title: Java, Spring, Hibernate cannot find org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean
body: <p>I am trying to make spring+hibernate+ant project</p>
  
  <p>And at the moment I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>HTTP Status 500 -
  
  type Exception report
  
  message
  
  description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
  
  exception
  
  javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet spring threw exception
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
      org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
      org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
      org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  root cause
  
  org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'contactController': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private contact.service.ContactService contact.controller.ContactController.contactService; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Cannot find class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean] for bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:285)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
      org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
      org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
      org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  root cause
  
  org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private contact.service.ContactService contact.controller.ContactController.contactService; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Cannot find class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean] for bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:502)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
      org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
      org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
      org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  root cause
  
  org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException: Cannot find class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean] for bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1250)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:576)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1319)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:315)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(BeanFactoryUtils.java:185)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:829)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:786)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:703)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:474)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
      org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
      org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
      org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  root cause
  
  java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean
      org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678)
      org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523)
      org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:257)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanDefinition.java:408)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doResolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1271)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1242)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:576)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1319)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:315)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(BeanFactoryUtils.java:185)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:829)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:786)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:703)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:474)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:442)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:458)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:339)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:306)
      org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:127)
      javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
      org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
      org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
      org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
      org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:279)
      org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
      org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:300)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
  note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.20 logs.
  
  Apache Tomcat/7.0.20
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I read out of this, is this: </p>
  
  <p><strong>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean</strong></p>
  
  <p>I think it means it can not find hibernate jar file, but here is list of my jars and I have hibernate3.jar there.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NKS85.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Any suggetions? Feel free to ask source code. It is based on simple tutorial <a href="http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2010/11/spring3-mvc-hibernate-maven-tutorial-eclipse-example.html" rel="noreferrer">http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2010/11/spring3-mvc-hibernate-maven-tutorial-eclipse-example.html</a>.</p>