Could not build ClassFile - ArchiveException - spring

We develop an application with spring, jpa, tomcat, maven, etc.
Locally on my developer machine everything works fine but when we deploy the application on a linux server I get the following exception:
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.archive.spi.ArchiveException: Could not build ClassFile
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.scan.spi.ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.toClassFile(ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java:88)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.scan.spi.ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.handleEntry(ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java:65)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.archive.internal.JarFileBasedArchiveDescriptor.visitArchive(JarFileBasedArchiveDescriptor.java:176)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.scan.spi.AbstractScannerImpl.scan(AbstractScannerImpl.java:72)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.scan(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:723)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.<init>(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:219)
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.<init>(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:186)
org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider$1.<init>(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:49)
org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:49)
org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:341)
org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:318)
org.domain.application.persistence.repository.DataSourceConfiguration.entityManagerFactory(DataSourceConfiguration.java:78)
org.domain.application.persistence.repository.DataSourceConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$52a56856.CGLIB$entityManagerFactory$0(<generated>)
org.domain.application.persistence.repository.DataSourceConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$52a56856$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$44eff5a3.invoke(<generated>)
org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228)
org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:312)
org.domain.application.persistence.repository.DataSourceConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$52a56856.entityManagerFactory(<generated>)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:166)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:590)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1113)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1008)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:505)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:328)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:108)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:636)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:446)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1113)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1008)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:505)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:276)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:129)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1471)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1216)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:538)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1081)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1006)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:904)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:815)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:743)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:185)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1133)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1036)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:505)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1081)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1006)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:904)
org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:514)
org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:87)
org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:323)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1204)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:538)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:725)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:757)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:480)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:658)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:624)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:672)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:543)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:484)
org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:136)
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:501)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:79)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:610)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:537)
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1085)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:658)
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11NioProtocol.java:222)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1556)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(NioEndpoint.java:1513)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
The exception appears in my code after initializing the database when I call this method:
org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet()
Can't find the problem. Help is appreciated! Thanks

The issue can be a conflict between a java version and a javaassist version. If you're using the java 8 on your server you should make sure to use the latest javassist version as well. This blog shows the origin of a conflict being inside the thymeleaf which pulls in an older javassist, the solution being to exclude it from the dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
<version>${thymeleaf.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
your case could be different, so you should inspect the dependency tree to find a suitable solution

I had the exact same issue, in that it worked fine on a development machine and then failed in production.
The reason can be seen if you build the war file locally and then unzip it. You'll see you end up with two javassist jars:
javassist-3.11.0.GA.jar
javassist-3.18.1-GA.jar
which will just be deployed together in the same lib folder. So when your java application loads and it requires a class from the javassist library it will search the classpath and probably encounter the first (and incorrect) jar and load it.
This probably doesn't happen locally because your buld tool (maven, or in my case gradle) constructs a long intricate classpath of specific resources, in which it probably specifies the compatible version first which makes it more probable that the classpath search will find it.
(I keep saying probable because it will depend on how the classpath searching has been implemented and I think this can depend on the JVM, and other things, but I don't have the impetus to look it up right now but will add it to my TODO list and get back to you... or if anyone else knows the answer please just edit this post!)
Anway, for any gradle users out there I solved the problem with the following snippet:
configurations {
all*.exclude group: 'javassist', module: 'javassist' // get rid of hibernate-incompatible javassist
}
I had to use a global exclusion because the javassist-3.11 library (group: 'javassist') was being pulled in as a dependency of a dependency of a dependency and hibernate wanted the javassist-3.18 library (group: 'org.javassist') instead.
Thanks to all invovled, especially master-slave.

I had a same issue when tried to deploy Java 8 application to Weblogic 12.1.3c.
What i did is add this to weblogic.xml:
<wls:prefer-application-packages>
<wls:package-name>javassist</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>

Thanks to master-slave, I found the problem, as he describes there is a conflict with a incompatible java 8 library of javassist.
In my case, it was a dependency of tiles:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-extras</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<groupId>jboss</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>

Adding the below dependency might solve the issue.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.22.0-GA</version>
</dependency>

Upgrading below plugin dependency from 2.1 to 3.2.1 solved the issue for me
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>

I got same exception. I use java 8, hibernate, jpa, jetty.
I solved it by updating these to the latest available version:
compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-core', version: '5.3.3.Final'
compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-entitymanager', version: '5.3.3.Final'
compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-validator', version: '6.0.11.Final'

