missing sandbox directory causes orbeon to fail to startup

I have the following config in my orbeon web.xml

    <context-param>
        <param-name>oxf.resources.priority.0</param-name>
        <param-value>org.orbeon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerFactory</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>oxf.resources.priority.0.oxf.resources.filesystem.sandbox-directory</param-name>
        <param-value>${web.app.data}/orbeon</param-value>
    </context-param>

(where ${web.app.data} expands to a valid path for an existing directory)

and the properties-local.xml file in the orbeon war has the following at the end

    <!-- Include the site specific property values. -->
    <xi:include href="oxf:/config/configurable-properties.xml" />

Now if I start up with the directory ${web.app.data}/orbeon missing I get the error included below. This seems wrong to me. If the directory "config" or the file "configurable-properties.xml" is missing that is fine, it is just ignored but if the containing directory is missing it causes orbeon to fail to startup.

perhaps just logging a warning and setting hasSandbox to false would be a better result since all that has happened is that the optional configuration is missing and so is its containing directory.

17:31:20,603 INFO  [Orbeon$] Starting Orbeon Forms 4.10.0.201508261723 PE
17:31:20,615 INFO  [Orbeon$] Initializing Resource Manager with: {oxf.resources.priority.0=org.orbeon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerFactory, oxf.resources.priority.5=org.orbeon.oxf.resources.ClassLoaderResourceManagerFactory, org.orbeon.oxf.resources.WebAppResourceManagerImplWebAppContext=org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.ServletWebAppContext@5e54bf3f, oxf.resources.priority.0.oxf.resources.filesystem.sandbox-directory=/Users/bwallis/InfoMedix/JBoss/UDR4/udr_home/appdata/orbeon, oxf.resources.factory=org.orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerFactory, oxf.resources.priority.3=org.orbeon.oxf.resources.WebAppResourceManagerFactory, oxf.resources.priority.3.oxf.resources.webapp.rootdir=/WEB-INF/resources}
17:31:20,621 INFO  [Orbeon$] Using run mode: prod
17:31:20,624 INFO  [Orbeon$] Using properties file: oxf:/config/properties-prod.xml
17:31:20,771 ERROR [ProcessorService] Exception when running context creation

