IBM JDK_1.6 prevents starting on Zlinux Suse Sles10
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*Except Fisheye and Crucible
Problem
Confluence fails to start and the following is found in the atlassian-confluence.log:
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org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'settingsManager' defined in class path resource [KB:applicationContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'upgradeManager' while setting bean property 'upgradeManager';
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'upgradeManager' defined in class path resource [KB:upgradeSubsystemContext.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'fopConfigAndFontMetricsUpgradeTask' while setting bean property 'upgradeTasks' with key [KB:50];
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'fopFactory' defined in class path resource [KB:importExportSubsystemContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'userConfig' of bean class [KB:org.apache.fop.apps.FopFactory]: Bean property 'userConfig' is not writable or has an invalid setter method. Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of the getter?
Cause
IBM's JDK is in use.
Resolution
Switch to Oracle Sun's Java implementation. This article describes a method of changing the JDK used for Confluence: Installing Java for Confluence
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