title: NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl
body: <p>I am trying to migrate a project from <em>Java8</em> into <em>Java9</em> but I am running into the run time exception below, I tried every possible solution suggested by the Stack-overflow community and other blogs but nothing solved the problem, I might be missing something in the <em>pom</em> file that I am not aware of or missing something in the arguments that need to be passed <code>maven-compiler-plugin</code> </p>
  
  <p><strong>Exception</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code>Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'validator' defined in com.test-java9.content.config.ValidationConfiguration: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1628)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:467)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
      at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:225)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:703)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:528)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:128)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:60)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.delegateLoading(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:106)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:249)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:98)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:116)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DefaultTestContext.getApplicationContext(DefaultTestContext.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.injectDependencies(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:117)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:230)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:228)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:287)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:289)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:247)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:94)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:191)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:264)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:153)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:124)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:200)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:153)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:103)
  Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeBuiltinLeafInfoImpl
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeTypeInfoSetImpl.&lt;init&gt;(RuntimeTypeInfoSetImpl.java:63)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeModelBuilder.createTypeInfoSet(RuntimeModelBuilder.java:128)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeModelBuilder.createTypeInfoSet(RuntimeModelBuilder.java:84)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.ModelBuilder.&lt;init&gt;(ModelBuilder.java:162)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.model.impl.RuntimeModelBuilder.&lt;init&gt;(RuntimeModelBuilder.java:92)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.getTypeInfoSet(JAXBContextImpl.java:455)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.&lt;init&gt;(JAXBContextImpl.java:303)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl.&lt;init&gt;(JAXBContextImpl.java:139)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.JAXBContextImpl$JAXBContextBuilder.build(JAXBContextImpl.java:1156)
      at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.ContextFactory.createContext(ContextFactory.java:165)
      at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor61.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564)
      at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:297)
      at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.newInstance(ContextFinder.java:286)
      at javax.xml.bind.ContextFinder.find(ContextFinder.java:409)
      at javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:721)
      at javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext.newInstance(JAXBContext.java:662)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.privilegedactions.NewJaxbContext.run(NewJaxbContext.java:33)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.privilegedactions.NewJaxbContext.run(NewJaxbContext.java:19)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml.ValidationXmlParser.run(ValidationXmlParser.java:219)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml.ValidationXmlParser.unmarshal(ValidationXmlParser.java:127)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml.ValidationXmlParser.parseValidationXml(ValidationXmlParser.java:88)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getBootstrapConfiguration(ConfigurationImpl.java:393)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.parseValidationXml(ConfigurationImpl.java:476)
      at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.buildValidatorFactory(ConfigurationImpl.java:309)
      at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:305)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1687)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1624)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:467)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1173)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
      at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:225)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:703)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:528)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:128)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractGenericContextLoader.java:60)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.delegateLoading(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:106)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContext(AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.java:249)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:98)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:116)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DefaultTestContext.getApplicationContext(DefaultTestContext.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.injectDependencies(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:117)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:230)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:228)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:287)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:289)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:247)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:94)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:191)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:264)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:153)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:124)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:200)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:153)
      at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:103)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>POM File</strong> 
  I have the below dependencies available </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;javax.xml.bind&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;jaxb-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.3.0&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.xml.bind&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;jaxb-impl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.3.0&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;com.sun.xml.bind&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;jaxb-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.3.0&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I am passing the needed parameters to the <strong>maven-plugin-compiler</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>            &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                  &lt;version&gt;3.7.0&lt;/version&gt;
                  &lt;configuration&gt;
                      &lt;source&gt;${java.version}&lt;/source&gt;
                      &lt;target&gt;${java.version}&lt;/target&gt;
                      &lt;showWarnings&gt;true&lt;/showWarnings&gt;
                      &lt;showDeprecation&gt;true&lt;/showDeprecation&gt;
                      &lt;compilerArgs&gt;
                          &lt;arg&gt;--add-modules=java.xml.bind&lt;/arg&gt;
                          &lt;arg&gt;--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --illegal-access=deny&lt;/arg&gt;
                      &lt;/compilerArgs&gt;
                      &lt;!-- without forking compilation happens in the
                          same process, so no arguments are applied --&gt;
                      &lt;fork&gt;true&lt;/fork&gt;
                  &lt;/configuration&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also created the <strong>jvm.config</strong> file under the project directory as per some recommendations </p>
  
  <pre><code>--add-modules java.xml.bind
  --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
  --illegal-access=deny 
  </code></pre>