最近排查一个spring boot应用抛出hibernate.validator NoClassDefFoundError的问题，异常信息如下：
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl
at org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator.createGenericConfiguration(HibernateValidator.java:33) ~[hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar:5.3.5.Final]
at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:276) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar:na]
at org.springframework.boot.validation.MessageInterpolatorFactory.getObject(MessageInterpolatorFactory.java:53) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.validation.DefaultValidatorConfiguration.defaultValidator(DefaultValidatorConfiguration.java:43) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_112]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
... 32 common frames omitted
这个错误信息表面上是 NoClassDefFoundError ，但是实际上 ConfigurationImpl这个类是在 hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar 里的，不应该出现找不到类的情况。
那为什么应用里抛出这个 NoClassDefFoundError ？
有经验的开发人员从 Could not initialize class 这个信息就可以知道，实际上是一个类在初始化时抛出的异常，比如static的静态代码块，或者static字段初始化的异常。
谁初始化了 org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl
但是当我们在 HibernateValidator 这个类，创建 ConfigurationImpl 的代码块里打断点时，发现有两个线程触发了断点：
public class HibernateValidator implements ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration> {br/>@Override
public Configuration<?> createGenericConfiguration(BootstrapState state) {
return new ConfigurationImpl( state );
}
其中一个线程的调用栈是：
Thread [background-preinit] (Class load: ConfigurationImpl)
HibernateValidator.createGenericConfiguration(BootstrapState) line: 33
Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure() line: 276
BackgroundPreinitializer$ValidationInitializer.run() line: 107
BackgroundPreinitializer$1.runSafely(Runnable) line: 59
BackgroundPreinitializer$1.run() line: 52
Thread.run() line: 745
另外一个线程调用栈是：
Thread [main] (Suspended (breakpoint at line 33 in HibernateValidator))
owns: ConcurrentHashMap<K,V> (id=52)
owns: Object (id=53)
HibernateValidator.createGenericConfiguration(BootstrapState) line: 33
Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure() line: 276
MessageInterpolatorFactory.getObject() line: 53
DefaultValidatorConfiguration.defaultValidator() line: 43
NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Method, Object, Object[]) line: not available [native method]
NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 62
DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 43
Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 498
CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy(SimpleInstantiationStrategy).instantiate(RootBeanDefinition, String, BeanFactory, Object, Method, Object...) line: 162
ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(String, RootBeanDefinition, Object[]) line: 588
DefaultListableBeanFactory(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory).instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(String, RootBeanDefinition, Object[]) line: 1173
显然，这个线程的调用栈是常见的spring的初始化过程。
BackgroundPreinitializer 做了什么
那么重点来看下 BackgroundPreinitializer 线程做了哪些事情：
@Order(LoggingApplicationListener.DEFAULT_ORDER + 1)
public class BackgroundPreinitializer
implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent> {
@Override
public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent event) {
try {
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
runSafely(new MessageConverterInitializer());
runSafely(new MBeanFactoryInitializer());
runSafely(new ValidationInitializer());
runSafely(new JacksonInitializer());
runSafely(new ConversionServiceInitializer());
}
public void runSafely(Runnable runnable) {
try {
runnable.run();
}
catch (Throwable ex) {
// Ignore
}
}
}, "background-preinit");
thread.start();
}可以看到 BackgroundPreinitializer 类是spring boot为了加速应用的初始化，以一个独立的线程来加载hibernate validator这些组件。
这个 background-preinit 线程会吞掉所有的异常。
显然 ConfigurationImpl 初始化的异常也被吞掉了，那么如何才能获取到最原始的信息？
获取到最原始的异常信息
在 BackgroundPreinitializer 的 run() 函数里打一个断点（注意是 Suspend thread 类型, 不是 Suspend VM ），让它先不要触发 ConfigurationImpl 的加载，让spring boot的正常流程去触发 ConfigurationImpl 的加载，就可以知道具体的信息了。
那么打出来的异常信息是：
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.jboss.logging.Logger.getMessageLogger(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object;
at org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.logging.LoggerFactory.make(LoggerFactory.java:19) ~[hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar:5.3.5.Final]
at org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version.<clinit>(Version.java:22) ~[hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar:5.3.5.Final]
at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.<clinit>(ConfigurationImpl.java:71) ~[hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar:5.3.5.Final]
at org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator.createGenericConfiguration(HibernateValidator.java:33) ~[hibernate-validator-5.3.5.Final.jar:5.3.5.Final]
at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:276) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar:na]
at org.springframework.boot.validation.MessageInterpolatorFactory.getObject(MessageInterpolatorFactory.java:53) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
那么可以看出是 org.jboss.logging.Logger 这个类不兼容，少了 getMessageLogger(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object 这个函数。
那么检查下应用的依赖，可以发现 org.jboss.logging.Logger 在 jboss-common-1.2.1.GA.jar 和 jboss-logging-3.3.1.Final.jar 里都有。
显然是 jboss-common-1.2.1.GA.jar 这个依赖过时了，需要排除掉。
总结异常的发生流程
应用依赖了 jboss-common-1.2.1.GA.jar ，它里面的 org.jboss.logging.Logger太老
spring boot启动时， BackgroundPreinitializer 里的线程去尝试加载 ConfigurationImpl ，然后触发了 org.jboss.logging.Logger 的函数执行问题
BackgroundPreinitializer 吃掉了异常信息，jvm把 ConfigurationImpl 标记为不可用的
spring boot正常的流程去加载 ConfigurationImpl ，jvm发现 ConfigurationImpl类是不可用，直接抛出 NoClassDefFoundError
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl
深入JVM
为什么第二次尝试加载 ConfigurationImpl 时，会直接抛出 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class ？
下面用一段简单的代码来重现这个问题：
try {
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version.touch();
} catch (Throwable e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.in.read();
try {
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version.touch();
} catch (Throwable e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
使用HSDB来确定类的状态
当抛出第一个异常时，尝试用HSDB来看下这个类的状态。
sudo java -classpath "$JAVA_HOME/lib/sa-jdi.jar" sun.jvm.hotspot.HSDB
然后在HSDB console里查找到 Version 的地址信息
hsdb> class org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version
org/hibernate/validator/internal/util/Version @0x00000007c0060218
然后在 Inspector 查找到这个地址，发现 _init_state 是5。
再看下hotspot代码，可以发现5对应的定义是 initialization_error ：
// /hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.hpp
// See "The Java Virtual Machine Specification" section 2.16.2-5 for a detailed description
// of the class loading & initialization procedure, and the use of the states.
