java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.validation.BootstrapConfiguration.getClockProviderClassName

Question

JDK: 1.8.0_131

Tomcat: 8.0.27.0

Hibernate Validator: 6.0.7.Final + all the dependencies downloaded from: Hibernate Validator 6

    @POST
    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public AccountSyncResponse excute(AccountSyncRequest account_sync_request_) 
    {        
       ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
       Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
       Set<ConstraintViolation<AccountSyncRequest>> violations = validator.validate(account_sync_request_);

       .
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       .
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       AccountSyncResponse _AccountSyncResponse = new AccountSyncResponse();

       return _AccountSyncResponse;    
    }

The code fail on Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory() with the exception:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.validation.BootstrapConfiguration.getClockProviderClassName()Ljava/lang/String;
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml.ValidationBootstrapParameters.<init>(ValidationBootstrapParameters.java:63)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.parseValidationXml(ConfigurationImpl.java:527)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.buildValidatorFactory(ConfigurationImpl.java:328)
    at javax.validation.Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(Validation.java:110)

It looks like the wrong jar file is being used but I can’t figure out which one.

Answer 1

I had this same issue after upgrading from Springboot 1.5.x to Springboot2. The solution was to upgrade Java EE 7 to Java EE 8:

From:

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
    <version>7.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

To:

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax</groupId>
    <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
    <version>8.0</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>