org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor not found despite being in Classpath - Spring + JBoss AS 7

I am trying to use Java Persistence API (JPA) with Spring in a JSF 2.0 application with Hibernate 3 on JBoss Application Server 7 Web Profile. Upon startup, I get the following error:

21:24:12,880 WARN  [org.jboss.modules] (MSC service thread 1-4) Failed to define class org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateInterceptor in Module "deployment.PlayingDatabase.war:main" from Service Module Loader: java.lang.LinkageError: Failed to link org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateInterceptor (Module "deployment.PlayingDatabase.war:main" from Service Module Loader)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:401)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:261)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader$1.loadClassLocal(ModuleClassLoader.java:76)
at org.jboss.modules.Module.loadModuleClass(Module.java:588)
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:183)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:358)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:307)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:101)
at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:257) [org.springframework.core-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanDefinition.java:408) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doResolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1282) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1253) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:576) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1330) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:317) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:396) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:594) [org.springframework.context-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:407) [org.springframework.context-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:282) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:204) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3368) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3821) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:70) [jboss-as-web-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1765)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$ClearTCCLTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2291)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679) [:1.6.0_22]

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/aopalliance/intercept/MethodInterceptor
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:634) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) [:1.6.0_22]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.defineClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:397)
... 28 more

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor from [Module "deployment.PlayingDatabase.war:main" from Service Module Loader]
at org.jboss.modules.ModuleClassLoader.findClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:191)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:358)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:330)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClassChecked(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:330)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.performLoadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:307)
at org.jboss.modules.ConcurrentClassLoader.loadClass(ConcurrentClassLoader.java:101)
... 32 more

I have researched that I need the file aopalliance-1.0.jar. I do. My classpath contains the file noted here, I took it from the "required" folder in the Hibernate 3. I added it to the Java Build Path in Eclipse. The error persists. Similarly, the MySQL driver in the build path is not found.

21:24:12,970 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/PlayingDatabase]] (MSC service thread 1-4) 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 'dataSource' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/web-application-config.xml]: Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.PropertyBatchUpdateException; nested PropertyAccessExceptions (1) are:
PropertyAccessException 1: org.springframework.beans.MethodInvocationException: Property 'driverClassName' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load JDBC driver class [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1361) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1086) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:293) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:290) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:192) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:585) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895) [org.springframework.context-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425) [org.springframework.context-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:282) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:204) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47) [org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3368) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3821) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:70) [jboss-as-web-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1765)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$ClearTCCLTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:2291)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) [:1.6.0_22]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:679) [:1.6.0_22]
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.PropertyBatchUpdateException; nested PropertyAccessExceptions (1) are:
PropertyAccessException 1: org.springframework.beans.MethodInvocationException: Property 'driverClassName' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load JDBC driver class [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver]
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:102) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:58) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1358) [org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar:]
... 21 more

I am using Eclipse Indigo on Kubuntu 11.04. The server and the workspace are both in my home partition, I don't see a rights issue here.

My full list of jars:

antlr-2.7.6.jar
**aopalliance-1.0.jar**
commons-beanutils-1.8.3.jar
commons-beanutils-1.8.3-javadoc.jar
commons-beanutils-1.8.3-sources.jar
commons-beanutils-bean-collections-1.8.3.jar
commons-beanutils-core-1.8.3.jar
commons-collections-3.1.jar
commons-collections-3.2.1.jar
commons-collections-3.2.1-javadoc.jar
commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar
commons-collections-testframework-3.2.1.jar
commons-digester-2.1.jar
commons-digester-2.1-javadoc.jar
commons-digester-2.1-sources.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1-javadoc.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1-sources.jar
commons-logging-adapters-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging-api-1.1.1.jar
commons-logging-tests.jar
dom4j-1.6.1.jar
hibernate3.jar
hibernate-testing.jar
hibernate-validator-4.2.0.Final.jar
hibernate-validator-annotation-processor-4.2.0.Final.jar
javassist-3.12.0.GA.jar
jta-1.1.jar
mysql-connector-java-5.1.17-bin.jar
org.springframework.aop-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.asm-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.aspects-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.beans-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.context-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.context.support-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.core-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.expression-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.instrument-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.instrument.tomcat-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.jdbc-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.jms-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.orm-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.oxm-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.test-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.transaction-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.web-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.web.portlet-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.web.servlet-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
org.springframework.web.struts-3.0.6.RELEASE.jar
primefaces-2.2.1.jar
slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar
validation-api-1.0.0.GA.jar

My web.xml:

<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="3.0">
  <display-name>PlayingDatabase</display-name>

  <context-param>
    <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
    <param-value>Development</param-value>
  </context-param>

  <context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>/WEB-INF/web-application-config.xml </param-value>
  </context-param>

  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
  </listener>

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

  <session-config>
    <session-timeout>500000</session-timeout>
  </session-config>

  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.xhtml</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

web-application-config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:开发者_如何学Pythonaop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

    <bean class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" id="dataSource"
        p:driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" p:password="" p:url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/"
        p:username=""> </bean>
    <bean id="sessionFactory"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean"
        p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
        <property name="hibernateProperties">   
          <value>
            hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
            hibernate.show_sql=true
            hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=update
          </value>
        </property>
        <property name="annotatedClasses">
          <list>
            <!-- -->
          </list>
        </property>
     </bean>

     <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />

</beans>

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Well i would recommend you to change the version of your Spring mvc because Spring 3.0 is not supporting Hibernate 4.2 you can read the manual in that they have maintain this as Issue means BUG. so i would like to suggest you that switch spring version to Spring 3.1.1 or above and even Spring 3.2 will be better. and ya then change your code like this.

 <bean id="sessionFactory"
            class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean"
            p:dataSource-ref="dataSource">
            <property name="hibernateProperties">   
              <value>
                hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
                hibernate.show_sql=true
                hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=update
              </value>
            </property>
            <property name="annotatedClasses">
              <list>
                annoted Classes.
              </list>
            </property>
         </bean>

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My classpath contains the file noted here

If you get a ClassNotFoundException, it means the JAR isn't in the CLASSPATH. You aren't doing it properly. You need to lose the mindset that says "I did everything right" and figure out what you did wrong.

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Instead of adding it in your build path via Eclipse build config, add it directly in your WEB-INF/lib/ folder.