bean binding error

[saravana kumar]

Hi All ,

i am getting the following error when binding a bean with another one.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'XXXXDAO' defined in class path resource [com/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/dataaccess/yyyyyyy/yyyyHibernateAppContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/hibernate/SessionFactory
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/hibernate/SessionFactory
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1784)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1244)
at java.beans.Introspector$1.run(Introspector.java:1144)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged1(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:287)
at java.beans.Introspector.getPublicDeclaredMethods(Introspector.java:1142)
at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Introspector.java:1007)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:388)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:159)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:220)
at java.beans.Introspector.<init>(Introspector.java:369)
at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:159)
at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.<init>(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:150)
at org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults.forClass(CachedIntrospectionResults.java:87)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setIntrospectionClass(BeanWrapperImpl.java:237)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setWrappedInstance(BeanWrapperImpl.java:195)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setWrappedInstance(BeanWrapperImpl.java:179)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.<init>(BeanWrapperImpl.java:132)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:487)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:362)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:233)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:145)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:283)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:313)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:87)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:72)
at org.springframework.test.AbstractSpringContextTests.loadContextLocations(AbstractSpringContextTests.java:135)
at org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests.loadContextLocations(AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests.java:224)
at org.springframework.test.AbstractSpringContextTests.getContext(AbstractSpringContextTests.java:115)
at org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests.setUp(AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests.java:192)
at junit.framework.TestCase.runBare(TestCase.java:125)
at junit.framework.TestResult$1.protect(TestResult.java:106)
at junit.framework.TestResult.runProtected(TestResult.java:124)
at junit.framework.TestResult.run(TestResult.java:109)
at junit.framework.TestCase.run(TestCase.java:118)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.runTest(TestSuite.java:208)
at junit.framework.TestSuite.run(TestSuite.java:203)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:436)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:311)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)


here is the declaration
<bean id="xxxxxxDAO" class="com.xxxxxxxx.xxxx.dataaccess.yyyyyyy.XXXXXDAO">
<property name="sessionFactory"><ref local="sessionFactory"/></property>
</bean>


please guide me how to solve this issue. source and class file are in the same project.

[Stu Thompson]

You'll need to show us your sessionFactory bean definition too.

[Jason Menard]

Without having all the information, here are a couple of guesses... Check that the hibernate jar is in the classpath or possibly you are using one of the newer versions of hibernate and should be referencing org.hibernate.SessionFactory as opposed to net.sf.hibernate.SessionFactory