Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory'

[Emerxill]

Hi, I'm quite new in Spring and I've a little problem.
When I try to run a test for my application it gives next error (like in title):

Exception in constructor: testSaveEmployee (org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/TransactionManager java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/TransactionManager at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2365) at
...

This is my applicationContext:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN"
	"http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

<beans>
	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
		<property name="driverClassName"><value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value></property>
		<property name="url"><value>jdbc:mysql://localhost/employees</value></property>
		<property name="username"><value>TestUser</value></property>
		<property name="password"><value>test</value></property>
    </bean>
	
	<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate.LocalSessionFactoryBean">    
        <property name="dataSource">
        	<ref local="dataSource"/>
        </property>        
        <property name="mappingResources">
            <list>
                <value>org/myemployees/model/Employee.hbm.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>        
        <property name="hibernateProperties">
	        <props>
	            <prop key="hibernate.dialect">
	            	net.sf.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
	            </prop>
	            <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
	        </props>
        </property>        
    </bean>
	
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTransactionManager">
        <property name="sessionFactory"><ref local="sessionFactory"/></property>
    </bean>
	
	<bean id="employeeDAO" class="org.myemployees.dao.hibernate.EmployeeDAOHibernate">
		<property name="sessionFactory">
			<ref local="sessionFactory" />
		</property>
	</bean>
</beans>

I really don't know what's wrong with this, it's almost the same as my sample app. (I rewrote it for learning reasons)
...

Thanks in advance...

[Andreas Senft]

Looks like you need the jta.jar in your classpath. If you have the spring version with dependencies, you find this jar in the lib/j2ee subfolder.

Regards,
Andreas

[Emerxill]

Ok that helped me some steps, there were some other jar's missing too.
Thanks for the help.
Now I am getting this error (I'm not sure it this is really a Spring problem...)

Exception in constructor: testSaveEmployee
(org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating
bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource
[WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested
exception is net.sf.hibernate.HibernateException: could not instantiate
CacheProvider: net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider
net.sf.hibernate.HibernateException: could not instantiate CacheProvider:
net.sf.ehcache.hibernate.Provider at
net.sf.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:133)
at net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:1132)
at
net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:766)
at
org.springframework.orm.hibernate.LocalSessionFactoryBean.newSessionFactory(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:544)
at
org.springframework.orm.hibernate.LocalSessionFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalSessionFactoryBean.java:479)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1113)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:348)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:256)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:222)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:146)
at
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:285)
at
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:317)
at
org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:80)
at
org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:65)
at 
org.appfuse.dao.BaseDAOTestCase.<init>(BaseDAOTestCase.java:20)
at
org.appfuse.dao.EmployeeDAOTest.<init>(EmployeeDAOTest.java:6) at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at
sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494) at
junit.framework.TestSuite.createTest(TestSuite.java:131) at
junit.framework.TestSuite.addTestMethod(TestSuite.java:114) at
junit.framework.TestSuite.<init>(TestSuite.java:75) at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.run(JUnitTestRunner.java:277)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.launch(JUnitTestRunner.java:672)
at
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTestRunner.main(JUnitTestRunner.java:567)
Caused ...

I would be very greatful if someone would help me with this one, cause I don't think I'm missing a jar here...

[Andreas Senft]

Do you have the ehcache-1.1.jar in your classpath as well (from lib/ehcache)?

Otherwise: Contains the original stacktrace further informations about a nested exception?

Regards,
Andreas

[Emerxill]

Do you have the ehcache-1.1.jar in your classpath as well (from lib/ehcache)?

That was it
Sorry for the stupid questions, but I'm reading a book (Spring Live) and I am trying to do the things explained myself but they don't mention the needed jars and such, they use an existing app and continue building and refactroring it... (maybe a bit further in the book but I don't have the patience )
And I am also learning hibernate but I didn't get to far

If you can advise me some good books, it's always welcome

Thank you so much for the help so far, watch out for more

[Andreas Senft]

If you can advise me some good books, it's always welcome

Concerning Spring there is a good overview here.

As of hibernate I used the online reference and the forum so far.

Regards,
Andreas

[junugari]

Dear Andreas Senft plz help am also facing same issue...

