Report preview and/or generation fails with 'java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser' error in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle (font dependencies)
Originally Published: 2016-12-07
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Version/Condition: 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
O/S Version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
Generating or previewing reports in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle fails and the following errors are seen in the aveksaServer.log:
When entering the following command, no results appear :
com.aveksa.server.runtime.ServerException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
Could not initialize class net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser
at com.aveksa.server.report.Report.fillReport(Report.java:2019)
at com.aveksa.server.report.Report.fillReport(Report.java:1665)
at com.aveksa.server.report.Report.fillReport(Report.java:1654)
at com.aveksa.gui.objects.report.GuiReport.getPreview(GuiReport.java:930)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.report.report_definition.edit.tabular.BaseEditTabularReportWizard.updatePreview(BaseEditTabularReportWizard.java:200)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.report.report_definition.edit.tabular.BaseEditTabularReportWizard.handlePreview(BaseEditTabularReportWizard.java:143)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.report.report_definition.edit.tabular.BaseEditTabularReportWizard.handleRequest(BaseEditTabularReportWizard.java:101)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.PageManager.forwardRequest(PageManager.java:577)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.PageManager.handleRequest(PageManager.java:341)
at com.aveksa.gui.pages.PageManager.handleRequest(PageManager.java:272)
at com.aveksa.gui.core.MainManager.handleRequest(MainManager.java:179)
at com.aveksa.gui.core.MainManager.doGet(MainManager.java:128)
at com.aveksa.gui.core.MainManager.doPost(MainManager.java:414)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:85)
at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:130)
When entering the following command, no results appear :
# rpm -qa | grep deja
Please refer to RSA Knowledge Base Article 000030327 -- Artifacts to gather in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle to find the location of the aveksaServer.log for your specific deployment.
Cause
Resolution
- Login as the root user.
- Execute the following command:
# yum install dejav*
- When prompted, enter y to install all the packages.
- Switch to the oracle user and restart the application server:
# su - oracle # acm restart
Notes
- 000038324 -- Report preview and/or generation fails with 'java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser' error in RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle (fontconfig)
- 000033818 -- Report preview and/or generation fails with 'java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment' error in 6.9.1 and earlier versions of RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle
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