org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurationException:
Class 'java.util.List' cannot be instantiated
       at

that indicates that it is trying to make a List, when it needs to be making
an ArrayList in a mojo..are you using an implemenation="java.util.List"
attribute in a plugin configuration somewhere?

could you paste the relevant portion of the pom.xml?  and you meant
pom.xmland not
project.xml below, right?

jesse


On 11/29/05, Charlie Abela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi I am new to Maven so this question might seem quite a non-problem :)
>
> anyways I have set the  PATH to M2_HOME  and installed maven correctly
> since
> executing the command M2 --version returns the correct version.
> I have a project.xml with relative tagged info but when I try to execute
> commands such as m2 compile of m2 java:compile an error is generated that
> includes something of this sort:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Diagnosis: Error configuring plugin for execution of 'resources:resources'
> [INFO]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [ERROR] Cause:
> org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Error configuring plugin
> for
> execution of 'resources:resources'.
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(
> DefaultPluginManager.java:335)
>         at
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(
> DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:479)
>         at
>
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle
> (DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:452)
>         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal
> (
> DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:438)
>         at
> org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(
> DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:273)
>         at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(
> DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:131)
>         at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:186)
>         at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:302)
>         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
>         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
> NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
>         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(
> DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
>         at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java
> :315)
>         at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
>         at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(
> Launcher.java
> :430)
>         at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
> Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginConfigurationException: Unable to
> parse the created DOM for plugin configuration
>         at
> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields
> (DefaultPluginManager.java:1019)
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(
> DefaultPluginManager.java:515)
>         at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(
> DefaultPluginManager.java:330)
>         ... 15 more
> Caused by:
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurationException
> :
> Class 'java.util.List' cannot be instantiated
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.AbstractConfigurationConverter.instantiateObject
> (AbstractConfigurationCo
> rter.java:121)
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.CollectionConverter.fromConfiguration
> (CollectionConverter.java
> )
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.ComponentValueSetter.configure
> (ComponentValueSetter.java:252)
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.processConfiguration
> (ObjectWithField
> nverter.java:116)
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.BasicComponentConfigurator.configureComponent
> (BasicComponentConfigurator.java:55)
>         at
> org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields
> (DefaultPluginManager.java:1014)
>         ... 17 more
> Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: java.util.List
>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:335)
>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:303)
>         at
>
> org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.AbstractConfigurationConverter.instantiateObject
> (AbstractConfigurationCo
> rter.java:111)
>         ... 22 more
> [INFO]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [INFO] Total time: 1 second
> [INFO] Finished at: Tue Nov 29 22:24:50 CET 2005
> [INFO] Final Memory: 2M/5M
> [INFO]
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> can someone help me out?
> Am I doing something wrong here?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Charlie
>
>


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jesse mcconnell

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