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 session         


        

Answer 1

I used sts to generate the spring project. I was getting the above error. After spending 2 days, I figured adjusting the version fix the problem.

In the parent section of pom.xml, I replaced 1.5.4 with 1.2.5

    org.springframework.boot
    spring-boot-starter-parent
    1.2.5.RELEASE