NoClassDefFoundError

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/lo
gging/LogFactory
at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.<clinit>(ClassUtils.java:59)
at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.<init>(ClassPathResourc
e.java:82)
at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.<init>(ClassPathResourc
e.java:64)
at helloclient.main(helloclient.java:10)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.logging.LogFacto
ry
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 java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
... 4 more




This exception generally happens when we try to load the ApplicationContext without including the logging Jar in the ClassPathVariables.


Just add the logging jar into the ClassPath of the project setup and the Exception will be gone.