Common errors while configuring a hibernate application

I have seen that people struggle a lot while setting up the hibernate application.

Here is a blog which will help the user for the common errors and its resolution.

1) NoClassDefFoundError : org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<clinit>(Configuration.java:110)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:14)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 2 more

Resolution : Need to include jar file "commons-logging-1.2.jar"



2) NoClassDefFoundError : org/dom4j/io/SAXReader

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/dom4j/io/SAXReader
at org.hibernate.util.XMLHelper.createSAXReader(XMLHelper.java:35)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1168)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1112)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:15)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.dom4j.io.SAXReader
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 4 more

Resolution : Need to include jar file "dom4j-1.6.1.jar"



3) NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/collections/SequencedHashMap

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/collections/SequencedHashMap
at org.hibernate.mapping.Table.<init>(Table.java:32)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Mappings.addTable(Mappings.java:120)
at org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder.bindRootPersistentClassCommonValues(HbmBinder.java:251)
at org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder.bindRootClass(HbmBinder.java:236)
at org.hibernate.cfg.HbmBinder.bindRoot(HbmBinder.java:152)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.add(Configuration.java:362)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addInputStream(Configuration.java:400)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.addResource(Configuration.java:449)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.parseMappingElement(Configuration.java:1263)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.parseSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1235)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1217)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.doConfigure(Configuration.java:1184)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.configure(Configuration.java:1112)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:15)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.collections.SequencedHashMap
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 14 more

Resolution : Need to include jar file "commons.collections-3.2.1"



4) NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/ehcache/CacheException

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/ehcache/CacheException
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.createCacheProvider(SettingsFactory.java:323)
at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:219)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:1463)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1004)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.ehcache.CacheException
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 10 more


Resolution : Need to include jar file "ehcache-core-2.4.3"



5) NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/Synchronization

INFO: Default entity-mode: pojo
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/transaction/Synchronization
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1005)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.transaction.Synchronization
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 2 more


Resolution : Need to include jar file "jta.jar"



6) NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/cglib/core/KeyFactory

INFO: Default entity-mode: pojo
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/cglib/core/KeyFactory
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<clinit>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:321)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1005)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 3 more


Resolution : Need to include jar file "cglib-2.1_3"



7) NoClassDefFoundError: org/objectweb/asm/Type

INFO: Default entity-mode: pojo
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/objectweb/asm/Type
at net.sf.cglib.core.TypeUtils.parseType(TypeUtils.java:180)
at net.sf.cglib.core.KeyFactory.<clinit>(KeyFactory.java:66)
at org.hibernate.impl.SessionFactoryImpl.<clinit>(SessionFactoryImpl.java:321)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1005)
at student.test.StudentDemo.main(StudentDemo.java:17)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.objectweb.asm.Type
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 5 more


Resolution : Need to include jar file "asm-1.3.3"

Cheers!
Henal Saraiya
(Lead Consultant)
CIGNEX Datamatics