Fisheye instance is unreachable due to problems with JFreeChart library

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*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Symptoms

The Fisheye instance starts without any issues, but it can't be reached in the browser, and the following appears in the atlassian-fisheye.log:

2013-08-22 10:15:22,984 WARN [qtp772809452-149 ] org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler ServletHandler-doHandle - Error for /fisheye/avatar/ java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jfree/chart/urls/XYURLGenerator at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Unknown Source) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.verifyAction(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:174) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.addAction(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:136) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.addPackage(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:246) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.loadConfigurationFile(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:703) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider.init(XmlConfigurationProvider.java:91) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.impl.DefaultConfiguration.reload(DefaultConfiguration.java:159) at com.opensymphony.xwork.config.ConfigurationManager.getConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:55) at com.opensymphony.xwork.util.OgnlUtil.isUseOgnlEnhancement(OgnlUtil.java:585) at com.opensymphony.xwork.util.OgnlUtil.getValue(OgnlUtil.java:287) at com.opensymphony.xwork.util.OgnlValueStack.findValue(OgnlValueStack.java:224) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkRequestWrapper.getAttribute(WebWorkRequestWrapper.java:52) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.createContextMap(DispatcherUtils.java:352) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.createContextMap(DispatcherUtils.java:311) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.DispatcherUtils.serviceAction(DispatcherUtils.java:241) at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.service(ServletDispatcher.java:111) . . . Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jfree.chart.urls.XYURLGenerator 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 java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ... 130 more

Also, the logs show that the JFreeChart jar file was modified:

2013-08-22 10:34:27,939 INFO [WrapperStartStopAppMain ] fisheye Run-printSystemInfo - -------------------------- System Information -------------------------- FishEye 3.0.3 20130723010312 FISHEYE_HOME : D:\fecru-3.0.3 FISHEYE_INST : D:\fecru-home . . . Modified Files: * fisheye.jar * lib/jfreechart-1.0.9.jar

Cause

Fisheye wasn't installed properly, or the JAR file got corrupted someway.

Resolution

  1. Shutdown Fisheye

  2. Download the same Fisheye version being used

  3. Extract the jfreechart-1.0.9.jar library

  4. Replace the existing one at <FISHEYE_HOME>/lib/jfreechart-1.0.9.jar

  5. Start Fisheye

If the above steps don't work, re-install Fisheye from scratch.

Updated on September 25, 2025

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