Getting SEVERE: Servlet .CXFServlet. exception during Tomcat Server initialization

Products

• Endevor

Issue/Introduction

When starting the Tomcat server STC WSTOMSTC with Endevor v19, Tomcat doesn’t properly start due to :

SEVERE: Servlet CXFServlet in web application /EndevorService threw load() exception java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError:
JVMCFRE199E bad major version 55.0 of class=org/apache/cxf/transport/servlet/CXFNonSpringServlet, the maximum supported major version is 52.0 but can't identify the mismatch

Environment

Endevor 19.0
Tomcat Server
Java 8.0

Cause

Known issue with the SOAP API part of web services, where one of its dependencies was not compatible with Java 8.

Resolution

Install the latest version of web services (2.19, PTF LU12888) and deploy it to the Tomcat server.

Additional Information

Read -> [2.19] WEB SERVICES SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE EBCDIC CODE PAGES (PTF LU12888)