./domainutility throws the following WRAPPER method startup exception and so does "wrap" executable: <----------- WRAPPER - start method threw an exception Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getStrikeForSlot(CompositeStrike.java:79) at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getFontMetrics(CompositeStrike.java:97) at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:359) at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.<init>(FontDesignMetrics.java:350) at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302) at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1113) at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1626) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicGraphicsUtils.getPreferredButtonSize(BasicGraphicsUtils.java:276) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonUI.getPreferredSize(BasicButtonUI.java:376) at javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1662) at com.tibco.administrator.wizard.Navigator.getView(Navigator.java:239) at com.tibco.administrator.wizard.WizardDialog.<init>(WizardDialog.java:64) at com.tibco.administrator.du.DomainUtility.<init>(DomainUtility.java:112) at com.tibco.administrator.du.DomainUtility.a(DomainUtility.java:495) at com.tibco.administrator.du.DomainUtility.main(DomainUtility.java:461) -------> Seemingly, font configuration change between RHEL v7.3 and v7.4 that sets the default font from ‘Utopia’ to ‘STIX’ is causing the TIBCO wrapper start method to throw “java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException”.
Create a file named local.conf under the /etc/fonts/ directory with the XML below. This will force back Utopia as the default font used by Java. ********************************************************************** <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'> <fontconfig> <alias> <family>serif</family> <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>sans-serif</family> <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>monospace</family> <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>dialog</family> <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer> </alias> <alias> <family>dialoginput</family> <prefer><family>Utopia</family></prefer> </alias> </fontconfig>