org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException

[Kashif Mughal]

Hi Everyone,

Hopefully I am raising this question in the right forum, I am trying to setup the Spring Hibernate Environment for my project, I am keep on getting this error, I guess there is some JAR missing or any compatibility issue. Please suggest if it rings a bell. Details are given below;

ApplicationContext.xml
==================

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
	Application context definition for PetClinic on Hibernate.
-->
<beans
	xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
	xsi:schemaLocation="
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-2.5.xsd
			http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd">
			
	<!-- ========================= RESOURCE DEFINITIONS ========================= -->
	<!-- Configurer that replaces ${...} placeholders with values from a properties file -->
	<!-- (in this case, JDBC-related settings for the dataSource definition below) -->
	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:jdbc.properties" />
	<!--
		Uses Apache Commons DBCP for connection pooling. See Commons DBCP documentation
		for the required JAR files. Alternatively you can use another connection pool
		such as C3P0, similarly configured using Spring.
	-->
	<bean
		id="dataSource"
		class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
		destroy-method="close"
		p:driverClassName="${jdbc.driverClassName}"
		p:url="${jdbc.url}"
		p:username="${jdbc.username}"
		p:password="${jdbc.password}" />
	
	<!-- Hibernate SessionFactory -->
	<bean
		id="sessionFactory"
		class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean"
		p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
		<property name="mappingResources">
			<list>				
				<value>user.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>role.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>permission.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>account.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>accountStatus.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>customer.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>employee.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>address.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>contact.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>transaction.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>order.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>lineItem.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>category.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>item.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>parts.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>labour.hbm.xml</value>
				<value>PartsLabour.hbm.xml</value>
			</list>
		</property>
		<property name="hibernateProperties">
			<props>
				<prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">${hibernate.show_sql}</prop>
				<prop key="hibernate.generate_statistics">${hibernate.generate_statistics}</prop>
			</props>
		</property>
		<property name="eventListeners">
			<map>
				<entry key="merge">
					<bean class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.IdTransferringMergeEventListener" />
				</entry>
			</map>
		</property>
	</bean>
	<!-- Transaction manager for a single Hibernate SessionFactory (alternative to JTA) -->
	<bean
		id="transactionManager"
		class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
	<!-- Transaction manager that delegates to JTA (for a transactional JNDI DataSource) -->
	<!--
		<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager"/>
	-->
	<!-- ========================= BUSINESS OBJECT DEFINITIONS ========================= -->

	<!--
	<bean
		id="userServiceDao"
		class="com.wondergas.dataaccesstier.impl.UserServiceDaoImpl"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
	<bean
		id="staffServiceDao"
		class="com.wondergas.dataaccesstier.impl.StaffServiceDaoImpl"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
	<bean
		id="customerServiceDao"
		class="com.wondergas.dataaccesstier.impl.CustomerServiceDaoImpl"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
	<bean
		id="saleServiceDao"
		class="com.wondergas.dataaccesstier.impl.SaleServiceDaoImpl"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
			-->
	<bean
		id="inventoryServiceDao"
		class="com.wondergas.inventory.dataaccesstier.InventoryServiceDaoImpl"
		p:sessionFactory-ref="sessionFactory" />
	
</beans>
  

Dependencies
===========


Stack Trace
=========

  
junit.framework.AssertionFailedError: Exception in constructor: testAddItem (org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dataSource' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionAdvisor': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)' of type [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] while setting bean property 'transactionInterceptor'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/SessionFactory
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:445)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:383)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:353)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:169)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:400)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:736)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:369)
	at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:123)
	at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:76)
	at com.wondergas.inventory.tests.TestInventoryService.<init>(TestInventoryService.java:29)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at junit.framework.TestSuite.createTest(TestSuite.java:61)
	at junit.framework.TestSuite.addTestMethod(TestSuite.java:283)
	at junit.framework.TestSuite.<init>(TestSuite.java:146)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.JUnit38ClassRunner.<init>(JUnit38ClassRunner.java:71)
	at org.junit.internal.builders.JUnit3Builder.runnerForClass(JUnit3Builder.java:14)
	at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
	at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:29)
	at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
	at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:24)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.<init>(JUnit4TestReference.java:32)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestClassReference.<init>(JUnit4TestClassReference.java:25)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:41)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:31)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:452)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionAdvisor': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)' of type [org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] while setting bean property 'transactionInterceptor'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/SessionFactory
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:122)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1172)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:940)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:437)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:383)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:353)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:169)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.findAdvisorBeans(BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.java:87)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:98)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findEligibleAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:84)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.getAdvicesAndAdvisorsForBean(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:66)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:296)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:331)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1266)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:438)
	... 34 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/SessionFactory
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:445)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:383)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:353)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:219)
	... 53 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/SessionFactory
	at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
	at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.determineCandidateConstructors(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:188)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:789)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:761)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:412)

  

Thanks in Advance, your early attention will be appreciated.

[Hussein Baghdadi]

Are you sure hibernate.jar is included in the class path?

[Kashif Mughal]

If I am not wrong, they are; Please have a look below;

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classpath>
	<classpathentry kind="src" path="main/java"/>
	<classpathentry kind="src" path="test/java"/>
	<classpathentry kind="src" path="main/resources/config"/>
	<classpathentry kind="src" path="main/resources/hbm"/>
	<classpathentry combineaccessrules="false" kind="src" path="/Commons"/>
	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.JUNIT_CONTAINER/4"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/apache-commons"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/springframework"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/javax"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/additional-jars"/>
	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.USER_LIBRARY/hibernate3.3.2"/>
	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
</classpath>

   

[David Newton]

It doesn't matter if a jar is in your Eclipse .classpath file (if that's what it is, you don't actually say), it needs to be deployed to your web app.

[Kashif Mughal]

its standalone Java service not a web application and I am getting that problem while running the unit tests.

[David Newton]

Are you running it in the Eclipse environment? I mean, something's obviously wrong with your classpath during execution.

[Kashif Mughal]

Yes, I am running it within Eclipse IDE

[David Newton]

And how are you running it?

[Kashif Mughal]

I am running from IDE as follow;

Run As > Junit Test

[David Newton]

Aaaaaand the code that's failing (just the relevant portions), and any run configuration that might be necessary. It'd be a lot quicker to just provide all the useful information up front.