enum ClassState {
allocated, // allocated (but not yet linked)
loaded, // loaded and inserted in class hierarchy (but not linked yet)
linked, // successfully linked/verified (but not initialized yet)
being_initialized, // currently running class initializer
fully_initialized, // initialized (successfull final state)
initialization_error // error happened during initialization
};
JVM规范里关于Initialization的内容
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-5.html#jvms-5.5
从规范里可以看到初始一个类/接口有12步，比较重要的两步都用黑体标记出来了：
5: If the Class object for C is in an erroneous state, then initialization is not possible. Release LC and throw a NoClassDefFoundError.
11: Otherwise, the class or interface initialization method must have completed abruptly by throwing some exception E. If the class of E is not Error or one of its subclasses, then create a new instance of the class ExceptionInInitializerError with E as the argument, and use this object in place of E in the following step.
第一次尝试加载Version类时
当第一次尝试加载时，hotspot InterpreterRuntime在解析 invokestatic 指令时，尝试加载 org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.Version 类， InstanceKlass 的 _init_state 先是标记为 being_initialized ，然后当加载失败时，被标记为 initialization_error 。
对应 Initialization 的11步。
// hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
// Step 10 and 11
Handle e(THREAD, PENDING_EXCEPTION);
CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION;
// JVMTI has already reported the pending exception
// JVMTI internal flag reset is needed in order to report ExceptionInInitializerError
JvmtiExport::clear_detected_exception((JavaThread)THREAD);
{
EXCEPTION_MARK;
this_oop->set_initialization_state_and_notify(initialization_error, THREAD);
CLEAR_PENDING_EXCEPTION; // ignore any exception thrown, class initialization error is thrown below
// JVMTI has already reported the pending exception
// JVMTI internal flag reset is needed in order to report ExceptionInInitializerError
JvmtiExport::clear_detected_exception((JavaThread)THREAD);
}
DTRACE_CLASSINIT_PROBE_WAIT(error, InstanceKlass::cast(this_oop()), -1,wait);
if (e->is_a(SystemDictionary::Error_klass())) {
THROW_OOP(e());
} else {
JavaCallArguments args(e);
THROW_ARG(vmSymbols::java_lang_ExceptionInInitializerError(),
vmSymbols::throwable_void_signature(),
&args);
}
第二次尝试加载Version类时
当第二次尝试加载时，检查 InstanceKlass 的 _init_state 是 initialization_error ，则直接抛出 NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class .
对应 Initialization 的5步。
// hotspot/src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp
void InstanceKlass::initialize_impl(instanceKlassHandle this_oop, TRAPS) {
// ...
// Step 5
if (this_oop->is_in_error_state()) {
DTRACE_CLASSINIT_PROBE_WAIT(erroneous, InstanceKlass::cast(this_oop()), -1,wait);
ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
const char desc = "Could not initialize class ";
const char className = this_oop->external_name();
size_t msglen = strlen(desc) + strlen(className) + 1;
char* message = NEW_RESOURCE_ARRAY(char, msglen);
if (NULL == message) {
// Out of memory: can't create detailed error message
THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_NoClassDefFoundError(), className);
} else {
jio_snprintf(message, msglen, "%s%s", desc, className);
THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_NoClassDefFoundError(), message);
}
}
总结
spring boot在 BackgroundPreinitializer 类里用一个独立的线程来加载validator，并吃掉了原始异常
第一次加载失败的类，在jvm里会被标记为 initialization_error ，再次加载时会直接抛出 NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class
当在代码里吞掉异常时要谨慎，否则排查问题带来很大的困难