Tomcat Exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException, java.lang.SecurityException, org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException

While deploying a .war file in the tomcat 8.5.16 version, I get following error:

Exception

java.lang.SecurityException: AuthConfigFactory error: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory.getFactory(AuthConfigFactory.java:85) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.findJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1205) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.getJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1195) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:469) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80) org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Root Cause

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:76) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:66) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory.getFactory(AuthConfigFactory.java:65) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.findJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1205) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.getJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1195) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:469) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80) org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Root Cause

java.lang.SecurityException: org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException: SAX feature 'http://apache.org/xml/features/allow-java-encodings' not recognized. org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.PersistentProviderRegistrations.loadProviders(PersistentProviderRegistrations.java:66) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.AuthConfigFactoryImpl.loadPersistentRegistrations(AuthConfigFactoryImpl.java:329) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.AuthConfigFactoryImpl.(AuthConfigFactoryImpl.java:69) sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:76) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:66) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory.getFactory(AuthConfigFactory.java:65) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.findJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1205) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.getJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1195) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:469) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80) org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Root Cause

org.xml.sax.SAXNotRecognizedException: SAX feature 'http://apache.org/xml/features/allow-java-encodings' not recognized. oracle.xml.jaxp.JXSAXParserFactory.setFeature(JXSAXParserFactory.java:230) org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.setFeature(Digester.java:478) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.PersistentProviderRegistrations.loadProviders(PersistentProviderRegistrations.java:62) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.AuthConfigFactoryImpl.loadPersistentRegistrations(AuthConfigFactoryImpl.java:329) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.jaspic.AuthConfigFactoryImpl.(AuthConfigFactoryImpl.java:69) sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:76) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory$1.run(AuthConfigFactory.java:66) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) javax.security.auth.message.config.AuthConfigFactory.getFactory(AuthConfigFactory.java:65) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.findJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1205) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.getJaspicProvider(AuthenticatorBase.java:1195) org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:469) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80) org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.

Any help how it can be resolved ?

Solution

In the $TOMCAT_HOME/conf/catalina.properties

Set following 4 jars at the dead end:

javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl
javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl
javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl
javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.datatype.DatatypeFactoryImpl

This sets, your catalina environment to include required .jars.