AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory ClassNotFoundException when executing mockservicerunner

[Geggeh]

I recently upgraded from SoapUI 5.0.0 to 5.2.0 on windows 7.   I am attempting to execute a mock service from a command line using:

mockservicerunner.bat -m "<MockServiceName> MockService" "C:\<path-to-xml>"

When executing I recieve a ClassNotFoundException:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoImportMethodFactory
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.LoaderBase.loadAutoFactories(LoaderBase.java:96)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.LoaderBase.loadFactories(LoaderBase.java:64)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginLoader.loadPluginFactories(PluginLoader.java:129)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginLoader.loadPlugin(PluginLoader.java:92)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginLoader.loadPlugin(PluginLoader.java:42)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager.doInstallPlugin(PluginManager.java:127)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager.access$600(PluginManager.java:38)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager$LoadPluginsTask.computeSequentially(PluginManager.java:406)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager$LoadPluginsTask.compute(PluginManager.java:363)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager$LoadPluginsTask.compute(PluginManager.java:368)
at com.eviware.soapui.plugins.PluginManager$LoadPluginsTask.compute(PluginManager.java:351)
at java.util.concurrent.RecursiveTask.exec(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask.doExec(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread.execTask(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.scan(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.work(Unknown Source)

Had a quick look through GitHub and can't seem to find this class.   Any suggestions?   I have tried putting all of the jars from the /<user dir>/.soapuios/plugins/*.jar into the lib dir... then I looked in them and found the class was not in there.   How can I get my hands on this class or a version of the mock runnner that does not rely on the class?

Edit:   Service works fine from the GUI

[squawk]

exactly the same exceptions reported for me - win 7, soapui 5.2.0.... but it does appear to work

[dagnygaard]

I upgraded to 5.2.1 and still got the same ClassNotFoundException.

Some googling makes me believe that the class is from the Pro release?

https://www.soapui.org/apidocs/pro/index.html?com/eviware/soapui/plugins/auto/factories/AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory.html

Annoying, but not cripling, I too observe that the script does run with all the error messages.

[nmrao]

Do you have any plugins? or soapui logs that you can attach here?

[jrahman]

If the SoapUI version is 5.2.1 (I use this and found the same problem), the problem ties to the default plugins installed under "C:\Users\<user name>.soapuios\plugin".

For SoapUI 5.2.1, there are 4 default plugins installed under this directory:

1. readyapi-swaggerhub-plugin-1.0.jar
2. ready-mqtt-plugin-dist.jar
3. ready-uxm-plugin-1.0.1-dist.jar
4. soapui-swagger-plugin-2.2-dist.jar

Just rename the original folder 'plugins' to 'plugins_NOTinUse' (or something else), so that default plugins could be forced hidden during runtime. The problem then disappeared.

/jamil

[ashishpatel]

HI , As per above replay , I have checked file under plugin folder. No such jar found  for deletion.

Please suggest other approach for resolving AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory ClassNotFoundException issue.

[rupert_anderson]

Hi,

Along with the exception there is normally a path like:

11:43:32,432 INFO  [PluginManager] Adding plugin from [C:\Users\jenkins\.soapuios\plugins\ready-mqtt-plugin-dist.jar]
11:43:34,773 ERROR [SoapUI] An error occurred [com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory], see error log for details
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory

I take it you've checked this / these locations? 

As you're probably aware, whilst this exception is irritating, it isn't actually serious in terms of lost functionality. If you get a chance, please vote/kudo for the feature request to get these errors handled properly - https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Feature-Requests/Resolving-quot-An-error-occurred-com-eviw...

Thanks,

Rupert

[quinnJohn58]

Some folks are claiming this doesn't stop things from running.  I am using the test launcher for a test case and it fails with that error and this one:Quote

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@rupert_anderson wrote:

Hi,

Along with the exception there is normally a path like:

11:43:32,432 INFO  [PluginManager] Adding plugin from [C:\Users\jenkins\.soapuios\plugins\ready-mqtt-plugin-dist.jar]11:43:34,773 ERROR [SoapUI] An error occurred [com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory], see error log for details
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory

I take it you've checked this / these locations? 

As you're probably aware, whilst this exception is irritating, it isn't actually serious in terms of lost functionality. If you get a chance, please vote/kudo for the feature request to get these errors handled properly - https://community.smartbear.com/t5/SoapUI-Feature-Requests/Resolving-quot-An-error-occurred-com-eviw...

Thanks,

Rupert

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java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoImportMethodFactory

Is this not supposed to work in SoapUI Open Source or do you have to do something special to fix it so it will run.  I also tried putting the plugins in the bin/ext directory due to several others mentioning this.

[icenamor]

I had several errors like that: 

log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.

ERROR [SoapUI] An error occurred [com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoDiscoveryMethodFactory], see error log for details
ERROR [SoapUI] An error occurred [com.eviware.soapui.plugins.auto.factories.AutoImportMethodFactory], see error log for details

I did the solution for jrahman and it works now!