Errors java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/LoggerFactory when building master

[elecharny]

Hi!

since I'm trying to chase an issue with Pax-exam 4.13.5 while building Apache directory LDAP API, which fails with the exact same error (the title), I cloned the master and tried to build it. And I also get the same exact error:

2446 [main] INFO org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedFrameworkFactory - Connecting to host: 127.0.0.1 port: 21003
Tests run: 5, Failures: 0, Errors: 4, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 2.832 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest
withBootClasspathFile(org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest)  Time elapsed: 0.676 sec  <<< ERROR!
java.rmi.ServerError: Error occurred in server thread; nested exception is: 
        java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/LoggerFactory
        at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:386)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
        at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:303)
        at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:279)
        at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:164)
        at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invokeRemoteMethod(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:235)
        at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:180)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy13.setFrameworkStartLevel(Unknown Source)
        at org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainer.setFrameworkStartLevel(ForkedTestContainer.java:285)
        at org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainer.installAndStartBundles(ForkedTestContainer.java:275)
        at org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainer.start(ForkedTestContainer.java:158)
        at org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest.startWithBootClasspath(ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest.java:129)
        at org.ops4j.pax.exam.forked.ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest.withBootClasspathFile(ForkedTestContainerFactoryTest.java:110)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/LoggerFactory
        at org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.tracker.ServiceLookup.<clinit>(ServiceLookup.java:41)
        at org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.framework.RemoteFrameworkImpl.setFrameworkStartLevel(RemoteFrameworkImpl.java:289)
        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 sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:387)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
        at org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.tracker.ServiceLookup.<clinit>(ServiceLookup.java:41)
        at org.ops4j.pax.swissbox.framework.RemoteFrameworkImpl.setFrameworkStartLevel(RemoteFrameworkImpl.java:289)
        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 sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

In my case (Apache Directory LDAP API), everything works fine with pax-exam 4.13.4, so I think it's a regression that has been introduced in 4.13.5

[jbonofre]

I bet it's a change in the dependency which doesn't match the import range anymore. Let me take a look. Thanks for the report.