while setting constructor argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name
'org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator#3aca2643':
Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not
autowire method: public void
org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator.setSamlEntryPoint(org.springframework.security.saml.SAMLEntryPoint);
nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'samlEntryPoint': Injection of autowired
dependencies failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not
autowire method: public void
org.springframework.security.saml.SAMLEntryPoint.setSamlLogger(org.springframework.security.saml.log.SAMLLogger);
nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'samlLogger' defined in ServletContext
resource [/WEB-INF/securityContext.xml]: Error setting property
values; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid
property 'logAllMessages' of bean class
[org.springframework.security.saml.log.SAMLDefaultLogger]: Bean
property 'logAllMessages' is not writable or has an invalid setter
method. Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of
the getter?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:353)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:153)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1360)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1118)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:591)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:469)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:383)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:111)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4745)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5207)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:752)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:728)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:734)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:988)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1860)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name
'org.springframework.security.web.DefaultSecurityFilterChain#4':
Cannot resolve reference to bean 'metadataGeneratorFilter' while
setting constructor argument with key [0]; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'metadataGeneratorFilter' defined in
ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/securityContext.xml]: Cannot create
inner bean
'org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator#3aca2643'
of type [org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator]
while setting constructor argument; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name
'org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator#3aca2643':
Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not
autowire method: public void
org.springframework.security.saml.metadata.MetadataGenerator.setSamlEntryPoint(org.springframework.security.saml.SAMLEntryPoint);
nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'samlEntryPoint': Injection of autowired
dependencies failed; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not
autowire method: public void
org.springframework.security.saml.SAMLEntryPoint.setSamlLogger(org.springframework.security.saml.log.SAMLLogger);
nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'samlLogger' defined in ServletContext
resource [/WEB-INF/securityContext.xml]: Error setting property
values; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid
property 'logAllMessages' of bean class
[org.springframework.security.saml.log.SAMLDefaultLogger]: Bean
property 'logAllMessages' is not writable or has an invalid setter
method. Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of
the getter?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveManagedList(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:353)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:153)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:616)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:148)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1035)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:939)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 30 more
<!-- Logger for SAML messages and events -->
<bean id="samlLogger" class="org.springframework.security.saml.log.SAMLDefaultLogger">
<!-- Enable these to see the actual SAML Messages in logs -->
<property name="logAllMessages" value="true"/>
<property name="logErrors" value="true"/>
<property name="logMessagesOnException" value="true"/>
</bean>
Any help please.
Thanks
Shaun

Junit test spring controller mockMvc #ContextConfiguration

I'm writing my test cases with MockMvc. This is how my controller looks like:
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#WebAppConfiguration
#ContextConfiguration(locations = {
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/local-applicationContext-database.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-common.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-dao.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-service.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-aop.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-transaction.xml",
"classpath:/WEB-INF/context/local-applicationContext-host.xml"
})
public class ControllerTest {
#Autowired
private WebApplicationContext wac;
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Before
public void setup() {
this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.wac).build();
}
But I am gettinG ApplicationContext errors:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean (the beans which are defines inside the above inluded conext files).
If I us e the same configuration with old approach (i.e without using MockMvc , it works)
Any suggestions what is wrong here?
full stack trace:
Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener#224a9e5] to prepare test instance [com.omgeo.ts.confirm.controller.profile.test.BTIImportProfileControllerTest#224a97f] [org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager:314]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:99)
at org.springframework.test.context.TestContext.getApplicationContext(TestContext.java:122)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.setUpRequestContextIfNecessary(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:105)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.ServletTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(ServletTestExecutionListener.java:74)
at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:312)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:211)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:288)
at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:284)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:231)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:88)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:71)
at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:174)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:460)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:673)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:386)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:196)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'messageSource' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-common.xml]: BeanPostProcessor before instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCachePointCut' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'methodCacheInterceptor' while setting bean property 'advice'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCacheInterceptor' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'methodCache' while setting bean property 'cache'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCache' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'EHCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'EHCacheManager' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:454)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:198)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.initMessageSource(AbstractApplicationContext.java:786)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:128)
at org.springframework.test.context.web.AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.java:60)
at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.delegateLoading(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:100)
at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:248)
at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:64)
at org.springframework.test.context.CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:91)
... 25 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCachePointCut' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'methodCacheInterceptor' while setting bean property 'advice'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCacheInterceptor' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'methodCache' while setting bean property 'cache'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCache' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'EHCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'EHCacheManager' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1387)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1128)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:198)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.findAdvisorBeans(BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.java:86)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:101)
at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator.java:85)
at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.shouldSkip(AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:103)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:276)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:890)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.resolveBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:862)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:448)
... 37 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCacheInterceptor' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'methodCache' while setting bean property 'cache'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCache' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'EHCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'EHCacheManager' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1387)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1128)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:323)
... 54 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'methodCache' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'EHCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'EHCacheManager' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:329)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:107)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1387)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1128)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:323)
... 64 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'EHCacheManager' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/context/applicationContext-ehcache.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1482)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:521)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:323)
... 74 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
at org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource.getInputStream(ServletContextResource.java:140)
at org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(EhCacheManagerFactoryBean.java:111)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1541)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1479)
... 81 more

