“Unknow type constant pool at position X” in tomcat logs since java 8

Question

I have a Java JSF2 web based application deployed on a Tomcat server, and since we moved to Java 8 / Tomcat 8 this error appears a lot in the tomcat output:

Answer 1

I had the same same problem. I solved after updating my pom.xml file to 2.2.11.

com.sun.faces
jsf-api
2.2.11

jsf-impl
2.2.11

The postConstruct wasn't been execute in some ManagedBean, without any error.