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|An Error has Occurred                                                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Root directory /Users/bwallis/InfoMedix/JBoss/UDR4/udr_home/appdata/orbeon does not refer to a valid directory        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Application Call Stack                                                                                                |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Exception: org.orbeon.oxf.common.OXFException                                                                         |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|.orbeon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerImpl|<init>                        |FilesystemResourceManagerImpl.|  44|
|beon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerFactory|makeInstance                  |FilesystemResourceManagerFacto|  29|
|rg.orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerImpl|<init>                        |PriorityResourceManagerImpl.ja|  78|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Exception: org.orbeon.oxf.common.OXFException                                                                         |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|rg.orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerImpl|<init>                        |PriorityResourceManagerImpl.ja|  82|
|orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerFactory|makeInstance                  |PriorityResourceManagerFactory|  31|
|org.orbeon.oxf.resources.ResourceManagerWrapper    |instance                      |ResourceManagerWrapper.java   |  63|
|processor.generator.URLGenerator$OXFResourceHandler|readXML                       |URLGenerator.java             | 866|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.generator.URLGenerator$1  |readImpl                      |URLGenerator.java             | 538|
|essor.impl.ProcessorOutputImpl$TopLevelOutputFilter|read                          |ProcessorOutputImpl.java      | 257|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.impl.ProcessorOutputImpl  |read                          |ProcessorOutputImpl.java      | 394|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Exception: org.orbeon.oxf.common.ValidationException                                                                  |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|org.orbeon.oxf.common.OrbeonLocationException$     |wrapException                 |OrbeonLocationException.scala |  60|
|org.orbeon.oxf.common.OrbeonLocationException      |wrapException                 |OrbeonLocationException.scala |    |
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.impl.ProcessorOutputImpl  |read                          |ProcessorOutputImpl.java      | 397|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl             |readInputAsSAX                |ProcessorImpl.java            | 262|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl             |readInputAsDOM4J              |ProcessorImpl.java            | 279|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl$2           |read                          |ProcessorImpl.java            | 309|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl$2           |read                          |ProcessorImpl.java            | 307|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl             |readCacheInputAsObject        |ProcessorImpl.java            | 363|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl             |readCacheInputAsDOM4J         |ProcessorImpl.java            | 307|
|org.orbeon.oxf.processor.DOMSerializer             |runGetDocument                |DOMSerializer.scala           |  49|
|org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties               |update                        |Properties.java               | 141|
|org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties               |instance                      |Properties.java               |  94|
|org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties               |init                          |Properties.java               |  76|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.Orbeon$                      |initialize                    |Orbeon.scala                  |  73|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$$anonfun$1      |apply                         |WebAppContext.scala           | 117|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$$anonfun$1      |apply                         |WebAppContext.scala           | 117|
|scala.collection.mutable.MapLike$class             |getOrElseUpdate               |MapLike.scala                 | 194|
|g.orbeon.oxf.webapp.ParametersAndAttributes$$anon$1|getOrElseUpdate               |WebAppContext.scala           |  93|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$class           |$init$                        |WebAppContext.scala           | 117|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.ServletWebAppContext         |<init>                        |WebAppContext.scala           | 122|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.WebAppContext$               |apply                         |WebAppContext.scala           | 167|
|org.orbeon.oxf.pipeline.InitUtils$                 |runWithServletContext         |InitUtils.scala               | 170|
|ervletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1|apply$mcV$sp                  |OrbeonServletContextListener.s|  40|
|ervletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1|apply                         |OrbeonServletContextListener.s|  40|
|ervletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1|apply                         |OrbeonServletContextListener.s|  40|
|org.orbeon.oxf.util.ScalaUtils$                    |withRootException             |ScalaUtils.scala              |  83|
|org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener |contextInitialized            |OrbeonServletContextListener.s|  39|
|org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext           |contextListenerStart          |StandardContext.java          |3369|
|org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext           |start                         |StandardContext.java          |3828|
|jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment|performDeployInternal         |TomcatDeployment.java         | 294|
|jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment|performDeploy                 |TomcatDeployment.java         | 146|
|org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment      |start                         |AbstractWarDeployment.java    | 476|
|org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule                  |startModule                   |WebModule.java                | 118|
|org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule                  |start                         |WebModule.java                |  95|
|sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl               |invoke0                       |NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java |    |
|sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl               |invoke                        |NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java |  57|
|sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl           |invoke                        |DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.j|  43|
|java.lang.reflect.Method                           |invoke                        |Method.java                   | 606|
|org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher       |invoke                        |ReflectedDispatcher.java      | 157|
|org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation                     |dispatch                      |Invocation.java               |  96|
|---8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<--------8<---|
|.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext|install                       |AbstractControllerContext.java| 379|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |install                       |AbstractController.java       |2044|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |incrementState                |AbstractController.java       |1083|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |executeOrIncrementStateDirectl|AbstractController.java       |1322|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |resolveContexts               |AbstractController.java       |1246|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |resolveContexts               |AbstractController.java       |1139|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |change                        |AbstractController.java       | 939|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |change                        |AbstractController.java       | 654|
|org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl|change                        |DeployersImpl.java            |1983|
|org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl|process                       |DeployersImpl.java            |1076|
|org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl  |process                       |MainDeployerImpl.java         | 679|
|.server.profileservice.deployers.MainDeployerPlugin|process                       |MainDeployerPlugin.java       | 106|
|ependency.ProfileControllerContext$DelegateDeployer|process                       |ProfileControllerContext.java | 143|
|jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction|deploy                        |ProfileDeployAction.java      | 151|
|jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction|installActionInternal         |ProfileDeployAction.java      |  94|
|jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction|installAction                 |InstallsAwareAction.java      |  54|
|jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction|installAction                 |InstallsAwareAction.java      |  42|
|ndency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction|simpleInstallAction           |SimpleControllerContextAction.|  62|
|ndency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction|install                       |AccessControllerContextAction.|  71|
|dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions|install                       |AbstractControllerContextActio|  51|
|.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext|install                       |AbstractControllerContext.java| 379|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |install                       |AbstractController.java       |2044|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |incrementState                |AbstractController.java       |1083|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |executeOrIncrementStateDirectl|AbstractController.java       |1322|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |resolveContexts               |AbstractController.java       |1246|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |resolveContexts               |AbstractController.java       |1139|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |change                        |AbstractController.java       | 939|
|org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController    |change                        |AbstractController.java       | 654|
|ncy.ProfileActivationWrapper$BasicProfileActivation|start                         |ProfileActivationWrapper.java | 190|
|.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationWrapper|start                         |ProfileActivationWrapper.java |  87|
|.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationService|activateProfile               |ProfileActivationService.java | 215|