The problem is spelled at the end of your stack trace:
Could not open ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/cache/ehcache-config.xml]
This most likely means that Spring's MockServletContext is not configured correctly.
Please note the Spring TestContext Framework creates a MockServletContext for your test's ApplicationContext whenever you annotate your test class with #WebAppConfiguration. Furthermore, the default resource path for #WebAppConfiguration is file:src/main/webapp (i.e., from the file system, not from the classpath).
But based on the paths that you pass to #ContextConfiguration in your example, you obviously have the WEB-INF folder in your classpath. So it appears that your project directory layout does not follow Maven standards for a web application.
To get your test working, you'll need to ensure that you properly configure the root of your web application with #WebAppConfiguration.
For example, if you insist on having your web artifacts in the classpath, you could do something like #WebAppConfiguration("classpath:xyz") where xyz is the folder in your classpath that serves as the root of your web application.
However, I would strongly recommend that you do not store all of your web artifacts in the classpath. You really should store web artifacts (including the WEB-INF folder) outside of the classpath. By "web artifacts" I mean things like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, JSPs, etc. But I do not mean that you have to store your Spring XML configuration files outside the classpath. I actually recommend that you store your Spring configuration files in the classpath (e.g., src/main/resources if following Maven's directory layout) and then reference them in the classpath (as you have done above but without storing them in a folder named WEB-INF in the classpath).
Hope this helps!
Sam

Spring maven project BeanCreationException

I have upgraded to Spring source 3.1.0 and i am not sure why my project can no longer find the
ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver
I have made sure to add the server runtime libraries in my build path but i still end up with BeancreationExceptions. The stack trace:
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
2013-01-05 14:58:49,242 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader - Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionManager' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'entityManagerFactory' while setting bean property 'entityManagerFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#3834a1c8' of type [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver] while setting bean property 'loadTimeWeaver'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#3834a1c8' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
Mainly shows that it has issues with the RelectiveLoadTimeWeaver,
Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#3834a1c8'
I was able to once update my server's context.xml and add the InstrumentalLoadtimeWeaver loader but it no longer works.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
<!-- Default set of monitored resources -->
<WatchedResource>WEB-INF/web.xml</WatchedResource>
<!-- Uncomment this to disable session persistence across Tomcat restarts -->
<!--
<Manager pathname="" />
-->
<!-- Uncomment this to enable Comet connection tacking (provides events
on session expiration as well as webapp lifecycle) -->
<!--
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.CometConnectionManagerValve" />
-->
<Loader loaderClass="com.springsource.insight.collection.tcserver.ltw.TomcatWeavingInsightClassLoader"/>
</Context>
EDIT: Full stack trace
2013-01-05 15:30:36,647 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader - Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionManager' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'entityManagerFactory' while setting bean property 'entityManagerFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#86ecec5' of type [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver] while setting bean property 'loadTimeWeaver'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#86ecec5' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1360)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1118)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:585)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:913)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:464)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:384)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:111)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4791)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:618)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:650)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1582)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#86ecec5' of type [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver] while setting bean property 'loadTimeWeaver'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#86ecec5' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:281)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:120)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1360)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1118)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 29 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver#86ecec5' defined in file [/Users/warz07/Documents/workspace-sts-3.1.0.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/Dugsi_Manager/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:997)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:943)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:270)
... 39 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:162)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:76)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:990)
... 43 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader [org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader] does NOT provide an 'addTransformer(ClassFileTransformer)' method.
at org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver.<init>(ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver.java:103)
at org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver.<init>(ReflectiveLoadTimeWeaver.java:86)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:147)

Exception shows that your application was loaded by Tomcat's own WebappClassLoader, rather than Spring's TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader - so your Tomcat configuration might have failed. Maybe you should try putting loaderClass attribute under the <Loader> element like this:
<Context path="/your-application">
<Loader loaderClass="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.tomcat.TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader"/>
</Context>
as explained here.

