Library file 'Castor.jar' missing from XOG Client of version 16.1.3

Products

• Clarity PPM SaaS
• Clarity PPM On Premise

Issue/Introduction

Library file 'Castor.jar' missing from XOG Client of version 16.1.3 causing error when validating and running script using XOG client.

 

Steps to Reproduce: 

 

1. Download XOG client from 16.1.3 environment.

2. Place attached test hello.xml into C:\xog\1613\xogclient\bin

3. Run gel -script hello.xml -validate

4. Observe error below:

C:\xog\1613\xogclient\bin>gel -script hello.xml -validate

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)

        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)

        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)

        at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.run(Forehead.java:551)

        at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:581)

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/exolab/castor/xml/CastorException

        at com.niku.union.log.NikuLogger.isSingleTenantMode(NikuLogger.java:100)

        at com.niku.union.log.NikuLogger.isSystemRunningWithSingleTenantMode(NikuLogger.java:203)

        at com.niku.union.log.NikuLogger.getLog4jLogger(NikuLogger.java:176)

        at com.niku.union.log.NikuLogger.getLog4jLogger(NikuLogger.java:164)

        at com.niku.union.log.NikuLogger.info(NikuLogger.java:1408)

        at com.niku.union.gel.GELClient.main(GELClient.java:57)

        ... 6 more

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.exolab.castor.xml.CastorException

        at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:471)

        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:588)

        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)

        ... 12 more

Expected Results: it should execute without an error

 

Actual Results: it is throwing an error

Environment

Release : 16.1.3

Resolution

DE77552, fixed in 16.2.0

Workaround: Copy castor.jar file from Clarity install directory under lib folder.