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Problem with spring-database xml config after upgrading to Hibernate 5 and Spring 5

I upgraded my application from Java7 to Java8, Spring 3.4 to Spring 5.1.4, Hibernate 4.2.11 to 5.2.11.
I checked the jars and I have updated spring jars (v5.1.4) and hibernate jars (5.2.11).
Resolved POM
<properties>
<spring.security.version>5.1.3.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
<dbcp.version>1.4</dbcp.version>
<java-version>1.8</java-version>
<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
<displaytag.version>1.2</displaytag.version>
<hibernate.version>5.2.11.Final</hibernate.version>
<logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
<jspapi.version>2.1</jspapi.version>
<servletapi.version>2.5</servletapi.version>
<jackson.version>1.9.10</jackson.version>
<mysql.connector.version>8.0.13</mysql.connector.version>
<spring.version>5.1.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
spring-database.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="com.s382.kris.*" />
<tx:annotation-driven />
<!-- Root Context: defines shared resources visible to all other web components -->
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver" />
<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/s382?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull" />
<property name="username" value="admin" />
<property name="password" value="admin" />
</bean>
<!-- Hibernate 5 XML SessionFactory Bean definition-->
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
<property name="mappingResources">
<list>
<value>orm/User.hbm.xml</value>
<value>orm/UserRole.hbm.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.format_sql">false</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>
<!-- MUST have transaction manager, using aop and aspects -->
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager">
<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
</bean>
<tx:advice id="txAdvice" transaction-manager="transactionManager">
<tx:attributes>
<tx:method name="get*" read-only="true" />
<tx:method name="find*" read-only="true" />
<tx:method name="*" />
</tx:attributes>
</tx:advice>
<aop:config>
<aop:pointcut id="allServices" expression="execution(* com.s382.kris.service.*.*(..))" />
<aop:advisor advice-ref="txAdvice" pointcut-ref="allServices" />
</aop:config>
'''
Stack Trace
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'companyController' defined in file [/home/barkha/Documents/workspace-sts-3.9.7.RELEASE/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/s382/WEB-INF/classes/com/s382/kris/controller/CompanyController.class]: BeanPostProcessor before instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionAdvisor': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource#0' while setting bean property 'transactionAttributeSource'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource#0': BeanPostProcessor before instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.methodSecurityMetadataSourceAdvisor': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.security.access.method.DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource#0' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.access.method.DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource#0': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#348f470f' of type [org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PrePostAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource] while setting constructor argument with key [0]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#348f470f': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)#3de1ec44' of type [org.springframework.security.access.expression.method.ExpressionBasedAnnotationAttributeFactory] while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)#3de1ec44': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'org.springframework.security.config.method.GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParser$DefaultMethodSecurityExpressionHandlerBeanFactory#0$created#0' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.security.config.method.GlobalMethodSecurityBeanDefinitionParser$DefaultMethodSecurityExpressionHandlerBeanFactory#0': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: ; nError creating bean with name 'sessionFactory': Lookup method resolution failedested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean] from ClassLoader [ParallelWebappClassLoader
Application builds successfully but throws error on launching on tomcat9

Configuting Spring with Hibernate.Error creating bean with name 'usersDao': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'sessionFactory'

I am trying to configure Spring 4 with Hibernate 5.Made a google research but it didn't help. I am launching my app with JUnit test, just to see if Hibernate works.
Error creating bean with name 'usersDao': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'sessionFactory': Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [ConfigTest/datasource.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Lorg/hibernate/boot/MetadataSources;)V; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [ConfigTest/datasource.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<init>(Lorg/hibernate/boot/MetadataSources;)V
This is my datasource.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.2.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="/WebMVCtest/test/Config">
</context:component-scan>
<beans profile="dev">
<context:property-placeholder
location="ConfigTest/jdbc.properties" />
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driver}"></property>
<property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}"></property>
<property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}"></property>
<property name="username" value="${jdbc.username}"></property>
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory"
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"></property>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect</prop>
</props>
</property>
<property name="packagesToScan">
<list>
<value>DAO</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
</beans>
Also When I use Hibernate 4 I face an error :
Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'offersDao': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/cache/spi/RegionFactory
but I do have RegionFactory at that address:
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Thanful in advance!

