Starts a Java project and hits the below "class not found for com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory"? Terminal Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:606) at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:168) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522) at jakarta.xml.bind.ServiceLoaderUtil.nullSafeLoadClass(ServiceLoaderUtil.java:92) at jakarta.xml.bind.ServiceLoaderUtil.safeLoadClass(ServiceLoaderUtil.java:125) at jakarta.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:230) … 43 more Solution The com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory is under the JAXB APIs; Java 9 deprecated the JAXB, and Java 11 deleted the JAXB completely. To fix […]

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Migrate a Java project to Java 11 and hits the below "class not found error for JAXBException" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException A short history of JAXB on Java The Jakarta XML Binding (JAXB; formerly Java Architecture for XML Binding) is an XML binding framework to convert Java classes to and from XML. The JAXB is part of […]

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This article shows how to solve the popular JAXB exception Implementation of JAXB-API has not been found on module path or classpath. Table of contents 1. JAXBException: Implementation of JAXB-API has not been found 2. We need a JAXB Implementation 3. JAXB Implementation – Jakarta XML Binding 4. JAXB Implementation – EclipseLink MOXy 4.1 Implementation […]

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This tutorial show you how to use JAXB to convert object to XML in Jersey, and return it back to user. 1. Dependency To integrate JAXB with Jersey, no extra dependency is required. Just include “jersey-server.jar” will do. 2. JAXB Annotation Annotate object with JAXB annotation, for conversion later. import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute; import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement; import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement; […]

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Problem Developing RESTEasy + JAXB provider to support XML, when return it back to client, it prompts following error message : org.jboss.resteasy.core.NoMessageBodyWriterFoundFailure: Could not find MessageBodyWriter for response object of type: com.mkyong.rest.User of media type: application/xml at org.jboss.resteasy.core.ServerResponse.writeTo(ServerResponse.java:216) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:500) at org.jboss.resteasy.core.SynchronousDispatcher.invoke(SynchronousDispatcher.java:119) //… Solution To use JAXB in RESTEasy, you need to include “resteasy-jaxb-provider.jar“. <repositories> […]

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Problem Integrate Spring + JAX-WS, see web service below : package com.mkyong.user.ws; //imports… @WebService() public class PGUserWS { //DI via Spring private UserBo userBo; public UserBo getUserBo() { return userBo; } public void setUserBo(UserBo userBo) { this.userBo = userBo; } @WebMethod(operationName = "addUser") public boolean addUser(@WebParam(name = "userId") String userId, @WebParam(name = "User") User user) […]

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