I get this error when i click on a button. Please I need help

//This is the method that cause the error. It is a class called HibernateHelper
static
public java.util.List getMaxPropertyValue(Class classBean, String strKey) {
java.util.List result = new java.util.ArrayList();
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();
Criteria cr = session.createCriteria(classBean);

if (strKey != null) {
cr.setProjection(Projections.max(strKey));
}

result = cr.list();
tx.commit();
session.close();
return result;
}

//This is the method that calls the getMaxPropertyValue method. It is in a class called ControllerHelper
@ButtonMethod(buttonName = "createGroupButton")
public String createMethod() {
java.util.List list =
HibernateHelper.getMaxPropertyValue(data_3.getClass(), "group_id");
request.setAttribute("MaxGroupID", list);
return jspLocation("group.jsp");
}

//This is the error
Button Method Error
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: shared.HibernateHelper.getMaxPropertyValue(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/List;

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at shared.HelperBaseCh4.invokeButtonMethod(HelperBaseCh4.java:155)
at shared.HelperBaseCh4.executeButtonMethod(HelperBaseCh4.java:122)
at shared.HelperBaseCh4.executeButtonMethod(HelperBaseCh4.java:93)
at sdp.ControllerHelper.doPost(ControllerHelper.java:147)
at sdp.Controller.doPost(Controller.java:37)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:641)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:240)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:462)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:563)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:399)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:317)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:204)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:311)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: shared.HibernateHelper.getMaxPropertyValue(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/util/List;
at sdp.ControllerHelper.createMethod(ControllerHelper.java:92)
... 27 more

I am using Tomcat

Please can some one help me. Thanks in advance

The problem is due to lack of some hibernate Jars, refer to
http://codingkit.com/a/JAVA/2013/1022/2279.html

The above comment is misleading, as that link is about a different issue.

The stacktrace mentions a missing method which is not part of Hibernate, this is not an Hibernate problem but you have some mismatch across your own dependencies.

Thanks Guys!!! The issue has been solved. It was because I did not compile the Java class the method is in. Thanks for your replies!!!!