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SpringBoot App with Eclipse Link 3. Update version Error - ClassNotFoundException: jakarta.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider

After update SpringBoot App 2.5.9 and eclipseLink from 2.7.12 to 3.0.0 I got this error:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter]: Factory method 'jpaVendorAdapter' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceProvider
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:653)
    ... 62 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceProvider
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1017)
    at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:174)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:2472)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.findClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:875)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1376)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1220)
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.EclipseLinkJpaVendorAdapter.<init>(EclipseLinkJpaVendorAdapter.java:52)
    at com.config.EclipseLinkJpaConfiguration.createJpaVendorAdapter(EclipseLinkJpaConfiguration.java:38)
    at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.JpaBaseConfiguration.jpaVendorAdapter(JpaBaseConfiguration.java:105)
    at com.config.EclipseLinkJpaConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$5f9eca68.CGLIB$jpaVendorAdapter$8(<generated>)
    at com.config.EclipseLinkJpaConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$5f9eca68$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$54dd22bf.invoke(<generated>)
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:244)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:331)
    at com.config.EclipseLinkJpaConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$5f9eca68.jpaVendorAdapter(<generated>)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:154)
    ... 63 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jakarta.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1412)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1220)
    ... 83 common frames omitted
Solution

  • Upgrading to EclipseLink 3 requires an upgrade to SpringBoot 3x and Java17.

    EclipseLink 3 uses Jakarta Persistence 3

    SpringBoot 3 is required for Jakarta Persistence 3

    Springboot 3 requires Java 17