title: Hive : Exception.. class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast to class java.net.URLClassLoader
body: <p>When I run the command <code>hive</code>, I get following error. </p>
  
  <pre><code>SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
  SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/hive/lib/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.4.1.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
  SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/hadoop/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.25.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
  SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
  SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory]
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader cannot be cast to class java.net.URLClassLoader (jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader and java.net.URLClassLoader are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.&lt;init&gt;(SessionState.java:374)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState.&lt;init&gt;(SessionState.java:350)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliSessionState.&lt;init&gt;(CliSessionState.java:60)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:663)
      at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:641)
      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:244)
      at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:158)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Given below is the $JAVA_HOME</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/
  </code></pre>