Failed to load driver class org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver

Question

I want to configure 2 JNDI datasources in Spring Boot. I tried this configuration:

application.properties

spring.production-datasource.jndi-name=java:/global/production_gateway
spring.production-datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
spring.jpa.show-sql = true
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

spring.warehouse-datasource.jndi-name=java:/global/production_warehouse
spring.warehouse-datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
spring.jpa.show-sql = true
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

Primary datasource configuration:

    @Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.production.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "productionEntityManager", 
        transactionManagerRef = "productionTransactionManager"
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextProductionDatasource {

    @Autowired
    private Environment env;

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionDataSourceProperties")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.production.datasource")
    public DataSourceProperties productionDataSourceProperties() {
        return new DataSourceProperties();
    }   

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionDataSource")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.production.datasource")
    public DataSource productionDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionEntityManager") 
    public EntityManager productionEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionTransactionManager")    
    public PlatformTransactionManager productionTransactionManager(final EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        final JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
        return transactionManager;
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionExceptionTranslation")
    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor productionExceptionTranslation() {
        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
    }
}

Second datasource configuration:

    @Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.warehouse.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "warehouseEntityManager", 
        transactionManagerRef = "warehouseTransactionManager"
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextWarehouseDatasource {

    @Autowired
    private Environment env;

    @Bean(name = "warehouseDataSourceProperties")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.warehouse.datasource")
    public DataSourceProperties warehouseDataSourceProperties() {
        return new DataSourceProperties();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseDataSource")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.warehouse.datasource")
    public DataSource warehouseDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseEntityManager")  
    public EntityManager warehouseEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseTransactionManager")
    public PlatformTransactionManager warehouseTransactionManager(final EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        final JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
        return transactionManager;
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseExceptionTranslation")
    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor warehouseExceptionTranslation() {
        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
    }
}

But I get error during deployment:

    Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to set value for property driver-class-name
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.JavaBeanBinder$BeanProperty.setValue(JavaBeanBinder.java:349)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.JavaBeanBinder.bind(JavaBeanBinder.java:96)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.JavaBeanBinder.bind(JavaBeanBinder.java:79)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.JavaBeanBinder.bind(JavaBeanBinder.java:56)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.lambda$bindDataObject$5(Binder.java:452)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder$Context.withIncreasedDepth(Binder.java:570)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder$Context.withDataObject(Binder.java:556)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder$Context.access$400(Binder.java:513)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bindDataObject(Binder.java:450)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bindObject(Binder.java:391)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder.bind(Binder.java:320)
        ... 132 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.JavaBeanBinder$BeanProperty.setValue(JavaBeanBinder.java:346)
        ... 142 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to load driver class org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver in either of HikariConfig class loader or Thread context classloader
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig.setDriverClassName(HikariConfig.java:485)

I'm using Spring boot war deployed into Wildfly server with deployed mariadb-java-client-2.4.2.jar. It's working fine when I use single datasource configuration. But with second datasource I get exception.

Do you know how I can fix this issue?

Second attempt :

application.properties:

spring.production.datasource.jndi-name=java:/global/production_gateway
spring.production.datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
spring.production.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
spring.production.jpa.show-sql = true
spring.production.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

spring.warehouse.datasource.jndi-name=java:/global/production_warehouse
spring.warehouse.datasource.driver-class-name=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
spring.warehouse.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
spring.warehouse.jpa.show-sql = true
spring.warehouse.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

First datasource:

@Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.production.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "productionEntityManager", 
        transactionManagerRef = "productionTransactionManager"
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextProductionDatasource {

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionDataSourceProperties")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.production")
    public DataSourceProperties productionDataSourceProperties() {
        return new DataSourceProperties();
    }   

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionDataSource")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.production")
    public DataSource productionDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionEntityManager") 
    public EntityManager productionEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionTransactionManager")    
    public PlatformTransactionManager productionTransactionManager(final EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        final JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
        return transactionManager;
    }

    @Primary
    @Bean(name = "productionExceptionTranslation")
    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor productionExceptionTranslation() {
        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
    }
}

Second datasource:

@Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.warehouse.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "warehouseEntityManager", 
        transactionManagerRef = "warehouseTransactionManager"
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextWarehouseDatasource {

    @Bean(name = "warehouseDataSourceProperties")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.warehouse")
    public DataSourceProperties warehouseDataSourceProperties() {
        return new DataSourceProperties();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseDataSource")
    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.warehouse")
    public DataSource warehouseDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseEntityManager")  
    public EntityManager warehouseEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseTransactionManager")
    public PlatformTransactionManager warehouseTransactionManager(final EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        final JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(emf);
        return transactionManager;
    }

    @Bean(name = "warehouseExceptionTranslation")
    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor warehouseExceptionTranslation() {
        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
    }
}

Now I get:

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean]: Factory method 'entityManagerFactory' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: dataSource or dataSourceClassName or jdbcUrl is required.
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:185)
        at deployment.datalis_rest_api.war//org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiate(ConstructorResolver.java:640)
        ... 41 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: dataSource or dataSourceClassName or jdbcUrl is required.

Answer 1

correct the name of both entityManager beans: productionEntityManager and warehouseEntityManager

entityManagerFactoryRef in @EnableJpaRepositories is the beanName reference,

so use

@Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.production.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "productionEntityManager",  
        transactionManagerRef = "productionTransactionManager" 
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextProductionDatasource {

  ...

 @Primary
    @Bean   
    public EntityManager productionEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

and

@Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(
        basePackages = "org.datalis.plugin.warehouse.entity", 
        entityManagerFactoryRef = "warehouseEntityManager", 
        transactionManagerRef = "warehouseTransactionManager"
    )
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class ContextWarehouseDatasource {

   ...

    @Bean   
    public EntityManager warehouseEntityManager(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
        return emf.createEntityManager();
    }

you need to match the property-name in @ConfigurationProperties to the value of properties ' - ' versus ' . '

use @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.production-datasource") and @ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.warehouse-datasource")

and make sure you have have driver in your classpath

like

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
    <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
    <version>2.5.2</version>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>

Answer 2

In your properties you are using spring.production-datasource however in the Spring @Configuration you are attempting to map it with @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.production.datasource") . Starting from Spring Boot 2 the relaxed property binding rules are now more strict so there is a mismatch between a dash and a dot here.

You either need to change properties to spring.production.datasource or use @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.production-datasource") .

When configuring Spring Boot DataSource you can either use jndi-name or provide the connection details, not both. As per Common Application properties :

spring.datasource.jndi-name

JNDI location of the datasource. Class, url, username & password are ignored

You most likely have to remove spring.production-datasource.driver-class-name property as it collides with jndi-name .

Answer 3

(Disclaimer: I'm complete newbie to Spring Boot, H2, Maven, etc.)

Just my 2c in case some other newbie lands on this question page after having gotten this particular error:

I got this error immediately after having added the dependency to pom.xml and needed properties into the application.properties file.

Trying to run the application from Eclipse IDE would just fail with this Failed to load driver class org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver error. My first thought was that maybe Maven didn't pick up the dependency for some reason, but the mariadb-java-client.jar file was in ~/.m2/repository/org/mariadb/jdbc , thus I assumed everything was correct there.

Quick googling showed there should not be much else to do, it just should work(tm). I was out of ideas and semi-randomly invoked mvnw clean install from shell, and everything worked just fine there - the application started as it should.

Empowered by this massive random success, I closed & reopened the project in Eclipse. Lo and behold; magically everything started working there as well.