A file does not exist for module element having uri: Rest.war

When you start the WebSphere Commerce Test Server, you receive an error that states that a file does not exist.

Problem

When starting the WebSphere Test Server after enabling the Management Center feature, a file does not exist error is displayed in the startup logs. For example,

[11-3-1 15:02:39:484 CST] 00000009 ApplicationMg E   WSVR0100W: An error occurred 

initializing, WC
org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal.exception.NoModuleFileException: 

A file does not exist for module element having uri: Rest.war

Solution

To resolve this issue, you need to rebuild the LOBTools project and republish the test server, as follows:

1. Open your WebSphere Commerce Developer workspace.
2. Right-click the LOBTools project and rebuild it.
3. If necessary, start the test server in the Servers view and ignore the error that states the file does not exist.
4. After the test server starts, right-click the test server and click Publish. After publishing is complete, the error should no longer be displayed when you subsequently restart the test server.