JAXB marshalling exception javax.xml.stream.FactoryConfigurationError running with Java 5

Question

I am trying a simple JAXB marshaling in my JUit test class and I am using Java 5. I get this error while running the test.

javax.xml.stream.FactoryConfigurationError: Provider com.bea.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactoryBase not found

I have added the following dependencies in my pom.

     <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-xjc</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.xml</groupId>
        <artifactId>jsr173</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
       <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
       <version>1.1</version>
    </dependency>

any help on this issue is highly appreciated.

Answer 1

From the dependency list above, it looks like you are using jsr173 - steaming API for XML. The dependency you have specified just provides the API. You need to add a provider which implements this. The default provider that it looks for, if it does not find any is the bea implementation. Hence the error.

Here is a discussion on this. You could add the bea implementation or alternate ones like woodstox.