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_);         .        .        .        .         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> 

Answer 2

Spring Boot 2 comes with hibernate-validator 6 (org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:6.0.16.Final, which depends on validation-api 2 (javax.validation:validation-api:2.0.1.Final), which is specific for Java EE 8, see Appendix F. Dependency versions. But it may happen that you have to support older application servers with Java EE 7 only. Spring Framework 5 should still suport it, see runtime support.

In that case, use older hibernate-validator (5.4.3.Final) and validation-api (1.1.0.Final). If you use Spring Boot maven parent, just define these properties.

<properties>     <javax-validation.version>1.1.0.Final</javax-validation.version>     <hibernate-validator.version>5.4.3.Final</hibernate-validator.version> </properties> 

The problem is that hibernate-validator has changed the groupId since version 6, so you have to exclude the new group but add the old one, e.g.

<dependency>     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>     <exclusions>         <exclusion>             <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>         </exclusion>     </exclusions> </dependency> <dependency>     <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>     <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>     <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version> </dependency>