How can I resolve java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver when using Spring 3.1 with Hibernate 4.0.1?

I recently upgraded to Hibernate 4.0.1.Final and am receiving the following error on context startup:

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Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/util/DTDEntityResolver
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:791)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2823)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1160)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1655)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1533)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.reset(Configuration.java:322)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:261)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:265)
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.<clinit>(Ejb3Configuration.java:150)
at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:71)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:257)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:310)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1514)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1452)
... 65 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.util.DTDEntityResolver
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1688)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1533)


My configuration is as follows:

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<!-- Holding Properties for hibernate -->
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:hibernate.properties"/>

<!-- Configure annotated beans -->
<context:annotation-config />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.mypackage" />

<!-- Drives transactions using local JPA APIs -->
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager"
p:entityManagerFactory-ref="entityManagerFactory"/>

<!-- Creates a EntityManagerFactory for use with the Hibernate JPA provider -->
<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean"
p:dataSource-ref="dataSource"
p:packagesToScan="com.mypackage.entity"
p:jpaVendorAdapter-ref="jpaAdapter"/>

<bean id="jpaAdapter" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter"
p:showSql="true"
p:generateDdl="false"
p:database="MYSQL"
p:databasePlatform="org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect" />

<!-- Deploys datasource-->
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"
p:driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
p:url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:${mysql.port}/?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull"
p:username="bla"
p:password="bla123"/>

<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />

<bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor" />

Some of the dependencies are:

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<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.5.6-Final</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>ejb3-persistence</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>jboss</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>

<properties>
<hibernate.version>4.0.1.Final</hibernate.version>
</properties>

And spring version of: 3.1.0.RELEASE


I am assuming that something is trying to read an xml file. There are no hibernate xml configurations for hibernate other than the properties file. Persistence.xml does not exist in current setup. Why or who is seeking a class that does not exist in hibernate 4.0.1?

Any help would greatly be appreciated!

Per the [Hibernate annotations 3.5 documentation][1]:*

> Hibernate 3.5 and onward contains Hibernate Annotations.

You should remove the dependency on `hibernate-annotations`, and remove the `exclude`s from the `hibernate-entitymanager` dependency. Generally, you should not mix versions of dependent packages.

\* and JB Nizet's comment.

[1]:

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Add this dependency to your pom.xml

<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>tck-utils-api</artifactId>
<version>0.9.1</version>
</dependency>

I had same problem now it's fine with my these dependencies.

<properties>
<spring.version>4.0.5.RELEASE</spring.version>
<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
<jdk.version>1.6</jdk.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<!-- Spring dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Servlet -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.0-alpha-1</version>
</dependency>

<!-- JSTL -->
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>


<!-- Apache Commons Upload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Apache Commons Upload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2</version>
</dependency>

<!-- MYSQL dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>

<!-- Hibernate -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>4.3.5.Final</version>
</dependency>

<!-- If using JPA (2), add: -->


<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.5.6</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.5.6</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>c3p0</groupId>
<artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
<version>0.9.1.2</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.18.1-GA</version>
</dependency>

</dependencies>

I had faced same issue, after removing dependencies for hibernate annotation, I was able to run my code successfully.

This may not be the case for this issue, but I had a similar dependency error on 'hibernate envers', after I removed it the program started working.

<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-envers</artifactId>
<version>LATEST</version>
</dependency>`