Integrate Hibernate 5.2 with Spring framework 4.x

Question

I am using latest stable Spring version (4.2.6.RELEASE).

After upgrading Hibernate from 5.1 to 5.2 and changing hibernate-entitymanager dependency to hibernate-core due hibernate documentation: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/wiki/Migration-Guide---5.2

I dont receive any compile error but all my tests fails with this stack trace:

Jun 06, 2016 12:00:38 PM org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager beforeTestMethod WARNING: Caught exception while allowing TestExecutionListener [org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener@548b7f67] to process 'before' execution of test method [public void com.rh.cores.architecture.tests.units.person.PersonTest.add_iranianNaturalPersonDateIsInvalid_preventSaving()] for test instance [com.rh.cores.architecture.tests.units.person.PersonTest@7f9e8421] org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open JPA EntityManager for transaction; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.Session.getFlushMode()Lorg/hibernate/FlushMode;     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doBegin(JpaTransactionManager.java:431)     at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:373)     at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionContext.startTransaction(TransactionContext.java:98)     at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.beforeTestMethod(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:200)     at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.beforeTestMethod(TestContextManager.java:265)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.java:74)     at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.java:86)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.SpringRepeat.evaluate(SpringRepeat.java:84)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:254)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:89)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:193)     at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)     at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:119)     at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:42)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:234)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:74)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:144) Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.Session.getFlushMode()Lorg/hibernate/FlushMode;     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect.prepareFlushMode(HibernateJpaDialect.java:187)     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect.beginTransaction(HibernateJpaDialect.java:173)     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doBegin(JpaTransactionManager.java:380)     ... 30 more  Jun 06, 2016 12:00:38 PM org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ScriptUtils executeSqlScript INFO: Executing SQL script from class path resource [test/downs/architecture/down.sql] Jun 06, 2016 12:00:38 PM org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ScriptUtils executeSqlScript INFO: Executed SQL script from class path resource [test/downs/architecture/down.sql] in 5 ms.  org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open JPA EntityManager for transaction; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.Session.getFlushMode()Lorg/hibernate/FlushMode;      at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doBegin(JpaTransactionManager.java:431)     at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:373)     at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionContext.startTransaction(TransactionContext.java:98)     at org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener.beforeTestMethod(TransactionalTestExecutionListener.java:200)     at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.beforeTestMethod(TestContextManager.java:265)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestMethodCallbacks.java:74)     at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestMethodCallbacks.java:86)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.SpringRepeat.evaluate(SpringRepeat.java:84)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:254)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:89)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)     at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)     at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:193)     at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)     at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:119)     at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:42)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:234)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:74)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)     at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:144) Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.Session.getFlushMode()Lorg/hibernate/FlushMode;     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect.prepareFlushMode(HibernateJpaDialect.java:187)     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect.beginTransaction(HibernateJpaDialect.java:173)     at org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager.doBegin(JpaTransactionManager.java:380)     ... 30 more 

Answer 1

Hibernate 5.2 supports added in Spring framework 4.3 , that its stable version will be available in next week. Spring 4.2 only supports Hibernate up to 5.1.

see this:

https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-14334

Answer 2

The issue is related to the versions only. Use Hibernate version 5.1.0 with Spring 4.3.7. It will solve this issue.
Add the below dependency along with Spring framework dependencies of version 4.3.x .

<dependency>     <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>     <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>     <version>5.1.0.Final</version> </dependency>`