[VAdministration] or [Java bean field] errors occur when using CFMX 7 on JVM 1.5

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[VAdministration] or [Java bean field] errors occur when using CFMX 7 on JVM 1.5

ColdFusion MX 7 and 7.01 ship with JVM version 1.4.2.05 as the default JVM. If you are installing the WAR or EAR option of ColdFusion on an existing version of of JRun, then you may not be using this 'default' JVM since JRun permits you to choose a pre-installed JVM when initally instaling JRun4.

If you are using Sun JVM 1.5 in either Server Configuration, Multiserver Config, or J2EE Config then you may encounter a variety of errors that occur regarding the Verity K2 Search Server. Verity K2 ships with ColdFusion MX 7/7.01 and the encyrption libraries don't work with JVM 1.5, and that JVM version is not supported for use with ColdFusion MX 7/7.01.

# VM configuration
#
# Where to find JVM, if {java.home}/jre exists then that JVM is used
# if not then it must be the path to the JRE itself
# Default JVM 1.4.2_05 works
# java.home=C:/CFusionMX7/runtime/jre
# JVM 1.5 breaks CF and is unsupported
java.home=C:/jdk1.5.0_01/jre

11/14 08:14:45 user ColdFusionStartUpServlet: init
11/14 08:14:45 user ColdFusionStartUpServlet: ColdFusion MX: Starting application services
11/14 08:14:45 user ColdFusionStartUpServlet: ColdFusion MX: VM version = 1.5.0_01-b08
11/14 08:14:46 Information [main] - Starting logging...

You may encounter the following errors during the ColdFusion Settings Wizard (part 2 of installation) if you are using the JRun J2EE configuration for CFMX with the 1.5 JVM, or you may encounter it if you changed the JVM from 1.4 to 1.5 after the original installation:

[1]java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.verity.administration.VAdmin.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.verity.api.administration.VAdministration.<init>(Unknown Source)
at coldfusion.tagext.search.Utils$1.run(Utils.java:321)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at coldfusion.tagext.search.Utils.adminConnect(Utils.java:318)
at coldfusion.verity.VerityServiceImpl.getCollectiondir(VerityServiceImpl.java:82)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at coldfusion.runtime.StructBean.resolveName(StructBean.java:137)
...

11/14 08:16:10 error Java bean field access exception.
[2]java.lang.RuntimeException: Encryption algorithm not found
at com.verity.security.k2.K2Encrypt.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at com.verity.administration.VAdmin.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.verity.api.administration.VAdministration.<init>(Unknown Source)
at coldfusion.tagext.search.Utils$1.run(Utils.java:321)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at coldfusion.tagext.search.Utils.adminConnect(Utils.java:318)
at coldfusion.verity.VerityServiceImpl.getCollectiondir(VerityServiceImpl.java:82)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
...

If you disabled the Settings Wizard after a new installation of CFMX and then entered into the CF Administrator, or if you changed the JVM version and then went back to the CF Admin, then you will see the following error when you click on the Verity page:

500 Java bean field access exception.
Java bean field access exception.

To corrrect this error, use the Sun 1.4.2_05 JVM. You can download the Sun JVM 1.4.2_05 from Sun's Archive page.

posted on 14 November, 2005 at 8:44 AM.
ColdFusion | Comments (4)

Comments

You can use an CF Tool called FusionReactor to safely run CFMX on JRE 1.5

(as well as general CF server monitoring)

http://www.fusion-reactor.com/

Regards,
Andreas.

comment by Andreas Tattersall, posted at 12/5/05 7:53 AM

While FusionReactor may allow ColdFusion to function properly on JVM 1.5 if that claim is true, Macromedia, er... Adobe, will only support ColdFusion installed as per the ColdFusion System Requirements appropriate for that version of CF.

comment by Steven Erat, posted at 12/5/05 8:41 AM

FusionReactor makes the following statement regarding JVM 1.5 (Java 5):

[quote] I switched to Java 5 and now my ColdFusion application no longer works! Java 5 is not yet certified by Macromedia for use with ColdFusion MX 6 or 7 and there are several ColdFusion features which do not work correctly under Java 5 (Such as query of queries with a datestamp in the where clause.) We include a fix for Verity but you should make sure your system is completely tested under Java 5 before considering this option in a production environment.[/quote]

http://www.fusion-reactor.com/support.html#java1

And their own FusionReactor System Requirements are currently Windows only.

comment by Steven Erat, posted at 12/5/05 8:51 AM

That sounds reasonable - I guess if it was so easy then Macromedia would have already certified CFMX for JRE 1.5

We tested the Java5 runtime with three DEV servers and found it to be perfectly stable.

I haven't yet updated our enterprise server, but that's because I haven't bought a license yet :P

I wouldn't say "Go test it out in production", but it's easy to install / test and if it works then it brings some nice advantages.

The developer license is free anyway.

Regards,
Andreas.

comment by Andreas Tattersall, posted at 12/5/05 9:31 AM

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