I tried to make a connection to alfresco using java with the help of alfresco sdk 3.4

I m trying to implement alfresco sdk 3.4 to java. I made all the changes as per doc given from alfresco fourm. After doing that I got this error. Please tell where i m going wrong.
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'RepoServerMgmt' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'transactionService' while setting bean property 'transactionService'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionService' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'transactionManager' while setting bean property 'transactionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionManager' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.HibernateException: Hibernate Dialect must be explicitly set
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1305)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:557)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:842)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:416)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:93)
at org.alfresco.util.BaseApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext(BaseApplicationContextHelper.java:67)
at org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper.getApplicationContext(ApplicationContextHelper.java:46)
at org.alfresco.sample.FirstFoundationClient.main(FirstFoundationClient.java:63)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionService' defined in class path resource [alfresco/core-services-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'transactionManager' while setting bean property 'transactionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionManager' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.HibernateException: Hibernate Dialect must be explicitly set
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1305)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 17 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'transactionManager' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.HibernateException: Hibernate Dialect must be explicitly set
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1305)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 27 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [alfresco/hibernate-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.HibernateException: Hibernate Dialect must be explicitly set
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1401)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:512)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 37 more
Caused by: org.hibernate.HibernateException: Hibernate Dialect must be explicitly set
at org.hibernate.dialect.DialectFactory.determineDialect(DialectFactory.java:59)
at org.hibernate.dialect.DialectFactory.buildDialect(DialectFactory.java:39)
at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.determineDialect(SettingsFactory.java:426)
at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:128)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:2073)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1298)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:855)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean.buildSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:774)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.AbstractSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractSessionFactoryBean.java:211)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1460)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1398)
... 44 more

When you run FirstFoundationClient, you are executing a Java program that runs the Alfresco server within the same process. When that program starts up the repository it needs to know information about your repo configuration. It does this by reading the alfresco-global.properties file. Inside that file you'll see things like dir.root, which points to a directory on your local file system where indexes and content lives, and you'll see a set of db.driver and db.url properties. Your error log appears to indicate that you have not set the db.driver and db.url appropriately. For example, if you are using MySQL, make sure the following is uncommented:
db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/alfresco
If you already have a working Alfresco repository running in Tomcat, you might want to grab your alfresco-global.properties file that is proven to work and copy it into the source folder for the FirstFoundationClient Eclipse project and try again. Make sure your Tomcat is not running when running this example from Eclipse.

