Getting NoClassDefFoundError for org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/spi/EnumValueConverter

[Nandydiavel-123]

Hi, When i'm try to update springboot 3.1.7 to 3.2.1 getting the below the error and when i checked the spring-boot-starter-data-jpa dependencies it is using hibernate where the below class has been removed and it is addressed in this jira https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-17241.

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/hibernate/type/descriptor/converter/spi/EnumValueConverter
	at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:3373)
	at java.base/java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3578)
	at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructor(Class.java:2754)
	at org.hibernate.internal.util.ReflectHelper.getConstructor(ReflectHelper.java:369)
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.TypeBeanInstanceProducer.produceBeanInstance(TypeBeanInstanceProducer.java:36)
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.TypeBeanInstanceProducer.produceBeanInstance(TypeBeanInstanceProducer.java:63)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.SpringBeanContainer.createBean(SpringBeanContainer.java:187)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.SpringBeanContainer.getBean(SpringBeanContainer.java:125)
	at org.hibernate.resource.beans.internal.ManagedBeanRegistryImpl.getBean(ManagedBeanRegistryImpl.java:110)
	at org.hibernate.mapping.BasicValue.getUserTypeBean(BasicValue.java:1087)
	at org.hibernate.mapping.BasicValue.getConfiguredUserTypeBean(BasicValue.java:1060)
	at org.hibernate.mapping.BasicValue.setExplicitCustomType(BasicValue.java:1035)
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.internal.BasicValueBinder.fillSimpleValue(BasicValueBinder.java:1383)
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.internal.SetBasicValueTypeSecondPass.doSecondPass(SetBasicValueTypeSecondPass.java:27)
	at org.hibernate.boot.internal.InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.processSecondPasses(InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java:1815)
	at org.hibernate.boot.internal.InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.processSecondPasses(InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java:1762)
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.complete(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:332)
	at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.metadata(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1432)
	at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:1503)
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:75)
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:376)
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:409)
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:396)
	at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:352)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1820)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1769)
	... 14 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.hibernate.type.descriptor.converter.spi.EnumValueConverter
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
	... 41 common frames omitted

[mp911de]

None of Spring's code contains a reference to EnumValueConverter hence there isn't anything we can do here.