java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError：org / slf4j / impl / StaticLoggerBinder

Question

We're trying to initialize a hibernate database in our Vaadin-project but it throws the following error. We've been searching for several days, but no solution has worked so far and we are out of ideas. Hope anybody can help. We are using NetBeans.

Schwerwiegend:   SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
Schwerwiegend:   SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
Schwerwiegend:   java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getSingleton(LoggerFactory.java:223)
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.bind(LoggerFactory.java:120)
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.performInitialization(LoggerFactory.java:111)
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory(LoggerFactory.java:269)
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:242)
    at org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoggerFactory.java:255)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.<clinit>(Configuration.java:163)

Our automatically generated pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>DirectFeedback</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>DirectFeedback</name>

<properties>
    <vaadin.version>7.5.8</vaadin.version>
    <vaadin.plugin.version>${vaadin.version}</vaadin.plugin.version>
    <jetty.plugin.version>9.2.3.v20140905</jetty.plugin.version>
    <project.source.version>1.7</project.source.version>
    <project.target.version>1.7</project.target.version>
    <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
</properties>

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>vaadin-addons</id>
        <url>http://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-addons</url>
    </repository>
    <repository>
        <id>vaadin-snapshots</id>
        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/vaadin-snapshots/</url>
        <releases>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
        </releases>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>true</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-bom</artifactId>
            <version>${vaadin.version}</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
        <version>3.0.1</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
        <artifactId>vaadin-server</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
        <artifactId>vaadin-push</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
        <artifactId>vaadin-client</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <!--
      Needed when using the widgetset optimizer (custom ConnectorBundleLoaderFactory).

      For widgetset compilation, vaadin-client-compiler is automatically added on the
      compilation classpath by vaadin-maven-plugin so normally there is no need for an
      explicit dependency.
    -->
    <!--
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
        <artifactId>vaadin-client-compiler</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
        <artifactId>vaadin-themes</artifactId>
    </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.livesense</groupId>
  <artifactId>org.liveSense.misc.javax.persistence</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.5</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.3.2.GA</version>
  <exclusions>
   <exclusion>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
   </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
  <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
  <version>3.5.0.Beta-1</version>
  <type>jar</type>
  <exclusions>
   <exclusion>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
   </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
  <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.3</version>
  <exclusions>
   <exclusion>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
   </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
     <dependency>
     <groupId>org.slf4j </groupId>
     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
     <version>1.5.8</version>
     </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
  <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
  <version>1.7.13</version>
  <exclusions>
   <exclusion>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
   </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
  <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
  <version>1.5.8</version>
  <exclusions>
   <exclusion>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
   </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
 </dependency>
</dependencies>

Answer 1

I've seen problem in your .pom file. " maven install " fails with your .pom file, but after the updates below, " maven install " works fine;

Just remove the dependency below, maven install is failed with this one;

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.13</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>

Simply, update your .pom file (or copy/paste the updated .pom just down below) and then, run maven clean and maven install on the project directory via command line.

I've just run your pom file without the dependency slf4j-api with version 1.7.13 and maven install successfully worked [ BUILD SUCCESS ]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
    <artifactId>DirectFeedback</artifactId>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>DirectFeedback</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <vaadin.version>7.5.8</vaadin.version>
        <vaadin.plugin.version>${vaadin.version}</vaadin.plugin.version>
        <jetty.plugin.version>9.2.3.v20140905</jetty.plugin.version>
        <project.source.version>1.7</project.source.version>
        <project.target.version>1.7</project.target.version>
        <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
    </properties>

    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>vaadin-addons</id>
            <url>http://maven.vaadin.com/vaadin-addons</url>
        </repository>
        <repository>
            <id>vaadin-snapshots</id>
            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/vaadin-snapshots/</url>
            <releases>
                <enabled>false</enabled>
            </releases>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
                <artifactId>vaadin-bom</artifactId>
                <version>${vaadin.version}</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.1</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-server</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-push</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-client</artifactId>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
            <artifactId>vaadin-themes</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.github.livesense</groupId>
            <artifactId>org.liveSense.misc.javax.persistence</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.5</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.3.2.GA</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.0.Beta-1</version>
            <type>jar</type>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.3</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j </groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>1.5.8</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
            <version>1.5.8</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

</project>

Answer 2

In my case I got the same exception but the cause was totally different.

I was loading all the dependencies with the latest version ie 1.3.0-alpha4 . In my case had to to use older version to 1.2.3 .

Below is the working dependence for me -

<dependency>
    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.3</version>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>