|.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationService|activate                      |ProfileActivationService.java | 159|
|leservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap|activate                      |AbstractProfileServiceBootstra| 112|
|resolver.BasicResolverFactory$ProfileResolverFacade|deploy                        |BasicResolverFactory.java     |  87|
|leservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap|start                         |AbstractProfileServiceBootstra|  91|
|ofileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap|start                         |BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.j| 132|
|ofileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap|start                         |BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.j|  56|
|org.jboss.bootstrap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer|startBootstraps               |AbstractServer.java           | 827|
|rap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer$StartServerTask|run                           |AbstractServer.java           | 417|
|java.lang.Thread                                   |run                           |Thread.java                   | 744|
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
17:31:20,772 ERROR [[/orbeon]] Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener: javax.servlet.ServletException: org.orbeon.oxf.common.OXFException: Root directory /Users/bwallis/InfoMedix/JBoss/UDR4/udr_home/appdata/orbeon does not refer to a valid directory
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$2.apply(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:39) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$2.apply(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:39) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.util.ScalaUtils$.withRootException(ScalaUtils.scala:87) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener.contextInitialized(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:39) [:]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3369) [:]
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3828) [:]
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java:294) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeployment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:146) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.start(AbstractWarDeployment.java:476) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebModule.java:118) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:95) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [:1.7.0_45]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) [:1.7.0_45]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [:1.7.0_45]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) [:1.7.0_45]
	at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157) [:6.0.0.GA]
	at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:96) [:6.0.0.GA]
	at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) [:6.0.0.GA]
	at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:271) [:6.0.0.GA]
	at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:670) [:6.0.0.GA]
	at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceProxy.java:206) [:2.2.0.SP2]
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy42.start(Unknown Source)
	at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:53) [:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycleAction.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java:41) [:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerContext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:301) [:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(ServiceController.java:671) [:6.1.0.Final (Build SVNTag:JBoss_6.1.0.Final date: 20111019)]
	at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:443) [:6.1.0.Final (Build SVNTag:JBoss_6.1.0.Final date: 20111019)]
	at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.start(ServiceDeployer.java:189) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:102) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.system.deployers.ServiceDeployer.deploy(ServiceDeployer.java:49) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.internalDeploy(AbstractSimpleRealDeployer.java:63) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractRealDeployer.deploy(AbstractRealDeployer.java:55) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:179) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1832) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1550) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1571) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1491) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.change(DeployersImpl.java:1983) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:1076) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:679) [:2.2.2.GA]
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.deployers.MainDeployerPlugin.process(MainDeployerPlugin.java:106) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileControllerContext$DelegateDeployer.process(ProfileControllerContext.java:143) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction.deploy(ProfileDeployAction.java:151) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileDeployAction.installActionInternal(ProfileDeployAction.java:94) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:54) [jboss-kernel.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.kernel.plugins.dependency.InstallsAwareAction.installAction(InstallsAwareAction.java:42) [jboss-kernel.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControllerContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControllerContextAction.java:62) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControllerContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAction.java:71) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContextActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActions.java:51) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:379) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:2044) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:1083) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.executeOrIncrementStateDirectly(AbstractController.java:1322) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1246) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1139) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:939) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:654) [jboss-dependency.jar:2.2.0.SP2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationWrapper$BasicProfileActivation.start(ProfileActivationWrapper.java:190) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationWrapper.start(ProfileActivationWrapper.java:87) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationService.activateProfile(ProfileActivationService.java:215) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.dependency.ProfileActivationService.activate(ProfileActivationService.java:159) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.activate(AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.java:112) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.resolver.BasicResolverFactory$ProfileResolverFacade.deploy(BasicResolverFactory.java:87) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.profileservice.bootstrap.AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.start(AbstractProfileServiceBootstrap.java:91) [:0.2.2]
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.start(BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.java:132) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.bootstrap.BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.start(BasicProfileServiceBootstrap.java:56) [:6.1.0.Final]
	at org.jboss.bootstrap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer.startBootstraps(AbstractServer.java:827) [jboss-bootstrap-impl-base.jar:2.1.0-alpha-6]
	at org.jboss.bootstrap.impl.base.server.AbstractServer$StartServerTask.run(AbstractServer.java:417) [jboss-bootstrap-impl-base.jar:2.1.0-alpha-6]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) [:1.7.0_45]
Caused by: org.orbeon.oxf.common.OXFException: Root directory /Users/bwallis/InfoMedix/JBoss/UDR4/udr_home/appdata/orbeon does not refer to a valid directory
	at org.orbeon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerImpl.<init>(FilesystemResourceManagerImpl.java:44) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.resources.FilesystemResourceManagerFactory.makeInstance(FilesystemResourceManagerFactory.java:29) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerImpl.<init>(PriorityResourceManagerImpl.java:78) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.resources.PriorityResourceManagerFactory.makeInstance(PriorityResourceManagerFactory.java:31) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.resources.ResourceManagerWrapper.instance(ResourceManagerWrapper.java:63) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.generator.URLGenerator$OXFResourceHandler.readXML(URLGenerator.java:866) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.generator.URLGenerator$1.readImpl(URLGenerator.java:538) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.impl.ProcessorOutputImpl$TopLevelOutputFilter.read(ProcessorOutputImpl.java:257) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.impl.ProcessorOutputImpl.read(ProcessorOutputImpl.java:394) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl.readInputAsSAX(ProcessorImpl.java:262) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl.readInputAsDOM4J(ProcessorImpl.java:279) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl$2.read(ProcessorImpl.java:309) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl$2.read(ProcessorImpl.java:307) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl.readCacheInputAsObject(ProcessorImpl.java:363) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.ProcessorImpl.readCacheInputAsDOM4J(ProcessorImpl.java:307) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.processor.DOMSerializer.runGetDocument(DOMSerializer.scala:49) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties.update(Properties.java:141) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties.instance(Properties.java:94) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.properties.Properties.init(Properties.java:76) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.Orbeon$.initialize(Orbeon.scala:73) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$$anonfun$1.apply(WebAppContext.scala:117) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$$anonfun$1.apply(WebAppContext.scala:117) [:]
	at scala.collection.mutable.MapLike$class.getOrElseUpdate(MapLike.scala:194) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.ParametersAndAttributes$$anon$1.getOrElseUpdate(WebAppContext.scala:93) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonWebApp$class.$init$(WebAppContext.scala:117) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.ServletWebAppContext.<init>(WebAppContext.scala:122) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.WebAppContext$.apply(WebAppContext.scala:167) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.pipeline.InitUtils$.runWithServletContext(InitUtils.scala:170) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1.apply$mcV$sp(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:40) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1.apply(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:40) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.webapp.OrbeonServletContextListener$$anonfun$contextInitialized$1.apply(OrbeonServletContextListener.scala:40) [:]
	at org.orbeon.oxf.util.ScalaUtils$.withRootException(ScalaUtils.scala:83) [:]
	... 85 more