This exception is due to wrong/conflict version of javassist, find out using this command -->
mvn dependency:tree | grep javassist
Then resolve it by excluding that version of javassist like this -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.wordnik</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-jaxrs_2.10</artifactId>
<version>1.3.11</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>

I had the same problem. In my case the solution was to upgrade these hibernate dependencies, this way (version with problem was 5.2.1.Final):
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>5.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>5.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>

I had the same issue with thymleaf 3.0.0.BETA01 and two different javaassist versions. Thymeleaf pulls javaassist 3.11(which causes the error).
Here is the fixed pom-entry:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0.BETA01</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>

Make your own analysis
If javassist is not your dependency problem, you'll have to make your own dependency analysis. This is what I did.
Locate conflicts by extracting the dependencies and see different versions of the same library. I executed mvn dependency:list | sort --unique > dependencies_list.txt to generate a dependencies sorted file with only one line per library version. This way was easier to locate duplicate entries for the same library.
Locate where each dependency is imported. With the already suggested mvn dependency:tree > dependency_tree.txt you get the dependencies tree where you can search for the dependency hierarchy that brings in each of the versions in conflict.
Once located the libraries that bring the different versions of the conflict, try updating their versions or excluding the element that makes the conflict from one of them.

Error: I got following error
Apr 04, 2022 4:22:07 PM org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication reportFailure
SEVERE: Application run failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'primaryEntityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [/PrimarConfig.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.boot.archive.spi.ArchiveException: Could not build ClassFile
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1694)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:573)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:495)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:317)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$$Lambda$2936.0000000027F3B530.getObject(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:315)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1109)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:871)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:551)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:142)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:754)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:386)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:307)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:157)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:137)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:91)
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:172)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.initContainerInitializer(WebAppServletContext.java:1394)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.initContainerInitializers(WebAppServletContext.java:1331)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.initContainerInitializers(WebAppServletContext.java:1317)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.preloadResources(WebAppServletContext.java:1834)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.start(WebAppServletContext.java:2876)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.startContexts(WebAppModule.java:1661)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppModule.start(WebAppModule.java:823)
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper$StartStateChange.next(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:360)
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper$StartStateChange.next(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:356)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42)
at weblogic.application.internal.ExtensibleModuleWrapper.start(ExtensibleModuleWrapper.java:138)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.start(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:124)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:216)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver$3.next(ModuleStateDriver.java:211)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleStateDriver.start(ModuleStateDriver.java:73)
at weblogic.application.internal.flow.StartModulesFlow.activate(StartModulesFlow.java:24)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment$2.next(BaseDeployment.java:729)
at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:42)
at weblogic.application.internal.BaseDeployment.activate(BaseDeployment.java:258)
at weblogic.application.internal.SingleModuleDeployment.activate(SingleModuleDeployment.java:48)
at weblogic.application.internal.DeploymentStateChecker.activate(DeploymentStateChecker.java:165)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.AppContainerInvoker.activate(AppContainerInvoker.java:80)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.activate(AbstractOperation.java:587)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.activateDeployment(ActivateOperation.java:150)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.ActivateOperation.doCommit(ActivateOperation.java:116)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.StartOperation.doCommit(StartOperation.java:151)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.operations.AbstractOperation.commit(AbstractOperation.java:339)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleDeploymentCommit(DeploymentManager.java:846)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.activateDeploymentList(DeploymentManager.java:1275)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentManager.handleCommit(DeploymentManager.java:442)
at weblogic.deploy.internal.targetserver.DeploymentServiceDispatcher.commit(DeploymentServiceDispatcher.java:176)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.doCommitCallback(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:195)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.access$100(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:13)
at weblogic.deploy.service.internal.targetserver.DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer$2.run(DeploymentReceiverCallbackDeliverer.java:68)
at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:548)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:311)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:263)
Caused by: org.hibernate.boot.archive.spi.ArchiveException: Could not build ClassFile
at org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.toClassFile(ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java:64)
at org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.handleEntry(ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java:47)
at org.hibernate.boot.archive.internal.JarFileBasedArchiveDescriptor.visitArchive(JarFileBasedArchiveDescriptor.java:147)
at org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.AbstractScannerImpl.scan(AbstractScannerImpl.java:47)
at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.internal.ScanningCoordinator.coordinateScan(ScanningCoordinator.java:75)
at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.prepare(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:98)
at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.<init>(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:234)
at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.<init>(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:169)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:51)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:365)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:390)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:377)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:341)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1753)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1690)
... 56 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: invalid constant type: 18
at javassist.bytecode.ConstPool.readOne(ConstPool.java:1090)
at javassist.bytecode.ConstPool.read(ConstPool.java:1033)
at javassist.bytecode.ConstPool.<init>(ConstPool.java:149)
at javassist.bytecode.ClassFile.read(ClassFile.java:764)
at javassist.bytecode.ClassFile.<init>(ClassFile.java:108)
at org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi.ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.toClassFile(ClassFileArchiveEntryHandler.java:61)
... 70 more
Solution:
<wls:prefer-application-packages>
<wls:package-name>javassist</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>

