Our application is running on a really old version of ColdBox probably version 2.X on ColdFusion 2016. I tried to install ColdFusion 2021 on my laptop and getting the application to run but there seems to be issues with ORM. My guess is that that they may not be compatible? So the question is, are there known limitations running an early version of ColdBox on ColdFusion 2021? Will/Should ORM work?
Chris, what errors did you see, exactly? Did you know ACF 2021 doesn’t come with ORM support built-in? You need to install the orm package if you want ORM support.
I have no clue if a version of ColdBox that old works on CF 2021, but I doubt it works. While it may be possible to make it work, I’d spend my time updating to a new version of ColdBox 
I Checked to see that he ORM module was loaded and it is there. The Error that I’m getting is:
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StAXConnector$1.getPublicId(StAXConnector.java:101) at org.apache.xerces.util.SAXLocatorWrapper.getPublicId(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParseException.(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator$XSIErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.reportSchemaError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.handleStartElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.startElement(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.validation.ValidatorHandlerImpl.startElement(Unknown Source) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.ValidatingUnmarshaller.startElement(ValidatingUnmarshaller.java:101) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.InterningXmlVisitor.startElement(InterningXmlVisitor.java:75) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StAXEventConnector.handleStartElement(StAXEventConnector.java:261) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.StAXEventConnector.bridge(StAXEventConnector.java:130) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:460) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:435) at org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.internal.AbstractBinder.jaxb(AbstractBinder.java:171) at org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.internal.MappingBinder.doBind(MappingBinder.java:61) at org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.internal.AbstractBinder.doBind(AbstractBinder.java:102) at org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.internal.AbstractBinder.bind(AbstractBinder.java:84) at org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.internal.JaxpSourceXmlSource.doBind(JaxpSourceXmlSource.java:29) at org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources.addDocument(MetadataSources.java:409) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addDocument(Configuration.java:462) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.HibernateConfiguration.buildConfiguration(HibernateConfiguration.java:647) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.HibernateConfiguration.initHibernateConfiguration(HibernateConfiguration.java:213) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.HibernateConfiguration.(HibernateConfiguration.java:186) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.ConfigurationManager.initConfiguration(ConfigurationManager.java:68) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.HibernateProvider.initializeORMForApplication(HibernateProvider.java:168) at coldfusion.orm.hibernate.HibernateProvider.beforeApplicationStart(HibernateProvider.java:77) at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.fireBeforeAppStartEvent(ApplicationFilter.java:819) at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:433) at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:43) at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40) at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:162) at coldfusion.filter.IpFilter.invoke(IpFilter.java:45) at coldfusion.filter.LicenseFilter.invoke(LicenseFilter.java:30) at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:97) at coldfusion.filter.BrowserDebugFilter.invoke(BrowserDebugFilter.java:81) at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28) at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38) at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:60) at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38) at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22) at coldfusion.filter.CachingFilter.invoke(CachingFilter.java:62) at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:231) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:311) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:228) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:163) at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:46) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:47) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:163) at coldfusion.inspect.weinre.MobileDeviceDomInspectionFilter.doFilter(MobileDeviceDomInspectionFilter.java:121) at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:47) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:163) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:190) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:163) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor95.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filterchain.WrappedFilterChain.doFilter(WrappedFilterChain.java:134) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filter.FusionReactorRequestHandler.doNext(FusionReactorRequestHandler.java:772) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filter.FusionReactorRequestHandler.doHttpServletRequest(FusionReactorRequestHandler.java:344) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filter.FusionReactorRequestHandler.doFusionRequest(FusionReactorRequestHandler.java:207) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filter.FusionReactorRequestHandler.handle(FusionReactorRequestHandler.java:809) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filter.FusionReactorCoreFilter.doFilter(FusionReactorCoreFilter.java:36) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor94.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.j2ee.filterchain.WrappedFilterChain.doFilter(WrappedFilterChain.java:71) at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor93.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.agent.filter.FusionReactorStaticFilter.doFilter(FusionReactorStaticFilter.java:54) at com.intergral.fusionreactor.agent.pointcuts.NewFilterChainPointCut$1.invoke(NewFilterChainPointCut.java:42) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:97) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:542) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:143) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:78) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:373) at org.apache.coyote.ajp.AjpProcessor.service(AjpProcessor.java:462) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:65) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:893) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1723) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:835)
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Interesting. That looks like an XML parsing error on Hibernate startup.While I second @bdw429s (in that you shouldn’t bother trying to use ColdBox on a CF engine it does not support), this issue is not related to ColdBox at all. It’s likely a problem with your ORM entities, if you ask me.
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Yep, that error happened from the ORM init before any CF code even ran. There’s either something wrong with a CFC entity or a custom hibernate XML file.
Here’s someone with the same error, but no solution. Perhaps comment there and ask if they found one:
Here’s a forum post from an Adobe engineer himself. Probably while troubleshooting your issue when someone else reported it: