Hibernate Validator ClassNotFoundException

youcan · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:28 am **Posts:** 3

Hi Developers!

I am using Hibernate Validator for my project, and when I want to customize the message for a constraint violation using EL expression like:

Code:

  @Past(message = "${pastDateMessage}")
  private Calendar aPastDate;

Then I recieve java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.el.ExpressionFactoryImpl

I am using Maven for building the project and get the external dependencies

Code:

         <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.4</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.4</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
            <artifactId>el-impl</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </dependency>

Can you help me please to solve this issue?

Thank you for your time and understanding!

Best Regards,

YouCan

Gunnar · **Joined:** Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:46 pm **Posts:** 388

Hi,

You only should add the first two of these dependencies. When does the error occur, during unit tests or when deployed to a container?

Note that you shouldn't add these dependencies to your app (e.g. a WAR) when deploying it to a container such as WildFly or Tomcat, as they already provide these libs.

--Gunnar