nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl

Question

 public ModelAndView Details(@ModelAttribute("") @Validated App app, BindingResult result, @RequestParam(value="paramSessionAttr", required=false) String sessionAttr, @RequestParam("paramAction") @NotNull @NotEmpty String param_action){ ... }

When I implement @NotNull @NotEmpty annotation validator in getParam its cause error said :

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'appController' defined in file [C:\apache-tomcat-8.0.29\wtpwebapps\Application Portal\WEB-INF\classes\com\controller\AppController.class]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [com.controller.AppController]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problems: 
The type javax.validation.Payload cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files
The import javax.validation cannot be resolved

Using hibernate-validator-5.2.2.jar Tomcat 8.0 spring-4.2.3.jar

When I Import javax.validator which is validation-api-1.1.0.jar [JSR-349] its cause this error,

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.OptionalValidatorFactoryBean#0': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl

When I remove @NotNull @NotEmpty and validation-api-1.1.0.final working fine.

When I import validation-api-1.1.0.final without @NotNull @NotEmpty I got this error

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.OptionalValidatorFactoryBean#0': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl

I tried download from other source and import validation-api-1.1.0.final I also got the same error as above.

I have found org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl in hibernate-validator-5.2.2-Final.jar

servlet Possible bean configuration missing something ?

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
   xsi:schemaLocation="
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans     
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.0.xsd">

   <context:component-scan base-package="com.controller" />

   <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
      <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/" />
      <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
   </bean>

    <bean class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
        <property name="basenames">
            <list>
                <value>/WEB/INF/messages</value>
            </list>
        </property>
        <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
   </bean> 

    <!--<bean id="validator" class="org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.OptionalValidatorFactoryBean" />  -->


    <mvc:default-servlet-handler/>
    <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" cache-period="31556926"/>
    <mvc:annotation-driven />
</beans>

Imported Library

• hibernate-validator-5.2.2.Final.jar
• hibernate-validator-annotation-processor-5.2.2.Final.jar
• hibernate-validator-cdi-5.2.2.Final.jar
• javax.el-api-3.0.0.jar
• jboss-logging.jar
• spring-context-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar
• spring-beans-4.2.3.RELEASE.jar
• validation-api-1.1.0.final.jar
• classmate-1.3.1.jar
• slf4j-jdk14-1.7.13.jar

REFERENCES

• Exception in hibernate-validator. nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ConfigurationImpl
• Javax Validation
• http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/hibernate/hibernate-validator/5.2.2.Final/hibernate-validator-5.2.2.Final.pom
• http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/validator/5.2/reference/en-US/pdf/hibernate_validator_reference.pdf

Answer 1

I guess some library is missing because I download library à la carte

you download from here as a package instead of you download à la carte

setup GUIDELINE http://hibernate.org/validator/documentation/getting-started/

Import and include library below in your project

• classmate-1.1.0.jar
• javax.el-2.2.4.jar
• javax.el-api-2.2.4.jar
• jboss-logging-3.2.1.Final.jar
• validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar
• hibernate-validator-5.2.2.Final.jar
• hibernate-validator-annotation-processor-5.2.2.Final.jar
• hibernate-validator-cdi-5.2.2.Final.jar

Then your code should be working.