Spring-wired EhCache disk store create collision in multi-threaded app

Gut-feeling: It looks a little bit like two threads both try to initialise disk-based overflow caches, and one of them fails.
There are two threads in this application. In the following log extracts they are denoted by the IDs 0000004a and 0000003d. They start at the same time:
[3/04/12 10:17:50:832 EST] 0000004a EhCacheManage I org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean afterPropertiesSet Initializing EHCache CacheManager
[3/04/12 10:17:50:832 EST] 0000003d EhCacheManage I org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean afterPropertiesSet Initializing EHCache CacheManager
EhCache is wired via Spring:
<ehcache:annotation-driven cache-manager="ehCacheManager"/>
<bean id="ehCacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean"/>
And configured thusly:
<ehcache xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ehcache.org/ehcache.xsd" updateCheck="false">
<diskStore path="java.io.tmpdir/GMM_DAO_Caches"/>
<defaultCache eternal="false" maxElementsInMemory="1000"
overflowToDisk="false" diskPersistent="false" timeToIdleSeconds="0"
timeToLiveSeconds="300" memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"/>
<cache name="dao_results" eternal="false" maxElementsInMemory="1000"
overflowToDisk="true" diskPersistent="false"
timeToIdleSeconds="0" timeToLiveSeconds="3600"
memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"/>
<cache name="dao_results_shortlived" eternal="false" maxElementsInMemory="1000"
overflowToDisk="true" diskPersistent="false"
timeToIdleSeconds="0" timeToLiveSeconds="300"
memoryStoreEvictionPolicy="LRU"/>
</ehcache>
The error:
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.config.internalEhCach
eCachingAdvisor': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheStaticMethodMatcherPointcut#0' while setting bean property
'pointcut'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations
.impl.CacheStaticMethodMatcherPointcut#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheAttributeSourceImpl#0' while sett
ing bean property 'cacheAttributeSource'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.g
ooglecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheAttributeSourceImpl#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'ehCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager
'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ehCacheManager' defined in class path resour
ce [ApplicationContext-DAOs.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Could not create cache directory "C:
\DOCUME~1\JMAWSO~1.NT3\LOCALS~1\Temp\GMM_DAO_Caches\ehcache_auto_created_1333412270879".
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1086)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.findAdvisorBeans(BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.java:86)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:100)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findEligibleAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:86)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.getAdvicesAndAdvisorsForBean(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:68)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.wrapIfNecessary(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:359)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:322)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanF
actory.java:407)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1426)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
... 35 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheStaticMetho
dMatcherPointcut#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheAttributeSourceImpl#0' while setting bean property 'cac
heAttributeSource'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.googlecode.ehcache.anno
tations.impl.CacheAttributeSourceImpl#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'ehCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ehCacheManager' defined in class path resource [ApplicationContext
-DAOs.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Could not create cache directory "C:\DOCUME~1\JMAWSO~1.NT3
\LOCALS~1\Temp\GMM_DAO_Caches\ehcache_auto_created_1333412270879".
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1086)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 53 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'com.googlecode.ehcache.annotations.impl.CacheAttributeSo
urceImpl#0': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'ehCacheManager' while setting bean property 'cacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.fa
ctory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ehCacheManager' defined in class path resource [ApplicationContext-DAOs.xml]: Invocation of ini
t method failed; nested exception is net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Could not create cache directory "C:\DOCUME~1\JMAWSO~1.NT3\LOCALS~1\Temp\GMM_DAO_Caches
\ehcache_auto_created_1333412270879".
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1086)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 63 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'ehCacheManager' defined in class path resource [Applicat
ionContext-DAOs.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Could not create cache directory "C:\DOCUME~1\JM
AWSO~1.NT3\LOCALS~1\Temp\GMM_DAO_Caches\ehcache_auto_created_1333412270879".
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1420)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:322)
... 73 more
Caused by: net.sf.ehcache.CacheException: Could not create cache directory "C:\DOCUME~1\JMAWSO~1.NT3\LOCALS~1\Temp\GMM_DAO_Caches\ehcache_auto_created_1333
412270879".
at net.sf.ehcache.store.compound.factories.DiskOverflowStorageFactory.getDataFile(DiskOverflowStorageFactory.java:89)
at net.sf.ehcache.store.compound.factories.DiskOverflowStorageFactory.<init>(DiskOverflowStorageFactory.java:71)
at net.sf.ehcache.store.compound.impl.OverflowToDiskStore.create(OverflowToDiskStore.java:63)
at net.sf.ehcache.Cache.initialise(Cache.java:969)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.addCacheNoCheck(CacheManager.java:967)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.addConfiguredCaches(CacheManager.java:608)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.init(CacheManager.java:339)
at net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.<init>(CacheManager.java:280)
at org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(EhCacheManagerFactoryBean.java:115)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1477)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417)
... 80 more
I suspect both threads are trying to write to the same file. Timestamps are not a good way to make unique filenames. This error occurs more frequently in apps with a larger number of threads.
How can I avoid these collisions? Preferably, I would like to embed the thread ID or some other unique identifier into the filename.

I would have thought that your setup could work just looking at the config.
One option would be to define two different cachemanagers, each with it's own disk store.
Alternatively you could use CacheManager factory methods to create a singleton CacheManager, thus eliminating the contention caused by having two cache managers access the same store. Ehcache should handle that case however and give you a warning; might be a version specific problem.
Finally, check to see if this is a windows permission issue. Try an alternative location. For example:
<diskStore path="ehcache.disk.store.dir2" /> and set a -D variable to a location that you know is writable. For example:
-Dehcache.disk.store.dir2=C:/temp/ehcache
(Assuming that C:/temp exists)