java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/validation/ParameterNameProvider

Just remove the javax.validation dependency

<dependency>    <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>    <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>    <version>1.0.0.GA</version></dependency>

That fixed this particular problem on my end.

java hibernate maven

Hibernate Validator 5x is not compatible with validation-api 1.0.x

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