Question

Error occurred during deployment: Exception while loading the app : 
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start: 
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: 
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Implementing class. Please see server.log for more details.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException:
  Error creating bean with name 'helloWorldController': 
  Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is 
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: 
  Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory 
  org.meluk.billboard.business.controller.HelloWorldController.sessionFactory; nested exception is 
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: 
  Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in 
  ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/billboard-servlet.xml]: 
    Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is 
    java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Implementing class

My pom.xml:

<properties>
    <endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <springVersion>3.1.0.RELEASE</springVersion>
    <hibernateVersion>3.5.4-Final</hibernateVersion>
    <junitVersion>4.8.2</junitVersion>
</properties>

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>${springVersion}</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.sql</groupId>
        <artifactId>jdbc-stdext</artifactId>
        <version>2.0</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax</groupId>
        <artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
        <version>6.0</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>${junitVersion}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
        <version>${hibernateVersion}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-c3p0</artifactId>
        <version>${hibernateVersion}</version>
    </dependency>


    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
        <version>${springVersion}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-hibernate3</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.8</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
        <version>${springVersion}</version>
    </dependency>

My spring config file:

<context:component-scan  base-package="org.meluk.billboard.business.controller" />
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="txManager" />
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"  class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>/WEB-INF/config/jdbc.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" >
    <property name="driverClassName" value="${hibernate.connection.driver_class}" />
    <property name="url" value="${hibernate.connection.url}" />
    <property name="username" value="${hibernate.connection.username}" />
    <property name="password" value="${hibernate.connection.password}" />
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
    <property name="configLocation" value="/WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml" />
    <property name="hibernateProperties">
        <props>
            <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.default_schema">${hibernate.default_schema}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">${hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.min_size">${hibernate.c3p0.min_size}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.max_size">${hibernate.c3p0.max_size}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.timeout">${hibernate.c3p0.timeout}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.c3p0.max_statements">${hibernate.c3p0.max_statements}</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>


<bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
    <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>

Please help to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

You explicitly set a spring-hibernate3 dependency:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-hibernate3</artifactId>
<version>2.0.8</version>

It’s not a coincidence that this is the bean you’re getting the exception on.

You shouldn’t need to do that; is there a reason you’re not using spring-orm of the same version of Spring you’re using? I haven’t set an explicit hibernate3 dependency for quite some time.