No WebApplicationContext found using Acegi with HttpInvoker

[mbabauer]

I am trying to use Acegi with the Spring HttpInvoker deployed to JBoss as a WAR. But, when its deployed with Acegi filters added to the web.xml I get:

09:46:25,641 ERROR [Engine] StandardContext[/-bpass]Exception starting filter Acegi HTTP Session Integration
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No WebApplicationContext found: no ContextLoaderListener registered?

In my web.xml I have:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE web-app PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_4.dtd">

<web-app>

	<display-name>BPASS Controller</display-name>
	<context-param>
		<param-name>contextConfiguration</param-name>
		<param-value>WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
	</context-param>
	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>context</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
	
	<servlet>
		<servlet-name>bpass</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
	</servlet>
	
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>bpass</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/bpass/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	<servlet-mapping>
		<servlet-name>context</servlet-name>
		<url-pattern>/context/*</url-pattern>
	</servlet-mapping>
	
	<!-- Security configuration -->
	<filter>
		<filter-name>Acegi HTTP Session Integration</filter-name>
		<filter-class>org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy</filter-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>targetClass</param-name>
			<param-name>org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter</param-name>
		</init-param>
	</filter>
	
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>Acegi HTTP Session Integration</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/bpass/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>
	
	<filter>
		<filter-name>Acegi HTTP BASIC Authorization Filter</filter-name>
		<filter-class>org.acegisecurity.util.FilterToBeanProxy</filter-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>targetClass</param-name>
			<param-name>org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter</param-name>
		</init-param>
	</filter>
	
	<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>Acegi HTTP BASIC Authorization Filter</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>/bpass/*</url-pattern>
	</filter-mapping>
</web-app>

I have tried several variations on the url-pattern, include the full path to the Dispatch servlet (/-bpass/bpass/bpass_controller), /context/*, /-bpass/context/*, and anything else I could mustar up.

Does anyone have a clue as to what I am doing wrong?

[mecode]

Maybe the solution is similar to the one here?

http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=10790

[mbabauer]

Thanks, you put me on the right path. The problem was, for some reason, the ContextLoaderServlet was not starting the Spring contexts early enough. I swapped it out for a ContextLoaderListener instead, and whalla! It works.

I now get the HttpSessionInvokerFilter stuff scroll by on a request, but it doesn't seem to run my custom UserDetailsService. This in a different problem, however, destined for a separate thread...