title: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component StandardEngine.StandardHost.StandardContext
body: <p>I see this error when I try to run my application on the Server:</p>
  
  <pre><code>GRAVE: A child container failed during start
  java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/GestioneAuleCorsi]]
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:916)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:871)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1408)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1398)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/GestioneAuleCorsi]]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
      ... 6 more
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot@368d1ac]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:153)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4927)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5057)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
      ... 6 more
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to initialize component [org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet@6e54a425]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:106)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:136)
      at org.apache.catalina.webresources.StandardRoot.startInternal(StandardRoot.java:699)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:147)
      ... 9 more
  Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid LOC header (bad signature)
      at org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet.initInternal(JarResourceSet.java:139)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.init(LifecycleBase.java:102)
      ... 12 more
  Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid LOC header (bad signature)
      at java.util.zip.ZipFile.read(Native Method)
      at java.util.zip.ZipFile.access$1400(ZipFile.java:60)
      at java.util.zip.ZipFile$ZipFileInputStream.read(ZipFile.java:716)
      at java.util.zip.ZipFile$ZipFileInflaterInputStream.fill(ZipFile.java:419)
      at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:158)
      at sun.misc.IOUtils.readFully(IOUtils.java:65)
      at java.util.jar.JarFile.getBytes(JarFile.java:425)
      at java.util.jar.JarFile.getManifestFromReference(JarFile.java:193)
      at java.util.jar.JarFile.getManifest(JarFile.java:180)
      at org.apache.catalina.webresources.JarResourceSet.initInternal(JarResourceSet.java:137)
      ... 13 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and also I see the following in Eclipse:</p>
  
  <pre><code>GRAVE: Failed to destroy end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.releaseCaches(NioEndpoint.java:305)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.unbind(NioEndpoint.java:481)
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AbstractEndpoint.destroy(AbstractEndpoint.java:831)
      at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.destroy(AbstractProtocol.java:533)
      at org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector.destroyInternal(Connector.java:1023)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.destroyInternal(StandardService.java:589)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.destroyInternal(StandardServer.java:877)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.destroy(LifecycleBase.java:297)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:633)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:351)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:485)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Before it was working, then I imported a different project and so Maven downloaded other versions of dependencies/Jar. This I think could have downloaded conflicting things.</p>