April 18th, 2007

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java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: weblogic.servlet.jsp.StandardTagLib.fakeEmptyBodyTag( Ljavax/servlet/jsp/PageContext; Ljavax/servlet/jsp/tagext/BodyTag;IZ

I was trying to deploy my Ear containing a war file in Weblogic 8.1, got the following exception

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: weblogic.servlet.jsp.StandardTagLib.fakeEmptyBodyTag(Ljavax/servlet/jsp/PageContext;Ljavax/servlet/jsp/tagext/BodyTag;IZ)V
	at jsp_servlet._login.__login._jspService(__login.java:1016)
	at weblogic.servlet.jsp.JspBase.service(JspBase.java:33)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl$ServletInvocationAction.run(ServletStubImpl.java:1053)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:387)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl.java:431)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:28)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
	at com.pearson.ph.phcore.presentation.servlets.CheckLoginFilter.doFilter(CheckLoginFilter.java:76)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
	at com.pearson.ph.phcore.presentation.servlets.CheckLoginFilter.doFilter(CheckLoginFilter.java:76)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
	at com.pearson.ph.itext.presentation.servlets.SessionFilter.doFilter(SessionFilter.java:87)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:27)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:6297)
	at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:317)
	at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:97)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServletContext.java:3575)
	at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl.java:2573)
	at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:178)
	at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:151)

Solution
Seems this is an issue with Weblogic server 8.1, when upgraded to Weblogic 8.1 sp4 the problem goes away.

Written by Ravi Nallakukkala on April 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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