We have an older version of Wildfly that provides older versions of Hibernate and javassist. Although the setup is java 8 compatible, some of the newer java 8 compatible libraries in our .sar file (cough jackson-core.jar) include a module-info.class to assist with java 9 modularity. This module-info.class is compiled under java 9. When javassist interrogates the module-info.class, it can't handle the java 9 class structure and throws the ArchiveException.

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im quite new to spring and am trying to connect my application to an elk.
The Application is running spring boot 1.5.5, hence I'm using micrometer legacy.
My pom looks like this:
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-spring-legacy</artifactId>
<version>1.3.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-registry-elastic</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
Whenever I'm trying to start my app I recieve following error:
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r; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat > [main] org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEm
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2020-06-19 13:38:39 [ INFO]
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LoggingInitializer
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org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to
start embedded Tomcat
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:137)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
at org.apache.camel.spring.boot.FatJarRouter.main(FatJarRouter.java:26)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:48)
at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:87)
at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:50)
at org.springframework.boot.loader.PropertiesLauncher.main(PropertiesLauncher.java:595)
Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.initialize(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:138)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.<init>(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:87)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getTomcatEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:554)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:179)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:164)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:134)
... 14 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'webMetricsFilter' defined in class path resource [io/micrometer/spring/autoconfigure/web/serv
let/WebMvcMetricsAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'webMetricsFilter' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyExc
eption: Error creating bean with name 'elasticMeterRegistry' defined in class path resource [io/micrometer/spring/autoconfigure/export/elastic/ElasticMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied
dependency expressed through method 'elasticMeterRegistry' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'elasticConfig' define
d in class path resource [io/micrometer/spring/autoconfigure/export/elastic/ElasticMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class]: Post-processing of merged bean definition failed; nested exception is java.lang
.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect bean class [io.micrometer.spring.autoconfigure.export.elastic.ElasticPropertiesConfigAdapter] for persistence metadata: could not find class that it depends
on
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:749)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:467)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1178)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1072)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:481)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:312)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:308)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.getOrderedBeansOfType(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:234)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAsRegistrationBean(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:182)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAsRegistrationBean(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:177)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAdaptableBeans(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:159)
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.<init>(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:80)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getServletContextInitializerBeans(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:241)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.selfInitialize(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:228)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.access$000(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:89)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext$1.onStartup(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:213)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatStarter.onStartup(TomcatStarter.java:55)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5245)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1420)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1410)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'elasticMeterRegistry' defined in class path resource [io/micrometer/spring/autoconfigure/expo
rt/elastic/ElasticMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'elasticMeterRegistry' parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCr
eationException: Error creating bean with name 'elasticConfig' defined in class path resource [io/micrometer/spring/autoconfigure/export/elastic/ElasticMetricsExportAutoConfiguration.class]: Post-proce
at java.lang.Class.getMethods(Class.java:1643)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.findConcreteMethodsOnInterfaces(ReflectionUtils.java:635)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:614)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:489)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:431)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:397)
... 54 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: io.micrometer.core.instrument.config.validate.Validated
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:419)
at org.springframework.boot.loader.LaunchedURLClassLoader.loadClass(LaunchedURLClassLoader.java:94)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:352)
... 63 common frames omitted
The root cause seems to be the class io.micrometer.core.instrument.config.validate.Validated which seems not to be present in the package as it should be.
Any ideas on that?
the root case was a mismatch of the versions o micrometer core which was pulled by other dependencies.
I imported the following
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-spring-legacy</artifactId>
<version>1.3.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-registry-elastic</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
And run into the error above because both dependencies contain a version of micrometer core. In my case version 1.3.9. The needed class was added to micrometer.core with release 1.5.x
So the solution was to define that dependency explicit with version 1.5.x
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-spring-legacy</artifactId>
<version>1.3.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-registry-elastic</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.micrometer/micrometer-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
<version>1.5.1</version>
</dependency>
Anyway the application does not start due to socket timeouts but te error above is fixed. :D
Migration to spring boot 2 might be a faster solution. xD

