Spring - Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [Beans.xml]- NoClassDefFoundError

Question

I'm a newbie for Spring and I was referring to this tutorial for my first Spring project. After follow all the instruction, I try to run the program but I'm having this error.

May 26, 2015 11:42:45 AM org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@31221be2: startup date [Tue May 26 11:42:45 CST 2015]; root of context hierarchy
May 26, 2015 11:42:45 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [Beans.xml]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/expression/ParserContext
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.prepareBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:553)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:455)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
    at com.tutorialspoint.MainApp.main(MainApp.java:9)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.expression.ParserContext
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    ... 5 more

Any idea where I did the wrong. As I know I was following the tutorial correctly.

CODE

package com.tutorialspoint;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class MainApp {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      ApplicationContext context = 
             new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("Beans.xml");

      HelloWorld obj = (HelloWorld) context.getBean("helloWorld");

      obj.getMessage();
   }
}

Beans.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"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">

   <bean id="helloWorld" class="com.tutorialspoint.HelloWorld">
       <property name="message" value="Hello World!"/>
   </bean>

</beans>

Answer 1

Check if you have added all the required jars in your classpath.

The class org.springframework.expression.ParserContext lies inside spring-expresssion-YOUR_SPRING_VERSION.jar Check if you have this jar added on classpath.

Answer 2

I was having the same issue. But I found my mistake.

My mistake was, I created "Beans.xml" inside com.tutorialspont package.

The solution for me was "Beans.xml" has to be created directly under src folder.

Answer 3

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/expression/PropertyAccessor at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.prepareBeanFactory (AbstractApplicationContext.java:553) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:454) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139) at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83) at com.javahonk.client.TestWebService.main(TestWebService.java:19) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:372) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(C lassLoader.java:424) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ... 5 more

Solution to the above problem:This happens if spring-expression-xxx.Release.jar in not available in your class path. Please add spring-expression-3.2.3.RELEASE or latest version jar in your class path to fix this issue.