Statefull session not working with Hibernate 4

[snkpetrus]

For some reason when we try to use statefull session with spring batch we get some weird exception:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.SessionFactory.openSession()Lorg/hibernate/classic/Session;
at org.springframework.batch.item.database.HibernateItemReaderHelper.createQuery(HibernateItemReaderHelper.java:152)
at org.springframework.batch.item.database.HibernateItemReaderHelper.getForwardOnlyCursor(HibernateItemReaderHelper.java:122)
at ....

Using stateless session works fine. We use Spring batch 2.1.8.RELEASE, Spring 3.1.1.RELEASE and Hibernate 4.1.5.Final

As far as I can see in the HibernateItemReaderHelper in Spring batch 2.1.8.RELEASE points to the new Hibernate 4 Session interface but it still looks for the classic Session. Anyboyd has an idea why?

I already took a look at the classpath which looks like this:

activation-1.1.jar
amqp-client-2.7.1.jar
antlr-2.7.7.jar
aopalliance-1.0.jar
aspectjrt-1.5.0.jar
aspectjweaver-1.5.2.jar
aspectjweaver-1.6.9.jar
avalon-framework-4.1.3.jar
billing-commons-1.9.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
billing-core-1.9.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
cglib-nodep-2.2.2.jar
classpath.txt
commons-batch-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
commons-cli-1.1.jar
commons-codec-1.2.jar
commons-customer-experience-1.3.0.jar
commons-domain-1.0.0.jar
commons-email-1.1.jar
commons-email-1.9.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
commons-hibernate-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
commons-http-1.2.1.jar
commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
commons-httpclient-contrib-3.1.jar
commons-io-1.3.1.jar
commons-lang-2.1.jar
commons-logging-1.1.jar
commons-logging-1.2.0.jar
commons-monitoring-1.0.0.jar
commons-property-3.3.0.jar
commons-rabbitmq-1.1.1.jar
commons-spring-agent-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
commons-util-1.6.1.jar
customer-inventory-commons-1.4.0.jar
customer-inventory-core-1.4.0.jar
cxf-api-2.3.2.jar
cxf-common-schemas-2.3.2.jar
cxf-common-utilities-2.3.2.jar
cxf-rt-bindings-xml-2.3.2.jar
cxf-rt-core-2.3.2.jar
cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs-2.3.2.jar
cxf-rt-transports-common-2.3.2.jar
cxf-rt-transports-http-2.3.2.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar
generic-monitoring-console-api-1.1.0.jar
geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec-1.7.1.jar
hibernate-commons-annotations-4.0.1.Final.jar
hibernate-core-4.1.4.Final.jar
hibernate-entitymanager-4.1.4.Final.jar
hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.1.Final.jar
hibernate-validator-4.3.0.Final.jar
javassist-3.15.0-GA.jar
jaxb-impl-2.1.13.jar
jboss-logging-3.1.0.GA.jar
jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar
jettison-1.1.jar
jms-1.1.jar
jsr250-api-1.0.jar
jsr311-api-1.1.1.jar
log4j-1.2.15.jar
logkit-1.0.1.jar
mail-1.4.jar
neethi-2.0.4.jar
orchestration-api-1.7.0-20120820.120350-6.jar
quartz-1.5.2.jar
simplestuff-0.9.jar
singleview-api-commons-1.1.0.jar
singleview-api-core-1.1.0.jar
slf4j-api-1.5.6.jar
slf4j-simple-1.5.6.jar
spring-aop-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-asm-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-aspects-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-batch-core-2.1.8.RELEASE.jar
spring-batch-infrastructure-2.1.8.RELEASE.jar
spring-beans-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-context-support-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-expression-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-jdbc-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-orm-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-tx-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
spring-webmvc-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar
stax2-api-3.0.2.jar
validation-api-1.0.0.GA.jar
woodstox-core-asl-4.0.8.jar
wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar
XmlSchema-1.4.7.jar
xpp3_min-1.1.4c.jar
xstream-1.3.1.jar

[snkpetrus]

We got it working by checking out the Spring batch project and compile it against Hibernate 4. So it seams Spring Batch is not compatible with Hibernate 4. Are there any plans upgrading Spring Batch so it uses Hibernate 4?

[vksilveira]

I'm also facing the same issue. This is the only issue holding our product from moving to Hibernate4.

Since my team is not too keen on building a custom Spring Batch (as snkpetrus did), we'll wait a little more for a Spring Batch version compatible with Hibernate4. Anyway, it would be great to have at least a ballpark estimate on when (and if) this compatibility will be available.