title: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans
body: <blockquote>
    <p>I Keep my model class in the com.anand.model.Employee.java and
    correctly I mentioned in the sdnext-servlet.xml for annotatedClasses.
    But still I am getting the error. Please help me to solve this issue.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>sdnext-servlet.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;bean id="sessionFactory"
          class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean"&gt;
          &lt;property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="annotatedClasses"&gt;
              &lt;list&gt;
                  &lt;value&gt;com.anand.model.Employee&lt;/value&gt;
              &lt;/list&gt;
          &lt;/property&gt;
          &lt;property name="hibernateProperties"&gt;
              &lt;props&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.dialect"&gt;${hibernate.dialect}&lt;/prop&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.show_sql"&gt;${hibernate.show_sql}&lt;/prop&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"&gt;${hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto}&lt;/prop&gt;             
              &lt;/props&gt;
          &lt;/property&gt;
      &lt;/bean&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Model Class : Employee.java</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.anand.model;
  
  import java.io.Serializable;
  
  import javax.persistence.Column;
  import javax.persistence.Entity;
  import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
  import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
  import javax.persistence.Id;
  import javax.persistence.Table;
  
  /**
   * @author Anand Gopalan
   *
   */
  @Entity
  @Table(name="Employee")
  public class Employee implements Serializable{
  
      private static final long serialVersionUID = -723583058586873479L;
  
      @Id
      @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
      @Column(name = "empid")
      private Integer empId;
  
      @Column(name="empname")
      private String empName;
  
      @Column(name="empaddress")
      private String empAddress;
  
      @Column(name="salary")
      private Long salary;
  
      @Column(name="empAge")
      private Integer empAge;
  
      public Integer getEmpId() {
          return empId;
      }
  
      public void setEmpId(Integer empId) {
          this.empId = empId;
      }
  
      public String getEmpName() {
          return empName;
      }
  
      public void setEmpName(String empName) {
          this.empName = empName;
      }
  
      public String getEmpAddress() {
          return empAddress;
      }
  
      public void setEmpAddress(String empAddress) {
          this.empAddress = empAddress;
      }
  
      public Long getSalary() {
          return salary;
      }
  
      public void setSalary(Long salary) {
          this.salary = salary;
      }
  
      public Integer getEmpAge() {
          return empAge;
      }
  
      public void setEmpAge(Integer empAge) {
          this.empAge = empAge;
      }
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Logs:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
    <strong>org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error
    creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext
    resource [/WEB-INF/config/sdnext-servlet.xml]: Initialization of bean
    failed; nested exception is
    org.springframework.beans.TypeMismatchException: Failed to convert
    property value of type 'java.util.ArrayList' to required type
    'java.lang.Class[]' for property 'annotatedClasses'; nested exception
    is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot find class
    [com.anand.model.Employee]</strong>  at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:521)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:545)
      at
    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:871)
      at
    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:423)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:443)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:459)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:340)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:307)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)   at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1284)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1197)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1087)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5229)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5516)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)  at
    java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)     at
    java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)    at
    java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by:
    org.springframework.beans.TypeMismatchException: Failed to convert
    property value of type 'java.util.ArrayList' to required type
    'java.lang.Class[]' for property 'annotatedClasses'; nested exception
    is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot find class
    [com.anand.model.Employee]    at
    org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertForProperty(BeanWrapperImpl.java:457)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.convertForProperty(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1354)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1313)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
      ... 26 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot
    find class [com.anand.model.Employee]     at
    org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.resolveClassName(ClassUtils.java:294)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor.setAsText(ClassEditor.java:64)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.doConvertTextValue(TypeConverterDelegate.java:474)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.doConvertValue(TypeConverterDelegate.java:446)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:215)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:122)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertToTypedArray(TypeConverterDelegate.java:485)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:227)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:154)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertForProperty(BeanWrapperImpl.java:452)
      ... 30 more Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
    com.anand.model.Employee  at
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
      at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:258)
      at
    org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.resolveClassName(ClassUtils.java:291)
      ... 39 more</p>
    
    <p>Oct 14, 2014 11:40:35 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext
    loadOnStartup SEVERE: Servlet /sdnext threw load() exception
    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.anand.model.Employee    at
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1720)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571)
      at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:258)
      at
    org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.resolveClassName(ClassUtils.java:291)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor.setAsText(ClassEditor.java:64)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.doConvertTextValue(TypeConverterDelegate.java:474)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.doConvertValue(TypeConverterDelegate.java:446)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:215)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:122)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertToTypedArray(TypeConverterDelegate.java:485)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:227)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:154)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertForProperty(BeanWrapperImpl.java:452)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.convertForProperty(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1354)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1313)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1067)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:511)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:450)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:287)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:189)
      at
    org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:545)
      at
    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:871)
      at
    org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:423)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:443)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:459)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:340)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:307)
      at
    org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)   at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1284)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1197)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1087)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5229)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5516)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1575)
      at
    org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1565)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)  at
    java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)     at
    java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)    at
    java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)</p>
  </blockquote>