Error creating bean 'entityManagerFactory', Nested HibernateException: Unable to get the default Bean Validation factory

Question

Many question have been asked on this topic, but none them seems to resolve my issue.

I trying a sample project with Maven, Spring, Hibernate and JPA with Mysql 5.5. I

Answer 1

Add the geronimo-osgi-locator to add the missing class file. It seems tomcat and other app-servers also ship those class packaged with their appserver.

The javax.validation.Validation.java in line 209 accesses the ProviderLocator, which is imported in line 38.

javax.validation.Validation.java

import org.apache.geronimo.osgi.locator.ProviderLocator; List serviceProviders = ProviderLocator.getServices(ValidationProvider.class.getName(), this.getClass(), cl);

Maven Dependency:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
        <artifactId>geronimo-osgi-locator</artifactId>
        <version>1.1</version>
    </dependency>