[SOLVED] Problem with starting OH2.2 - org.jupnp(161)] The activate method has thrown an exception

  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: RPI3
    • OS:Raspbian
    • Java Runtime Environment: 1.8.0_171
    • openHAB version: 2.2
  • Issue of the topic: When trying to start openhab I’m getting the error as below. The problem appeared suddenly i.e. after period of no restart I tried to modify sitemap (to add image from camera refreshed every X seconds, I already have one of it). It didn’t work and because my OH neither server were restarted recently I decided to restart OH. It didn’t get up and throws error as below. I don’t know if it has anything to do with sitemap modification (I reverted changes obvoiusly) or with the fact of updating some packages in the meantime but not restarting server or OH.

2018-05-08 22:56:33.265 [ERROR] [org.jupnp                           ] - [org.jupnp(161)] The activate method has thrown an exception
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/org/apache/xerces/internal/impl/XMLEntityManager
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.<init>(XML11Configuration.java:547) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration.<init>(XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration.java:130) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration.<init>(XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration.java:91) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.<init>(DOMParser.java:144) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.<init>(DOMParser.java:128) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.<init>(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:136) ~[?:?]
        at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.newDocumentBuilder(DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.java:75) ~[?:?]
        at org.jupnp.transport.impl.PooledXmlProcessor.<init>(PooledXmlProcessor.java:47) ~[?:?]
        at org.jupnp.transport.impl.PooledXmlProcessor.<init>(PooledXmlProcessor.java:37) ~[?:?]
        at org.jupnp.transport.impl.SOAPActionProcessorImpl.<init>(SOAPActionProcessorImpl.java:57) ~[?:?]
        at org.jupnp.OSGiUpnpServiceConfiguration.createSOAPActionProcessor(OSGiUpnpServiceConfiguration.java:361) ~[?:?]
        at org.jupnp.OSGiUpnpServiceConfiguration.activate(OSGiUpnpServiceConfiguration.java:154) ~[?:?]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:?]
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:?]
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:?]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.BaseMethod.invokeMethod(BaseMethod.java:229) ~[43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.BaseMethod.access$500(BaseMethod.java:39) ~[43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.BaseMethod$Resolved.invoke(BaseMethod.java:650) ~[43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.BaseMethod.invoke(BaseMethod.java:506) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.ActivateMethod.invoke(ActivateMethod.java:307) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.inject.ActivateMethod.invoke(ActivateMethod.java:299) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.SingleComponentManager.createImplementationObject(SingleComponentManager.java:298) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.SingleComponentManager.createComponent(SingleComponentManager.java:109) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.SingleComponentManager.getService(SingleComponentManager.java:906) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.SingleComponentManager.getServiceInternal(SingleComponentManager.java:879) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.SingleComponentManager.getService(SingleComponentManager.java:823) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceFactoryUse$1.run(ServiceFactoryUse.java:212) [?:?]
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceFactoryUse.factoryGetService(ServiceFactoryUse.java:210) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceFactoryUse.getService(ServiceFactoryUse.java:111) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceConsumer$2.getService(ServiceConsumer.java:45) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistrationImpl.getService(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:496) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.getService(ServiceRegistry.java:461) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.getService(BundleContextImpl.java:619) [?:?]
        at com.eclipsesource.jaxrs.publisher.internal.ResourceTracker.addingService(ResourceTracker.java:39) [16:com.eclipsesource.jaxrs.publisher:5.3.1.201602281253]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.customizerAdding(ServiceTracker.java:941) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.customizerAdding(ServiceTracker.java:870) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.AbstractTracked.trackAdding(AbstractTracked.java:256) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.AbstractTracked.track(AbstractTracked.java:229) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker$Tracked.serviceChanged(ServiceTracker.java:901) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.FilteredServiceListener.serviceChanged(FilteredServiceListener.java:109) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:915) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEventPrivileged(ServiceRegistry.java:862) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.publishServiceEvent(ServiceRegistry.java:801) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistrationImpl.register(ServiceRegistrationImpl.java:127) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.serviceregistry.ServiceRegistry.registerService(ServiceRegistry.java:225) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.registerService(BundleContextImpl.java:464) [?:?]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager$3.register(AbstractComponentManager.java:887) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager$3.register(AbstractComponentManager.java:874) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.RegistrationManager.changeRegistration(RegistrationManager.java:132) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager.registerService(AbstractComponentManager.java:941) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager.activateInternal(AbstractComponentManager.java:741) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager.enableInternal(AbstractComponentManager.java:675) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.AbstractComponentManager.enable(AbstractComponentManager.java:430) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.manager.ConfigurableComponentHolder.enableComponents(ConfigurableComponentHolder.java:657) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.BundleComponentActivator.initialEnable(BundleComponentActivator.java:341) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.Activator.loadComponents(Activator.java:390) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.Activator.access$200(Activator.java:54) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.scr.impl.Activator$ScrExtension.start(Activator.java:265) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.utils.extender.AbstractExtender.createExtension(AbstractExtender.java:254) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.apache.felix.utils.extender.AbstractExtender.modifiedBundle(AbstractExtender.java:227) [43:org.apache.felix.scr:2.0.12]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.customizerModified(BundleTracker.java:482) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.customizerModified(BundleTracker.java:415) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.AbstractTracked.track(AbstractTracked.java:232) [?:?]
        at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.bundleChanged(BundleTracker.java:444) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:903) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEventPrivileged(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:213) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:120) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:112) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxContainerAdaptor.publishModuleEvent(EquinoxContainerAdaptor.java:156) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.publishEvent(Module.java:476) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:467) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1620) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1600) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1571) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1514) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230) [?:?]
        at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340) [?:?]
2018-05-08 22:56:34.822 [INFO ] [b.core.service.AbstractActiveService] - HTTP Refresh Service has been started

can anyone advise please where to look for potential problems? I tried to refresh my memory when and why would I need any jupnp software but can’t recall… is it something which installs automatically?

update to my own post - reinstall of Java helped. Problem disappeared