java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.ProviderFactory

Question

I upgraded my application's spring version from 3.2.10 to 4.3.16, and also my http-client to 4.3.3 from 4.2.1. While running my application, I am getting error page.

Answer 1

Can you try including the following dependency in your pom?

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
    <artifactId>cxf-bundle-jaxrs</artifactId>
    <version>2.6.0</version>
</dependency>