java lang NoClassDefFoundError org springframework util MimeType

java lang NoClassDefFoundError org springframework util MimeType

If you are working with spring framework and while running your code you get exception:

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/util/MimeType

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/util/MimeType
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.<init>(ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter.java:41)
	at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.<init>(RestTemplate.java:146)
	at com.barcap.edt.atlasrisk.dao.delta1.RestServiceTemplate.<clinit>(RestServiceTemplate.java:13)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.util.MimeType
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	... 15 more

Solution: It means this jar has not been included in your project and this class available in “spring-core-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar”. Please include this jar in your class path and if you are using maven please add below dependency:

<dependency>
     <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
     <version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

• For further detail please read spring documentation here