It appears that the packagesToScan property wants an array.
In your case, I suppose it would look like this...
<property name="packagesToScan">
<array>
<value>DAO</value>
</array>
</property>
Or maybe simply...
<property name="packagesToScan" value="DAO" />

The problem was in compatability of versions. So I used Spring 4.0.3.RELEASE and Hibernate 4.3.5.Final and the error is gone.
Also I had an error : no current session found. So I've refractored a little a transaction bean :
<bean id="transactionManager"
class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"></property>
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven />

Bean Property dataSource Not Writable in Spring + Hibernate 3

I have searched a lot of places, but have not found a solution to the below error:
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'hibernateDaoImpl' defined in class path resource [spring.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'dataSource' of bean class [com.springhibernate.example.HibernateDaoImpl]: Bean property 'dataSource' is not writable or has an invalid setter method. Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of the getter?
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1385)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1107)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:516)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:455)
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.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
at com.springhibernate.example.SpringHibernateDemo.main(SpringHibernateDemo.java:13)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'dataSource' of bean class [com.springhibernate.example.HibernateDaoImpl]: Bean property 'dataSource' is not writable or has an invalid setter method. Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of the getter?
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:1057)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:920)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:76)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:58)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1382)
... 13 more
The Exception is from the following spring xml file config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">
<context:annotation-config/>
<context:component-scan base-package="com.springhibernate.example"/>
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
<property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/HibernateTest"/>
<property name="username" value="root"/>
<property name="password" value="admin"/>
</bean>
<bean id="hibernateDaoImpl" class="com.springhibernate.example.HibernateDaoImpl">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
<property name="packagesToScan" value="com.springhibernate.model"/>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="dialect">
org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>

Haven't heard back from you yet - but I'm going to go out on a limb here
Typically, for a Hibernate DAO object, you want the sessionFactory and not the dataSource. So give your DAO a way to set the sessionFactory (e.g. a setter or a constructor - I prefer constructor as it doesn't need to be mutable).
public class HibernateDaoImpl implements HibernateDao
{
private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
public HibernateDaoImpl(SessionFactory sessionFactory)
{
this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
}
}
Config
<bean id="hibernateDaoImpl" class="com.springhibernate.example.HibernateDaoImpl">
<constructor-arg ref="sessionFactory"/>
</bean>

"No Persistence Unit Found" error

I am getting the following error:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAttributeSourceAdvisor': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)' while setting bean property 'transactionInterceptor'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'txManager' while setting bean property 'transactionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'txManager' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'entityManagerFactory' while setting bean property 'entityManagerFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No persistence unit with name 'CounterpartContacts' found
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Cannot resolve reference to bean 'txManager' while setting bean property 'transactionManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'txManager' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'entityManagerFactory' while setting bean property 'entityManagerFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No persistence unit with name 'CounterpartContacts' found
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'txManager' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'entityManagerFactory' while setting bean property 'entityManagerFactory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No persistence unit with name 'CounterpartContacts' found
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [persistenceLayer.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No persistence unit with name 'CounterpartContacts' found
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No persistence unit with name 'CounterpartContacts' found
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.persistenceunit.DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.obtainPersistenceUnitInfo(DefaultPersistenceUnitManager.java:337)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.determinePersistenceUnitInfo(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:219)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:185)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:237)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1062)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1029)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:420)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:141)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:156)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:246)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:128)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:955)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:729)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:416)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:141)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:156)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:246)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:128)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:955)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:729)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:416)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:198)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:116)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:955)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:729)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:416)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:141)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:156)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:102)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findEligibleAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:68)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.getAdvicesAndAdvisorsForBean(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:54)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:247)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:311)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1038)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:420)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:141)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:156)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:290)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:348)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:92)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:77)
at com.apollo.counterpartcontacts.service.PersistenceManagerTest.beforeClass(PersistenceManagerTest.java:43)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:80)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurationMethod(Invoker.java:537)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:206)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeConfigurations(Invoker.java:132)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeBeforeClassMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:173)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:105)
at org.testng.TestRunner.runWorkers(TestRunner.java:1182)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:761)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:612)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:335)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:330)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:292)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:241)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1169)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1094)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1006)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.run(RemoteTestNG.java:107)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.initAndRun(RemoteTestNG.java:199)
at org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG.main(RemoteTestNG.java:170)
Here is my persistence.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
<persistence-unit name="CounterpartContacts">
<jta-data-source>java:/comp/env/jdbc/CounterpartContact</jta-data-source>
<class>com.counterpartcontacts.entity.AgentContact</class>
<class>com.counterpartcontacts.entity.SecurityContact</class>
<class>com.counterpartcontacts.entity.Bank</class>
<properties>
<property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect"/>
</properties>
</persistence-unit>
</persistence>
Here is my persistenceLayer.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd">
<bean id="persistenceManager" class="com.apollo.counterpartcontacts.service.PersistenceManager">
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="txManager"/>
<!-- <context:annotation-config /> -->
<bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
</bean>
<bean id="entityManagerFactory"
class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="CounterpartContactDataSource" />
<property name="persistenceUnitName" value="CounterpartContacts" />
<property name="loadTimeWeaver">
<bean class="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver" />
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
The persistence.xml is located in src/META-INF, which is in the build path, so it should be found properly. Anyone have any ideas?