6:30:09,043 ERROR [ContextLoader] Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'empJdbcTemplate' defined in class path resource [com/carrefour/fr/portail/carburant/emp/ejb-portail-carburant-emp-application-context.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/jdbc/core/namedparam/SqlParameterSource
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(Abstrac tAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:883)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(Abst ractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:839)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAu towireCapableBeanFactory.java:440)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireC apableBeanFactory.java:409)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAuto wireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:2 64)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultS ingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingleton BeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261 )
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultL istableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(Defaul tListableBeanFactory.java:429)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(Abstr actApplicationContext.java:728)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:380)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java: 45)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerS tart(StandardContext.java:3910)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Sta ndardContext.java:4393)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeplo yment.performDeployInternal(TomcatDeployment.java: 310)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.deployers.TomcatDeplo yment.performDeploy(TomcatDeployment.java:142)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.AbstractWarDeployment.star t(AbstractWarDeployment.java:461)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.startModule(WebM odule.java:118)
at org.jboss.web.deployers.WebModule.start(WebModule. java:97)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invok e(ReflectedDispatcher.java:157)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation .java:96)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.j ava:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(Ab stractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanSe rverImpl.java:668)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceProxy.invok e(ServiceProxy.java:206)
at $Proxy38.start(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycle Action.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java :42)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.StartStopLifecycle Action.installAction(StartStopLifecycleAction.java :37)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.SimpleControll erContextAction.simpleInstallAction(SimpleControll erContextAction.java:62)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.action.AccessControll erContextAction.install(AccessControllerContextAct ion.java:71)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerCon textActions.install(AbstractControllerContextActio ns.java:51)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerCon text.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
at org.jboss.system.microcontainer.ServiceControllerC ontext.install(ServiceControllerContext.java:286)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.in stall(AbstractController.java:1631)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.in crementState(AbstractController.java:934)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.re solveContexts(AbstractController.java:1082)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.re solveContexts(AbstractController.java:984)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.ch ange(AbstractController.java:822)
at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.ch ange(AbstractController.java:553)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.doChange(Servic eController.java:688)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceContro

[memberhieu]

Hello,

I have the same Errors, but i can not find any solutions. Anyone can help me.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [Hibernate.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationExcepti on: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFac toryBean]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(Abstrac tAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:883)

i use Maven + Spring + Hibernate: This is my pom.xml. All libs i have already added.

<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<!-- Spring framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring</artifactId>
<version>2.5.6</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Spring AOP dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>cglib</groupId>
<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>

<!-- MySQL database driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.9</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Hibernate framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate3</artifactId>
<version>3.2.3.GA</version>
</dependency>


<!-- Hibernate library dependecy start -->
<dependency>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<version>1.6.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
<version>3.2.1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>antlr</groupId>
<artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
<version>2.7.7</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate library dependecy end -->

<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.0.2.GA</version>
</dependency>

</dependencies>

[Umaparsi]

HI,

I have the same error, i am looking for some suggestions on the this...

[11/10/11 10:34:25:295 CST] 00000017 ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl initialize FFDC0009I: FFDC opened incident stream file C:\USDADEV\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\Ap pSrv11\logs\ffdc\server1_00000017_11.11.10_10.34.2 5_0.txt
[11/10/11 10:34:25:498 CST] 00000017 ServiceLogger I com.ibm.ws.ffdc.IncidentStreamImpl resetIncidentStream FFDC0010I: FFDC closed incident stream file C:\USDADEV\IBM\SDP70\runtimes\base_v61\profiles\Ap pSrv11\logs\ffdc\server1_00000017_11.11.10_10.34.2 5_0.txt
[11/10/11 10:34:25:498 CST] 00000017 WebApp E Exception caught while initializing context
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [wsjar:file:/C:/Development/DLS-PLASTransactionMgr-ear-2.6.5/lib/dls-internal-common-1.4.5.jar!/session-factory-hibernate-cfg.spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net.sf.cglib.proxy.CallbackFilter
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1338)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAu towireCapableBeanFactory.java:473)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireC apableBeanFactory.java:409)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Access Controller.java:215)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAuto wireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:2 64)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultS ingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingleton BeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261 )
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultL istableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(Defaul tListableBeanFactory.java:423)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(Abstr actApplicationContext.java:728)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:380)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java: 45)
at org.springframework.web.context.PlasTxMgrContextLo aderListener.contextInitialized(PlasTxMgrContextLo aderListener.java:13)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServ letContextCreated(WebApp.java:645)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.commonInitia lizationFinish(WebApp.java:311)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize (WebApp.java:290)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.webapp.WebGroup.addWebAp plication(WebGroup.java:90)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.VirtualHost.addWebApplic ation(VirtualHost.java:157)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebApp(W ebContainer.java:665)
at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.addWebAppli cation(WebContainer.java:618)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .install(WebContainerImpl.java:335)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .start(WebContainerImpl.java:551)