Error creating bean with name 'defaultValidator' defined in class path resource

I am getting the following Error while trying to deploy my spring boot application on JBOSS. It works well on embedded Tomcat Server though. I tried to browse through Stack overflow to find similar issues. Could not find a solution yet. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
00:36:34,356 ERROR [org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 56) Application run failed: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'defaultValidator' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.validation.Configuration.getDefaultParameterNameProvider()Ljavax/validation/ParameterNameProvider;
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1699) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:573) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:495) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:317) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$$Lambda$123/1614986064.getObject(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:315) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:759) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:869) [spring-context-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:550) [spring-context-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:140) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:762) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:398) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:330) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:157) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:137) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:91) [spring-boot-2.0.4.RELEASE.jar:2.0.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:172) [spring-web-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.JBossContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(JBossContextConfig.java:187) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:115) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3775) [jbossweb-7.5.7.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.5.7.Final-redhat-1]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:163) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:61) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:96) [jboss-as-web-7.5.0.Final-redhat-21.jar:7.5.0.Final-redhat-21]
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [rt.jar:1.8.0_31]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [rt.jar:1.8.0_31]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_31]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_31]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_31]
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.validation.Configuration.getDefaultParameterNameProvider()Ljavax/validation/ParameterNameProvider;
at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.configureParameterNameProvider(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:314) [spring-context-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:290) [spring-context-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1758) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1695) [spring-beans-5.0.8.RELEASE.jar:5.0.8.RELEASE]
... 30 more
I resolved it in springboot2.0 by adding org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation in the build.gradle
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-validation
The error is thrown from the org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ package if the spring boot is unable to auto configure the bean.The possible reasons for this error includes dependencies mismatch, broken dependencies or missing dependencies.Here is the solution
Update maven project by right clicking on your project,scroll down to maven and in side bar and choose update maven project. Mark force update of snapshots/releases checkbox and click ok (Eclipse / STS IDE). This will update the dependencies and build the project fixing dependencies related problem.
If the error is not resolved you can also try updating your bean validation api manually by adding the dependency to your pom file.
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.validation/validation-api/2.0.1.Final
I was also fetching the same issue when i tried to run my spring boot application. After a lot of search i got my problem is that it might be missing Spring JPA, Hibernate, Mysql or maybe jackson in my pom.xml file. so i just added this dependency and it works fine.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
</dependency>
it might help, Thank you
I was getting the same error when trying to use spring boot in a Java 9 modularized application. In the end I had to require com.fasterxml.classmate. I managed to start a rest api with an echo controller with the following pom dependecies and module-info:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
module mymodule {
requires spring.boot;
requires spring.boot.autoconfigure;
requires spring.core;
requires spring.web;
requires com.fasterxml.classmate;
exports mymodule;
opens mymodule;
}
I update the [Bean Validation API] dependency to the latest one. It fixed my problem.
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.validation/validation-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
Reference Link:
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.validation/validation-api
I had the same exception as below. I was using Tomcat 7 to deploy a spring boot web app. I changed it to tomcat 8 and it resolved.
but its obvious that changing the server is not a easy and feasible solution in most of the case.
adding the missing dependency for java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELManager would resolve it.
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'defaultValidator' defined in class path resource [org/sprin gframework/boot/autoconfigure/validation/ValidationAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframe work.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean]: Factory method 'defaul tValidator' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/el/ELManager
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:656)

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/orm/hibernate5/HibernateTransactionManager

I am trying to integrate spring with hibernate and I have spring-orm .4.3.6 jar file in my project.But still I am getting below error :
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/orm/hibernate5/HibernateTransactionManager
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1975)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:613)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:524)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:510)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getUniqueDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:570)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getTypeForFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:697)
Tried googling it.But did not find answer.
Can someone help?
This class is coming out of the spring-orm dependency (notice the hibernate5 package in there. There is equally hibernate3 and hibernate4 packages in the same jar not to break compatibility).
The Maven Coordinates are:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>4.3.10.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

How do I autowire a JAXWS web service client with SPring 3.2.11 and JBoss 7.1.3.Final?

