Exception Ocured Spring MVC web application deployment : java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper

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[HTTP:101216]Servlet: "sysprop" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "sysprop". org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'jsonHttpMessageConverter' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/sysprop-servlet.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1076) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1021) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:504) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:304) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:300) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:195) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:700) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:760) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:482) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:658) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:624) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:672) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:543) at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:484) at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:136) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:241) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletInitAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:283) at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321) at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.createServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:64) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.createOneInstance(StubLifecycleHelper.java:58) at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubLifecycleHelper.<init>(StubLifecycleHelper.java:48) at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.prepareServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:539) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:1981) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.loadServletsOnStartup(WebAppServletContext.java:1955) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1874) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:3154) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1518) at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:484) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ScopedModuleDriver.start(ScopedModuleDriver.java:200) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:247) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:425) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:119) at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:27) at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:671) at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:52) at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:212) at weblogic.application.internal.EarDeployment.activate(EarDeployment.java:59) at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:161) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:79) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:569) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:323) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:844) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1253) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:440) at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:163) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13) at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68) at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:545) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:256) at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:221) Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:164) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:89) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1069) ... 59 more Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper at org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.<init>(MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java:63) 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:148) ... 61 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findLocalClass(GenericClassLoader.java:297) at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.findClass(GenericClassLoader.java:270) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) at weblogic.utils.classloaders.GenericClassLoader.loadClass(GenericClassLoader.java:179) ... 67 more

Substituted for missing class org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException - Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/codehaus/jackson/map/ObjectMapper 

jquery calendar div not showing as dialog

I am using a jquery calendar div. When clicking on calendar icon it doesn't show as a pop up, instead it shows up as a regular div and displaces the other page elements.

Here are the screenshots of the problem. I have reproduced the same problem in jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/sanjayingole/uuopy4y3/

This is before Clicking the Calendar icon:

This is after clicking the Calendar Icon. Other fields are displaced once you click on the Calendar link.

The expected behavior is to show the Calendar as a dialog so all the other fields remain in same position.

Jquery Example : Open Calendar Datepicker on anchor click event

Following example shows a generic method that will enable adding multiple date picker fields on a page. This example assumes that are multiple date fields on the page hence we pass the id attribute dynamically.

This specific example required three separate input fields for date, month and year respectively.
Example uses JQuery UI 1.9.2 and some external resources :

http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/3.2.1/css/font-awesome.min.css
https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.5/js/bootstrap.min.js
http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/assets/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.css

Following structure is required for add a date div:

  <div id="dateDiv" class="dateDiv">
        <input type="text" id="monthField"></input> /
        <input type="text" id="dayField"></input> /
        <input type="text" id="yearField"></input>
        <a id="date1Link" onClick="openCalendar('dateDiv')" class="datepickerlink"><i class='fa fa-calendar' title="select"></i></a>
        <br/><span class="dateFormatStr">(mm/dd/yyyy)</span>
    </div>

This above structure can easily changed to just have one text field if required.

Following javascript method openCalendar() will be invoked  on onclick event of the link:
This method triggers the calendar control and set the values in three text fields for day, month and year respective.

<script>
    function openCalendar(dateDivElement){
        $('#' + dateDivElement).datepicker({
                showOn: "button",
                buttonText: "<i class='fa fa-calendar'></i>",
                showAnim:"",
                defaultDate: '',
                dateFormat: "mm/dd/yy",
                onSelect: function(date, eventField) {
                    //eventField returns the field on which datepicker is applied.
                    var day = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getDate();
                    var month = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getMonth() + 1;
                    var year = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getYear();
                    $('#selectedDate').html(date);
                    $('#' + dateDivElement +  ' #dayField').val(day);
                    $('#' + dateDivElement +  ' #monthField').val(month);
                    $('#' + dateDivElement +  ' #yearField').val(year);
                    $('#' + dateDivElement +  ' .ui-datepicker').hide();
                }
        });
    }
</script>

A working example of this can be seen in jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/sanjayingole/4s8vdmwm/1/

Please note this example dynamically passes the id of the current div in openCalendar() method due but this this can be more easier if there is only one date field on the page, in that case you can simply hard code the name of the input field id in jquery selector. Please refer to the following example for the same http://sanjayingole.blogspot.com/2015/07/an-example-to-add-calendar-control.html

An Example to add a Calendar Control using Jquery and Font-Awesome

Following is an example to add Calendar Control using Jquery and Font Awesome.

There are two date pickers being used here  :

1. First one uses single field with a formatted date.
2. Second one uses three different boxes for month, date and year respectively.

It depends on the requirements which one to use.