Well I usually place the persistence.xml in a resources folder /src/main/resouces/META-INF/persistence.xml because I do remember problems in the build not copying the resources to the output-directory.
I just had a look at our configuration and it looks a little different:
<!--
- Drives transactions using local JPA APIs
-->
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven mode="aspectj" proxy-target-class="true" />
<!--
Custom PersistenceUnitManager, that reads all persistence.xml files in the
classpath and merges them to one single virtual persistence.xml.
In order to operate properly, all persistence.xml have to define the same
persistence unit name.
-->
<bean id="persistenceUnitManager" class="de.cware.cweb.jpa.MergingPersistenceUnitManager">
<property name="persistenceXmlLocations">
<list>
<value>classpath*:META-INF/persistence.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="defaultDataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
</bean>
<bean id="jpaTemplate" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
</bean>
<!--
Creates a EntityManagerFactory for use with the Hibernate JPA provider and a simple
in-memory data source populated with test data
-->
<bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="loadTimeWeaver">
<bean class="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver"/>
</property>
<property name="jpaDialect">
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect"/>
</property>
<property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
<bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
<property name="showSql" value="false"/>
<property name="generateDdl" value="true"/>
</bean>
</property>
<property name="jpaProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">${cweb.database.dialect}</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">${cweb.database.generate}</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.search.default.indexBase">${cwb.home}/indexes</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.ejb.naming_strategy">de.cware.cweb.jpa.QuotingNamingStrategy</prop>
</props>
</property>
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
<property name="persistenceUnitManager" ref="persistenceUnitManager"/>
</bean>
<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.ManagedBasicDataSource">
<property name="driverClassName" value="${cweb.database.driver}"/>
<property name="url" value="${cweb.database.url}"/>
<property name="username" value="${cweb.database.user}"/>
<property name="password" value="${cweb.database.password}"/>
<property name="initialSize" value="${cweb.database.initial-pool-size}"/>
<property name="maxIdle" value="${cweb.database.min-pool-size}"/>
<property name="maxActive" value="${cweb.database.max-pool-size}"/>
<property name="validationQuery" value="#{'${cweb.database.validationQuery}}'.length()==0?'':'${cweb.database.validationQuery}'}"/>
<property name="testOnBorrow" value="#{'${cweb.database.validationQuery}}'.length()==0?false:true}"/>
<property name="testWhileIdle" value="#{'${cweb.database.validationQuery}}'.length()==0?false:true}"/>
<property name="timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis" value="#{'${cweb.database.validationQuery}}'.length()==0?-1:10000}"/>
<property name="minEvictableIdleTimeMillis" value="#{'${cweb.database.validationQuery}}'.length()==0?-1:60000}"/>
<property name="defaultTransactionIsolation" value="#{ T(java.sql.Connection).TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED}"/>
</bean>
Hope this helps :-)
Chris

keep your persistence.xml in WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/persistence.xml
remove hibernate conflicting libraries....
remove hibernate - 3.2.0 jar if hibernate core is there

place the persistence.xml in a resources folder /src/main/resouces/META-INF/persistence.xml for me it's work this solution

This error can happen if you have a hibernate mapped class with relations with another non-mapped class, a solution is to check the relation item as #transient (hibernate will ignore it, use this just to check if this is the error, and later map the related class). Example:
#Entity
public class City {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
private String name;
#Transient
private State state;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public State getState() {
return state;
}
public void setState(State state) {
this.state = state;
}
}
And this is the non-mapped class which may give the error:
public class State {
private String name;
}

BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory'

Im getting the following issue when trying to create session factory.
javax.servlet.ServletException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userDao' defined in class path resource [com/virtusa/ideas/util/spring.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'factory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [com/virtusa/ideas/util/spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
root cause
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userDao' defined in class path resource [com/virtusa/ideas/util/spring.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'sessionFactory' while setting bean property 'factory'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [com/virtusa/ideas/util/spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
root cause
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [com/virtusa/ideas/util/spring.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
root cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
Spring.xml
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd" default-autowire="byName">
<!-- <bean id="hibernateTemplate" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate">
<property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>-->
<bean id="userDao"
class="com.virtusa.ideas.util.HibernateUserDAO">
<property name="factory" ref="sessionFactory" />
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory"
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
<property name="mappingResources">
<list>
<value>com/virtusa/ideas/entity/User.hbm.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<!-- <props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">
org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
</prop>
</props>-->
<value>
hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="dataSource"
class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
<property name="url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ideas" />
<property name="driverClassName" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" />
<property name="username" value="root" />
<property name="password" value="" />
</bean>
</beans>
Can anyone help please?

You are missing cglib jar which is required by hibernate for code-generation.