ClassNotFoundException common reflection ReflectionManager

ClassNotFoundException common reflection ReflectionManager

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.ReflectionManager

Initial SessionFactory creation failed.java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/annotations/common/reflection/ReflectionManager
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at com.javahonk.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:15)
    at com.javahonk.HibernateUtil.<clinit>(HibernateUtil.java:8)
    at com.javahonk.HibernateAnnotationTest.main(HibernateAnnotationTest.java:14)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/annotations/common/reflection/ReflectionManager
    at com.javahonk.HibernateUtil.buildSessionFactory(HibernateUtil.java:12)
    ... 2 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.ReflectionManager
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
    ... 3 more

Solution: If you see above exception it means hibernate-commons-annotations.jar is missing from your class path. For maven project please add below dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.0.ga</version>
</dependency>

You could also check latest version on maven site here

• If you are using eclipse project then add hibernate-commons-annotations.jar in your class path.