Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator

[srisreenivas]

Hi,

I am using Spring Tiles to create a page with the collection of jsps. After writing the code and running the server, i am getting the following exception.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'tilesConfigurer' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/tiles-context.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer.setAttri buteEvaluatorFactory(org.apache.tiles.evaluator.At tributeEvaluatorFactory)

I am using the following jars.
tiles-api-3.0.0.jar
tiles-core-3.0.0.jar
tiles-jsp-3.0.0.jar
tiles-servlet-3.0.0.jar
tiles-template-3.0.0.jar
org.springframework.web.servlet-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar

Please help me how to get resolve this issue.

Thanks,
Srinivas

[Marten Deinum]

Please use [ code][/code ] tags when posting xml/stacktraces/code...

Spring has no support for Tiles 3 (yet?) and hasn't been tested with it, Tiles 2.2.x is supported.

[yats]

Hi,

got the same error.
I am using the below version of Spring and tiles:
spring-aop-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-asm-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-beans-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-support-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-core-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-expression-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-struts-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
spring-web-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar
spring-webmvc-3.0.4.RELEASE.jar

tiles-api-2.2.0.jar
tiles-compat-2.2.0.jar
tiles-core-2.2.0.jar
tiles-extras-2.2.0.jar
tiles-jsp-2.2.0.jar
tiles-servlet-2.2.0.jar
tiles-template-2.2.0-2.2.0.jar

Stack Trace:

DispatcherSer E org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean Context initialization failed
                                 org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tilesConfigurer' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/springapp-servlet.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator
	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.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:161)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:336)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.init(ServletWrapperImpl.java:168)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.load(ServletWrapper.java:1360)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:982)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3704)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:304)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:962)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:195)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:452)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:511)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:305)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:276)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLConnectionLink.determineNextChannel(SSLConnectionLink.java:1049)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLConnectionLink$MyReadCompletedCallback.complete(SSLConnectionLink.java:643)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLReadServiceContext$SSLReadCompletedCallback.complete(SSLReadServiceContext.java:1784)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1659)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer$TilesElActivator.registerEvaluator(TilesConfigurer.java:550)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer.afterPropertiesSet(TilesConfigurer.java:362)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1477)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417)

[Arun08]

I am getting this error. Is there any solution for this?

Stack Trace:

DispatcherSer E org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean Context initialization failed
                                 org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'tilesConfigurer' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/springapp-servlet.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator
	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.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
	at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:161)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:336)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapperImpl.init(ServletWrapperImpl.java:168)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.load(ServletWrapper.java:1360)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.invokeFilters(WebAppFilterManager.java:982)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.handleRequest(WebApp.java:3704)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.handleRequest(WebGroup.java:304)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:962)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.handleRequest(WSWebContainer.java:1662)
	at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:195)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:452)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:511)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.processRequest(HttpInboundLink.java:305)
	at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.ready(HttpInboundLink.java:276)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLConnectionLink.determineNextChannel(SSLConnectionLink.java:1049)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLConnectionLink$MyReadCompletedCallback.complete(SSLConnectionLink.java:643)
	at com.ibm.ws.ssl.channel.impl.SSLReadServiceContext$SSLReadCompletedCallback.complete(SSLReadServiceContext.java:1784)
	at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
	at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:138)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:204)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:775)
	at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:905)
	at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1659)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot activate ELAttributeEvaluator
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer$TilesElActivator.registerEvaluator(TilesConfigurer.java:550)
	at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer.afterPropertiesSet(TilesConfigurer.java:362)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1477)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1417)

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[yats]

this problem is coming because of mismatch in tiles and spring jars.. can you tell us the name of the jars you are using for Spring and tiles?

[Arun08]

this problem is coming because of mismatch in tiles and spring jars.. can you tell us the name of the jars you are using for Spring and tiles?

Hi,

I have used the following jars
tiles-api-2.2.2.jar
tiles-core-2.2.2.jar
tiles-jsp-2.2.2.jar
tiles-servlet-2.2.2.jar
tiles-template-2.2.2.jar
tiles-el-2.2.2.jar

spring-webmvc-3.1.4.RELEASE.jar.

I am using Spring 3.1 jar. regarding Tiles, i tried using all version from 2.0, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.1.

Everything gives the same error.

Thanks.

[yats]

use Spring 3.0.4.RELEASE with tiles 2.2.2, it solved my problem.
If you are using maven build use the below dependency

<!-- Spring dependent Jar files-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>3.0.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>3.0.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-struts</artifactId>
<version>3.0.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Tiles Dependencey -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-servlet</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-jsp</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-core</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-api</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-compat</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-template</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-jcl</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-digester</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-digester</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Tiles dependecy closed here -->

[Marten Deinum]

Please use [ code][/code ] tags when posting code that way it remains readable...

NEVER mix different spring versions you are now mixing 3.0.4 and 3.06... If you want problems that is the way to go.

[Arun08]

Please use [ code][/code ] tags when posting code that way it remains readable...

NEVER mix different spring versions you are now mixing 3.0.4 and 3.06... If you want problems that is the way to go.

Hi Marten,

Thanks. I have one more doubt.
I am using 6 different jars such as
Tiles-api
Tiles-core
Tiles-jsp
Tiles-servlet
Tiles-template
Tiles-el

In the above case, should i use all these tiles of same version or can i use Tiles-jsp 2.14 , Tiles-api 2.2.0 etc...

Please let me know since am getting error if i use 2.2.0 for all different Tiles jars.

As far as Spring JARs are concerned, am using the 3.1.1.RELEASE jars. Please let me know if thats fine.

Thanks,
Arun