ClassNotFoundException : org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLException
Problem
In Spring OXM (object XML mapping), when converting an object to XML file, it hits following error message :
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLException
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)
... 29 more
Is castor data binding framework included in Spring oxm?
Solution
The castor is an optional dependency in spring-oxm.jar, to use castor to marshaller or unmarshaller XML in Spring OXM, add this castor dependency into your Maven pom.xml
file.
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Uses Castor for XML -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.castor</groupId>
<artifactId>castor</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Castor need this -->
<dependency>
<groupId>xerces</groupId>
<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
<version>2.8.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
More than the solution I liked the castor maven dependency xml.