title: Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/InvalidDefinitionException
body: <p>I have updated my dependecies like you said in your comment and i have this now :</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:137) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:536) ~[spring-context-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:737) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:370) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:314) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at com.o2xp.ats.accountManager.test.App.main(App.java:42) [classes/:na]
  Caused by: org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerException: Unable to start embedded Tomcat
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.initialize(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:123) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.&lt;init&gt;(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer.java:84) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getTomcatEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:554) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:179) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:164) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:134) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      ... 8 common frames omitted
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'httpPutFormContentFilter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/WebMvcAutoConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.boot.web.filter.OrderedHttpPutFormContentFilter]: Factory method 'httpPutFormContentFilter' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/InvalidDefinitionException
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:586) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1262) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1110) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:542) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:498) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:305) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:233) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:198) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.getOrderedBeansOfType(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:234) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAsRegistrationBean(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:182) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAsRegistrationBean(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:177) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.addAdaptableBeans(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:159) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializerBeans.&lt;init&gt;(ServletContextInitializerBeans.java:80) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getServletContextInitializerBeans(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:241) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.selfInitialize(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:228) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.access$000(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:89) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext$1.onStartup(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:213) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatStarter.onStartup(TomcatStarter.java:55) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5196) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.14.jar:8.5.14]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.14.jar:8.5.14]
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1419) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.14.jar:8.5.14]
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1409) ~[tomcat-embed-core-8.5.14.jar:8.5.14]
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.boot.web.filter.OrderedHttpPutFormContentFilter]: Factory method 'httpPutFormContentFilter' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/InvalidDefinitionException
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:182) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:575) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      ... 26 common frames omitted
  Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/InvalidDefinitionException
      at org.springframework.http.converter.support.AllEncompassingFormHttpMessageConverter.&lt;init&gt;(AllEncompassingFormHttpMessageConverter.java:67) ~[spring-web-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.web.filter.HttpPutFormContentFilter.&lt;init&gt;(HttpPutFormContentFilter.java:63) ~[spring-web-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.boot.web.filter.OrderedHttpPutFormContentFilter.&lt;init&gt;(OrderedHttpPutFormContentFilter.java:29) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration.httpPutFormContentFilter(WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java:149) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.4.RELEASE.jar:1.5.4.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$d0610338.CGLIB$httpPutFormContentFilter$1(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.4.RELEASE.jar:1.5.4.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$d0610338$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$3e6bfe4d.invoke(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.4.RELEASE.jar:1.5.4.RELEASE]
      at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:359) ~[spring-context-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$d0610338.httpPutFormContentFilter(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.4.RELEASE.jar:1.5.4.RELEASE]
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:155) ~[spring-beans-5.0.0.RC2.jar:5.0.0.RC2]
      ... 27 common frames omitted
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:335) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
      ... 41 common frames omitted
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And ther is my new pom : </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"&gt;
    &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
     &lt;build&gt;
          &lt;plugins&gt;
              &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                  &lt;configuration&gt;
                      &lt;source&gt;1.8&lt;/source&gt;
                      &lt;target&gt;1.8&lt;/target&gt;   
                  &lt;/configuration&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
             &lt;plugin&gt;
                &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;  
                &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
             &lt;/plugin&gt;
         &lt;/plugins&gt;
     &lt;/build&gt;
    &lt;packaging&gt;pom&lt;/packaging&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;com.o2xp&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;ats-impl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;0.0.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;name&gt;ats-impl&lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;url&gt;http://maven.apache.org&lt;/url&gt;
    &lt;properties&gt;
      &lt;project.build.sourceEncoding&gt;UTF-8&lt;/project.build.sourceEncoding&gt;
    &lt;/properties&gt;
    &lt;dependencies&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.5.3.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-data-jpa&lt;/artifactId&gt;
        &lt;version&gt;1.5.3.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
        &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
        &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-test&lt;/artifactId&gt;
        &lt;version&gt;1.5.3.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
        &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.5.3.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.mapstruct&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mapstruct-processor&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1.0.Final&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;io.github.jhipster&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jhipster&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1.6&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
    &lt;/dependencies&gt;
     &lt;repositories&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-releases&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Releases&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/libs-release&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/repository&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;org.jboss.repository.releases&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;JBoss Maven Release Repository&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/releases&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/repository&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-milestone&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Milestone Repository&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/milestone&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/repository&gt;
      &lt;/repositories&gt;
  
      &lt;pluginRepositories&gt;
          &lt;pluginRepository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-releases&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Releases&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/libs-release&lt;/url&gt;
          &lt;/pluginRepository&gt;
      &lt;/pluginRepositories&gt;
    &lt;modules&gt;
      &lt;module&gt;ats-application-context&lt;/module&gt;
      &lt;module&gt;ats-notice-manager&lt;/module&gt;
      &lt;module&gt;ats-common&lt;/module&gt;
      &lt;module&gt;ats-accountManager&lt;/module&gt;
    &lt;/modules&gt;
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i have to precise that i never used jackson and it was working verry well. Maybe it's cause auf spring 5 ?</p>