Following is the code for above example. To see this running example follow the jsfiddle link here:
http://jsfiddle.net/sanjayingole/6hmdgmdo/

HTML

<div id="inputDiv">
    <h3>Select a Date</h3>

    <div class="dateDiv">
        <input id="sampleDateField1" type="text" class="datepicker" />
        <br/><span class="dateFormatStr">(mm/dd/yyyy)</span>
    </div>

    <div class="dateDiv">
        <input type="text" id="monthField"></input> /
        <input type="text" id="dayField"></input> /
        <input type="text" id="yearField"></input>
        <span id="sampleDateField2"><i class='fa fa-calendar' title="select"></i></span>
        <br/><span class="dateFormatStr">(mm/dd/yyyy)</span>
    </div>
 
    <h3>Selected Date : <span id="selectedDate"></span>  </h3>
 

</div>

CSS

.datepicker{

    width : 80px;    

}

#inputDiv {

    padding-left : 5px;

    float : left;   

    width : 100%;

    height : 300px;

    background-color : #DFEFDD;

}

#dayField{

    width : 20px;

}

#monthField{

    width : 20px;

}

#yearField{

    width : 40px;

}

#caltype1 {

   width : 100px; 

}

.dateDiv { 

    margin : 20px;   

}

.dateFormatStr {

        margin-left : 20px;

}

JAVASCRIPT

$( "#sampleDateField1" ).datepicker({

                showOn: "button",

                buttonText: "<i class='fa fa-calendar'></i>",

                showAnim:"",

                defaultDate: '',

                dateFormat: "mm/dd/yy",

                onSelect: function(date) {

                    $('#selectedDate').html(date);

                }

});

$("#sampleDateField2").unbind().bind("click",function(){

    $('#sampleDateField2 .ui-datepicker').show();

    $( "#sampleDateField2" ).datepicker({

                showOn: "button",

                buttonText: "<i class='fa fa-calendar'></i>",

                showAnim:"",

                defaultDate: '',

                dateFormat: "mm/dd/yy",

                onSelect: function(date, eventField) {

                    //eventField returns the field on which datepicker is applied.

                    var day = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getDate();  

                    var month = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getMonth() + 1;  

                    var year = $(this).datepicker('getDate').getYear();  

                    $('#selectedDate').html(date);

                    $('#dayField').val(day);

                    $('#monthField').val(month);

                    $('#yearField').val(year);

                    $('#sampleDateField2 .ui-datepicker').hide();

                }

    });    

});      

Exception while deploying application using beanstalk in Eclipse

I am using Eclipse Juno to deploy a sample web application on AWS using beanstalk, but getting exception while deploying application :

Exception while deploying application using beanstalk in Eclipse:

Unable to upload application to Amazon S3: User: arn:aws:iam::256104670613:user/dev-user is not authorized to perform: elasticbeanstalk:CreateStorageLocation User: arn:aws:iam::256104670613:user/dev-user is not authorized to perform: elasticbeanstalk:CreateStorageLocation

Solution :

Created two user groups :

1. dev-group - with following policies attached:

• IAMFullAccess

• AmazonS3FullAccess

2. dev-ops - with following policy attached:

• AWSElasticBeanstalkFullAccess

And added the user dev-user to both of these groups. That resolved the issue.

Also are available the read only versions of these policies if required:

•  IAMReadOnlyAccess
• AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess
• AWSElasticBeanstalkReadOnlyAccess

Using Jquery for a fixed footer

Following example shows the use of jquery to keep the footer at the bottom:


<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

resizeContainer();

$(window).load(function() {
try {
resizeContainer();
}catch(err) {
return false;
}
});

});

function resizeContainer() {

x = $('.pageContainer').height() + 30; // 30 gives space between div and footer
y = $(window).height();

if (x + 30 <= y){
   $('.footer').css('position', 'fixed');
 
}else{
   $('.footer').css('position', 'relative');  
}
}
</script>

jquery issue : object doesn't support this property or method 'dialog'

Issue#

I have a div in jsp which I am trying to show as dialog on a click event. But getting following error message while trying show a jquery dialog:

object doesn't support this property or method 'dialog'

Fix :

Possible reasons for this issues could :

1. Multiple references to Jquery library. Check if you have included jquery javascript more than once. If yes remove the duplicate references.

2. The dialog method is from the jQuery UI library. Make sure you have included jquery ui javascript.

3. If you are using any custom version of jQuery UI, please ensure it includes dialog method.

4. Also check if the browser version is obsolete. Sometime older version of IE does not support new fields and methods. Try upgrading the the browser.