SpringMvc - javax.validation.ValidationException

Question

I am using Spring 3.0. I am not using hibernate or maven dependencies. I have downloaded the jar files and added it to my classpath. I am receiving a javax.validation.ValidationException. After researching this issue i have included hibernate-core-3.5.6.jar and slf4-api.1.4.3.jar files to the classpath.

Error Log

2073 [ContainerBackgroundProcessor[StandardEngine[Catalina]]] ERROR org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet  - Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean#0': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1455)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:585)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:913)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:464)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:631)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:588)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:645)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:508)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:449)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:133)
    at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1206)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1026)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4421)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4734)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.checkResources(HostConfig.java:1284)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1382)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:306)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1389)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1653)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1662)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1642)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider
    at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:264)
    at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:184)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1514)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1452)
    ... 29 more

Jerome Dalbert · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-01 20:10:30Z

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You need to include the hibernate-validator library jar.

Hibernate Validator (version 4.x and above) is the reference implementation of javax.validation.constraints, also known as JSR-303 annotations.
Despite the name, this library has nothing to do with databases and relational mapping, it just does validation.

edited Oct 1, 2012 at 20:10

answered Oct 1, 2012 at 19:12

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devdar Over a year ago

i did include the hibernate-validator.jar but i am still getting the following error :org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean#0': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider. Do i need to specify any beans in the applicationContext.xml?

Jerome Dalbert Over a year ago

@dev_darin which verison of hibernate-validator are you using ?

devdar Over a year ago

i am now checking that and i am seeing 3.0 i would need to use 4.0 and earlier?

devdar Over a year ago

now getting java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder, guess i need the slf4j.jar any suggestions on the version

Jerome Dalbert Over a year ago

@dev_darin don't know, maybe try looking at the end of this blog post (click here), there is a list of maven dependencies. You can see that they use sl4j 1.6.1, but it was in early 2011.

Venugopal Madathil · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15 05:36:41Z

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Add hibernate-validator dependency which has implementation of JSR 303 (bean validation).

   <dependency>
      <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
      <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
      <version>4.2.0.Final</version>
   </dependency>

edited May 15, 2014 at 5:36

answered May 14, 2014 at 11:14

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Yoi · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-20 13:14:57Z

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I had same problem ... I had this , bu did not want to use validation :

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>

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Joseph Mtinangi · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-07 13:42:15Z

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I added hibernate-validator as a dependency in pom.xml and it worked

answered Oct 7, 2016 at 13:42

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Gene · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-31 23:22:04Z

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For some weird reason, REMOVING this maven dependency did the trick:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
            <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.1.Final</version>
        </dependency>

answered Dec 31, 2018 at 23:22

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Anubhav Pandey · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-27 09:51:25Z

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If none of the above are working for you, there is a chance that you are not using Java 8 or it hasn't been properly installed in your system(give it a check by typing java --version (for mac) in the terminal or command prompt). It was so for me. I had to uninstall Java and reinstall Java 8 (Go to this correct way to uninstall java on mac if you are a mac user) and the problem was solved.

answered Jun 27, 2019 at 9:51

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