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Vladimir Shadrin
Vladimir Shadrin

Reputation: 376

Hibernate 7.0.2: javax.validation.NoProviderFoundException

I'm using spring-boot-starter-web:jar:2.6.2 in my project, this jar uses hibernate-validator:6.2.0.Final. Recently we decided to move to Hibernate 7.0.2.Final, so I added the following maven config:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    <version>${rest.starter.version}</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
    <version>7.0.2.Final</version>
</dependency>

But now I get the following error during integration testing or run:

javax.validation.NoProviderFoundException: Unable to create a Configuration, because no Bean Validation provider could be found. Add a provider like Hibernate Validator (RI) to your classpath.

Why does it happen and how to fix it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3971

Answers (2)

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р&#252;ффп

Reputation: 5448

Springinjecter's answer is correct, but now I think it is better to rely only on Spring-Boot which also has a dedicated validator:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>

I prefer that option instead relying on other third party libraries.

Upvotes: 0

Springinjecter
Springinjecter

Reputation: 56

spring-boot-2.x uses javax.validation Annotations and so you need an implementation for javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider. hibernate-validator:7.0.2 has moved from javax.validation to jakarta.validation and for that it is not downward compatible.

It depends on your project now: upgrade to spring-boot 3.x ( also upgrade from javax.* to jakarta.* - this might be a huge upgrade ) or downgrade hibernate-validator to version 6.x

I hope I have explained it well :-)

Upvotes: 4

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