Spring Boot 3 throws NoClassDefFoundError - javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElement

[NorbertSandor]

The runtime error:

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElement
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationIntrospector.<init>(JaxbAnnotationIntrospector.java:137) ~[jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationIntrospector.<init>(JaxbAnnotationIntrospector.java:124) ~[jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.jaxb.JaxbAnnotationModule.setupModule(JaxbAnnotationModule.java:98) ~[jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.registerModule(ObjectMapper.java:853) ~[jackson-databind-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.registerModules(ObjectMapper.java:1055) ~[jackson-databind-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper.findAndRegisterModules(ObjectMapper.java:1139) ~[jackson-databind-2.13.3.jar:2.13.3]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.util.ObjectMapperWrapper.<init>(ObjectMapperWrapper.java:33) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.util.ObjectMapperWrapper.<clinit>(ObjectMapperWrapper.java:25) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.util.Configuration.getObjectMapperWrapper(Configuration.java:157) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.json.JsonBinaryType.<init>(JsonBinaryType.java:36) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.json.JsonBinaryType.<clinit>(JsonBinaryType.java:30) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.HibernateTypesContributor.contribute(HibernateTypesContributor.java:53) ~[hibernate-types-60-2.17.0.jar:na]
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.handleTypes(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:390) ~[hibernate-core-6.1.1.Final.jar:6.1.1.Final]
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.complete(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:143) ~[hibernate-core-6.1.1.Final.jar:6.1.1.Final]
	at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.metadata(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1350) ~[hibernate-core-6.1.1.Final.jar:6.1.1.Final]
	at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1421) ~[hibernate-core-6.1.1.Final.jar:6.1.1.Final]
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:57) ~[spring-orm-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:362) ~[spring-orm-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:409) ~[spring-orm-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:396) ~[spring-orm-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:338) ~[spring-orm-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1799) ~[spring-beans-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1749) ~[spring-beans-6.0.0-M5.jar:6.0.0-M5]
	... 14 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520) ~[na:na]
	... 37 common frames omitted

It seems that the included JAXB version is newer than 2.3.3 so it contains the >:-@ new package names:

[vladmihalcea]

The exception is thrown by JaxbAnnotationIntrospector from Jackson, so the Hibernate Types 6 module would probably need this jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations dependency instead:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations</artifactId>
    <version>2.13.3</version>
</dependency>

[Tankonyako]

It also helped me to add jaxb-api, when adding only jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations it gave the same error:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations</artifactId>
            <version>2.13.3</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.4.0-b180830.0359</version>
        </dependency>

[hantsy]

Spring Boot 3.0.0-M4 requires a jakarta.xml.bind-api dep explicitly. The existing Spring Boot 2.x fixed this issue by including it since Java 9 was born. But not sure why this became an issue in the newest Spring Boot 3.0.0-M4.

<dependency>
    <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
    <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.1</version>
</dependency>

[vladmihalcea]

Fixed.

[abdurasul29052002]

Now i created Spring boot 3.2.3 in gradle with Java 21. But it throws the same error.

[vladmihalcea]

@abdurasul29052002 Are you using the latest Hypersistence Utils dependency or the ancient com.vladmihalcea dependency that was abandoned 2 years ago?

[MikeSya]

Now i created Spring boot 3.2.3 in gradle with Java 21. But it throws the same error.

hello guy,I also discovered this problem, and when I upgrade the version of springboot to the 3.4.1,it has been solved.You can try it.