title: Error when attempting to enable second level Hibernate cache in Spring-Hibernate
body: <p>Below is my applicationContext.xml</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
      xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
                http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
                             http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"&gt;
  
      &lt;context:annotation-config /&gt;
      &lt;context:component-scan base-package="com.sharique" /&gt;
      &lt;bean
          class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"&gt;
  
          &lt;property name="location"&gt;
              &lt;value&gt;classpath:/DB.properties&lt;/value&gt;
          &lt;/property&gt;
      &lt;/bean&gt;
      &lt;bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource"&gt;
          &lt;property name="driverClassName" value="${DriverClassName}" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="url" value="${JDBC.URL}" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="username" value="${USERNAME}" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="password" value="${PASSWORD}" /&gt;
          &lt;!-- &lt;property name="initialSize" value="2" /&gt; &lt;property name="maxActive" 
              value="5" /&gt; --&gt;
      &lt;/bean&gt;
  
      &lt;bean id="sessionFactory"
          class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean"&gt;
          &lt;property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="packagesToScan" value="com.sharique.domainObjects" /&gt;
          &lt;property name="hibernateProperties"&gt;
              &lt;props&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.dialect"&gt;${HIBERNATE.DIALECT}&lt;/prop&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"&gt;${HBM2DDL_AUTO_UPDATE}&lt;/prop&gt;
                  &lt;prop key="hibernate.show_sql"&gt;${SHOW_SQL_TRUE}&lt;/prop&gt;
              &lt;/props&gt;
          &lt;/property&gt;
          &lt;property name="cache.use_second_level_cache" value="true"&gt;&lt;/property&gt;
          &lt;property name="cache.provider_class" value="org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider"&gt;&lt;/property&gt;
      &lt;/bean&gt;
      &lt;bean id="transactionManager"
          class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager"&gt;
          &lt;property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" /&gt;
      &lt;/bean&gt;
  &lt;tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" /&gt;
  &lt;/beans&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my application, hibernate is integrated with spring and everything was working fine till I tried to enable second level cache in my application. It has started giving me an exception.  Please help, how to resolve this issue.
  I am using hibernate 4.3.8.Final and spring 4.1.4.RELEASE.
  Below is the full stack trace of that exception.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
  org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseController': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.service.ExpenseServiceManagement com.sharique.controller.ExpenseController.expenseServiceManagement; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseServiceManagementImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.dao.ExpenseDao com.sharique.service.impl.ExpenseServiceManagementImpl.expenseDao; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseDaoImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:334)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1202)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:537)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:762)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:757)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:480)
      at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403)
      at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306)
      at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4701)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5204)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5199)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
      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.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.service.ExpenseServiceManagement com.sharique.controller.ExpenseController.expenseServiceManagement; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseServiceManagementImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.dao.ExpenseDao com.sharique.service.impl.ExpenseServiceManagementImpl.expenseDao; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseDaoImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:561)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:331)
      ... 21 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseServiceManagementImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.dao.ExpenseDao com.sharique.service.impl.ExpenseServiceManagementImpl.expenseDao; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseDaoImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:334)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1202)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:537)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1127)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1051)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:949)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:533)
      ... 23 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private com.sharique.dao.ExpenseDao com.sharique.service.impl.ExpenseServiceManagementImpl.expenseDao; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseDaoImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:561)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:331)
      ... 34 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'expenseDaoImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:334)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1202)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:537)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1127)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1051)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:949)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:533)
      ... 36 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory com.sharique.dao.impl.ExpenseDaoImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:561)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:331)
      ... 47 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in URL [jar:file:/D:/WorkSpace/Spring/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp1/wtpwebapps/MVCLayer/WEB-INF/lib/DAOLayer.jar!/applicationContext.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1506)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1214)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:537)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1127)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1051)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:949)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:533)
      ... 49 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.NotWritablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache.use_second_level_cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Nested property in path 'cache.use_second_level_cache' does not exist; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:919)
      at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:95)
      at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:75)
      at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1502)
      ... 60 more
  Caused by: org.springframework.beans.NotReadablePropertyException: Invalid property 'cache' of bean class [org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean]: Bean property 'cache' is not readable or has an invalid getter method: Does the return type of the getter match the parameter type of the setter?
      at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:730)
      at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getNestedBeanWrapper(BeanWrapperImpl.java:571)
      at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getBeanWrapperForPropertyPath(BeanWrapperImpl.java:548)
      at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:916)
      ... 63 more
  </code></pre>