Encountering error during context initialization in spring - spring

Question

Getting an error when starting sprint boot application with PostgreSQL database, I've tried to find a solution, but haven't found one thus far.
Here's the error:
2018-03-29 17:48:17.945 WARN 13508 --- [ main]
ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Exception encountered
during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path
resource
[org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class]:
Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException
2018-03-29 17:48:17.950 INFO 13508 --- [ main]
o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Stopping service [Tomcat]
2018-03-29 17:48:17.975 INFO 13508 --- [ main]
utoConfigurationReportLoggingInitializer :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the auto-configuration
report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled. 2018-03-29
17:48:17.988 ERROR 13508 --- [ main]
o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path
resource
[org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class]:
Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1628)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1080)
~[spring-context-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:857)
~[spring-context-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:543)
~[spring-context-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1118)
[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1107)
[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE] at
com.lowes.promo.PromoApplication.main(PromoApplication.java:14)
[bin/:na] Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
javax/xml/bind/JAXBException at
org.hibernate.boot.spi.XmlMappingBinderAccess.(XmlMappingBinderAccess.java:43)
~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final] at
org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources.(MetadataSources.java:87)
~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final] at
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:179)
~[hibernate-entitymanager-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final] at
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:149)
~[hibernate-entitymanager-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final] at
org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:54)
~[spring-orm-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:360)
~[spring-orm-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:382)
~[spring-orm-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:371)
~[spring-orm-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:336)
~[spring-orm-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1687)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1624)
~[spring-beans-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE] ... 16 common
frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
javax.xml.bind.JAXBException at
java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:582)
~[na:na] at
java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:185)
~[na:na] at
java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:496)
~[na:na] ... 27 common frames omitted

Answer 1

Can you check if you have right dependency added to your build tool config file.
If you are using maven,check your pom.xml.
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException
suggests you are missing the dependency for jaxb-api