I’m using JBoss 7.1.3.Final, Spring 3.2.11.RELEASE, and CXF v 2.7.15. I’m trying to auto wire a Spring web services client using this in my application context:
<http-conf:conduit name="https://.*">
<http-conf:tlsClientParameters secureSocketProtocol="TLSv1" disableCNCheck="true">
<sec:trustManagers>
<sec:keyStore type="JKS" password="${key.store.password}" resource="${key.store.file}" />
</sec:trustManagers>
<sec:keyManagers keyPassword="${key.manager.password}">
<sec:keyStore type="pkcs12" password="${private.key.password}" resource="${private.key.file}" />
</sec:keyManagers>
</http-conf:tlsClientParameters>
</http-conf:conduit>
<jaxws:client id="orgWebServiceClient"
serviceClass="org.mainco.bsorg.OrganizationWebService" address="${wsdl.url}" />
However, I get the below exception when I deploy my app to JBoss.
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException: Invalid NamespaceHandler class [org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.NamespaceHandler] for namespace [http://cxf.apache.org/jaxws]: problem with handler class file or dependent class; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/cxf/jaxws/spring/EndpointDefinitionParser$SpringEndpointImpl
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.resolve(DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.java:139) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1433) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1428) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:195) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.doRegisterBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:139) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:108) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:493) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/cxf/jaxws/spring/EndpointDefinitionParser$SpringEndpointImpl
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.EndpointDefinitionParser.<clinit>(EndpointDefinitionParser.java:57) [cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws-2.7.15.jar:2.7.15]
at org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.NamespaceHandler.init(NamespaceHandler.java:35) [cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws-2.7.15.jar:2.7.15]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.resolve(DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver.java:130) [spring-beans-3.2.11.RELEASE.jar:3.2.11.RELEASE]
... 39 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.cxf.jaxws.spring.EndpointDefinitionParser$SpringEndpointImpl from [Module "deployment.myproject.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:190)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassUnchecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:468)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:456)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:423)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:398)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:120)
... 42 more
I have verified the class in question is included in my WAR’s WEB-INF/lib directory. Here are my Maven dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-api</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
<version>${cxf.version}</version>
</dependency>
I don’t know what else JBoss is throwing in to screw things up. What do I need to exlucde from JBoss/include in my WAR to get this to work?

AbstractMethodError on deploying Spring 4.0 in Tomcat 6

I am getting below exception on deploying Spring 4.0.1 app in Tomcat 6.0.37:
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.OptionalValidatorFactoryBean#0': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getDefaultParameterNameProvider()Ljavax/validation/ParameterNameProvider;
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1553)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:539)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:304)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:300)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:195)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:700)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:760)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:482)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4705)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:799)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:601)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:943)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:778)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:504)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1317)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:324)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1065)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:840)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1057)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:463)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:525)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:754)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:595)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:289)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:414)
Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getDefaultParameterNameProvider()Ljavax/validation/ParameterNameProvider;
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:191)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:176)
at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.configureParameterNameProviderIfPossible(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:276)
at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:245)
at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.OptionalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(OptionalValidatorFactoryBean.java:40)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1612)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1549)
... 36 more
Following related dependencies are added in build.gradle:
dependencies {
providedCompile "javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5"
providedCompile "javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.2"
providedCompile "javax.el:el-api:2.2"
compile "javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:jstl-api:1.2"
compile "org.glassfish.web:jstl-impl:1.2"
compile "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.6"
compile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.6"
compile ("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.1.Final") {
exclude group: "javax.xml.bind", module: "jaxb-api"
exclude group: "com.sun.xml.bind", module: "jaxb-impl"
}
compile "javax.validation:validation-api:1.1.0.Final"
// Spring 4.0.1 and other dependencies below
....
}
Is the error because of spring-beans and spring-webmvc depends on EL 2.2.4 version whereas Tomcat 6 comes with EL 2.1. If so, how to resolve it? Also, I do not have rights to update libs in Tomcat dir.
The error has nothing to do with the EL. It has all to do with the javax.validation api and hibernate.
java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getDefaultParameterNameProvider()Ljavax/validation/ParameterNameProvider
Hibernate validator 4.3.x is an implementation of javax.validation 1.0 (JSR-303). However you are including the 1.1 API version. Either downgrade the included javax.validation version or upgrade your hibernate validator to 5.0.x.
Check to see if there are multiple references to validator in your pom file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate-val.version}</version>
</dependency>

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