https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53285
          Priority: P2
            Bug ID: 53285
          Assignee: dev@tomcat.apache.org
           Summary: Web app configuration fails when security-role-ref
                    does not contain role-link
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Windows XP
          Reporter: sjdav...@acm.org
          Hardware: PC
            Status: NEW
           Version: 7.0.27
         Component: Catalina
           Product: Tomcat 7

Created attachment 28829
  --> https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=28829&action=edit
Sample WAR

The <role-link> element is optional content within <security-role-ref>.
However, an application will fail to deploy if the optional element is missing.

I've attached a sample WAR that highlights the problem. Note, the attached WAR
will deploy ok in 6.0.35.

Console output from running 7.0.27 embedded in Eclipse:
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.27
24/05/2012 2:32:34 PM org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester endElement
SEVERE: End event threw exception
Throwable occurred: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't convert argument:
null
    at
org.apache.tomcat.util.IntrospectionUtils.convert(IntrospectionUtils.java:966)
    at
org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.CallMethodRule.end(CallMethodRule.java:476)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1051)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown
Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1537)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1825)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1201)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:855)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:345)
    at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5161)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:314)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:149)
    at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:897)
    at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:919)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
24/05/2012 2:32:34 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml
SEVERE: Parse error in application web.xml file at
jndi:/localhost/testApp/WEB-INF/web.xml
Throwable occurred: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't convert argument:
null
    at
org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2687)
    at
org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2719)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1054)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown
Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown
Source)
    at
org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown
Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1537)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.parseWebXml(ContextConfig.java:1825)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1201)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:855)
    at
org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:345)
    at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at
org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5161)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
    at
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:314)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:149)
    at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:897)
    at
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:919)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
24/05/2012 2:32:34 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig parseWebXml
SEVERE: Occurred at line 18 column 23

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