Hi Brian,

If I put <xi:include href="oxf:/config/configurable-properties.xml"/> in my properties-local.xml, when I start Tomcat, I get an error "Cannot find resource: /config/configurable-properties.xml", the web app fails to start, which is consistent to what you're seeing when your directory ${web.app.data}/orbeon is missing, isn't it?

Mar 05, 2016 5:04:17 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
Mar 05, 2016 5:04:17 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/orbeon] startup failed due to previous errors

In both cases, something is quite wrong, and it doesn't seem unreasonable to me not to start the web app at all (instead of trying to proceed with a warning in the log).

Alex

I don't think it is quite the same as if there isn't a configurable-properties.xml, there is one in the war file in the path WEB-INF/resources/config/configurable-properties.xml and I would expect that this would be found and included but if there is one in the other external location then it would be used instead.

This works if the sandbox directory exists but gets an error if the sandbox directory doesn't.

I agree that if a configurable-properties file cannot be found for the include then that would be an error, but if it can be found and included (from within the war) then should the missing sandbox directory be an error?

This isn't a big issue, I just create the empty directory and it works as expected. It will just be an annoyance when that directory is not missing on a new install at a customer site.

thanks
brian...

Hi Brian,

You're saying that you'd like Orbeon Forms to start without any error even if the directory pointed to by oxf.resources.filesystem.sandbox-directory does not exist?

Alex

Correct.

As I said earlier, not a big issue, but I'm sure it will save a few customer issues in the future. A warning about the missing configuration directory would seem to be more appropriate than failing to start.

thanks,
brian...