Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource : Invocation of init method failed

I would start by adding the following dependency:

<dependency>    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>    <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>    <version>4.1.4.Final</version></dependency>

and

<dependency>    <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>    <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>    <version>5.2.3.Final</version></dependency>

UPDATE: Or simply add the following dependency.

<dependency>    <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>    <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>    <version>2.3.0</version></dependency>

java spring hibernate spring-mvc jpa

People using Java 9 include this dependency:

<dependency>    <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>    <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>    <version>2.3.0</version></dependency>

java spring hibernate spring-mvc jpa

Adding dependencies didn't fix the issue at my end.

The issue was happening at my end because of "additional" fields that are part of the "@Entity" class and don't exist in the database.

I removed the additional fields from the @Entity class and it worked.

Goodluck.

CodeHunter