Springfox data rest: Failed to start bean 'documentationPluginsBootstrapper'

• Version: 2.9.2

• Type: Question.

Hello,

I’ve been using springfox swagger with the normal JPA repositories. I’ve now included a repository which uses spring data rest. In order to have it show in the swagger ui, I required springfox-data-rest. I’ve also added @Import(SpringDataRestConfiguration.class) to my swagger configuration class.

Here is the full stacktrace:

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'documentationPluginsBootstrapper'; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.data.repository.support.Repositories.getRepositoryInformationFor(Ljava/lang/Class;)Lorg/springframework/data/repository/core/RepositoryInformation;
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:184) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.access$200(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:52) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor$LifecycleGroup.start(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:356) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.startBeans(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:157) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.onRefresh(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:121) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:885) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.finishRefresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:161) ~[spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:553) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ServletWebServerApplicationContext.java:140) ~[spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:759) [spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:395) [spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:327) [spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1255) [spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1243) [spring-boot-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
	at com.nwidart.techvideo.TechVideoApplication.main(TechVideoApplication.java:16) [classes/:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na]
	at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartLauncher.run(RestartLauncher.java:49) [spring-boot-devtools-2.0.3.RELEASE.jar:2.0.3.RELEASE]
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.data.repository.support.Repositories.getRepositoryInformationFor(Ljava/lang/Class;)Lorg/springframework/data/repository/core/RepositoryInformation;
	at springfox.documentation.spring.data.rest.EntityServicesProvider.requestHandlers(EntityServicesProvider.java:81) ~[springfox-data-rest-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper$2.apply(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:138) ~[springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper$2.apply(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:135) ~[springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at com.google.common.collect.Iterators$8.transform(Iterators.java:794) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.TransformedIterator.next(TransformedIterator.java:48) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.TransformedIterator.next(TransformedIterator.java:48) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.Iterators$5.hasNext(Iterators.java:543) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableCollection$Builder.addAll(ImmutableCollection.java:300) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList$Builder.addAll(ImmutableList.java:691) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.copyOf(ImmutableList.java:275) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.copyOf(ImmutableList.java:226) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable.toList(FluentIterable.java:334) ~[guava-jdk5-17.0.jar:na]
	at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.defaultContextBuilder(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:111) ~[springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.buildContext(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:96) ~[springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.start(DocumentationPluginsBootstrapper.java:167) ~[springfox-spring-web-2.9.2.jar:null]
	at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:181) ~[spring-context-5.0.7.RELEASE.jar:5.0.7.RELEASE]
	... 19 common frames omitted

Relevant pom:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
      <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
      <version>2.9.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
      <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
      <version>2.9.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
      <artifactId>springfox-data-rest</artifactId>
      <version>2.9.2</version>
    </dependency>

My swagger configuration class:

package com.nwidart.techvideo.config;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import springfox.documentation.builders.ApiInfoBuilder;
import springfox.documentation.builders.PathSelectors;
import springfox.documentation.builders.RequestHandlerSelectors;
import springfox.documentation.service.ApiInfo;
import springfox.documentation.service.Contact;
import springfox.documentation.spi.DocumentationType;
import springfox.documentation.spring.data.rest.configuration.SpringDataRestConfiguration;
import springfox.documentation.spring.web.plugins.Docket;
import springfox.documentation.swagger2.annotations.EnableSwagger2;

@Configuration
@EnableSwagger2
@Profile("!tests")
@Import(SpringDataRestConfiguration.class)
public class SwaggerConfiguration {

  @Bean
  public Docket mainConfig() {
    return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2)
        .select().apis(RequestHandlerSelectors.any())
        .paths(PathSelectors.regex("/api/.*"))
        .build()
        .apiInfo(apiInfo())
        .directModelSubstitute(LocalDate.class, String.class)
        .genericModelSubstitutes(ResponseEntity.class);
  }

  private ApiInfo apiInfo() {
    return new ApiInfoBuilder()
        .title("Tech Video")
        .description("Manage tech learning sessions")
        .version("1.0")
        .contact(new Contact("Nicolas Widart", "https://nicolaswidart.com", "[e-mail]"))
        .build();
  }
}

I’ve looked through the docs but couldn’t find a lot of information on springfox data rest.

Thanks!

[filipemb]

@simbro I’ve done this:

	<dependency>
		<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
		<artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
		<artifactId>springfox-data-rest</artifactId>
		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	</dependency>
	<dependency>
		<groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
		<artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
		<version>2.9.2</version>
	</dependency>

    <repositories>
	<repository>
		<id>jcenter-snapshots</id>
		<name>jcenter</name>
		<url>http://oss.jfrog.org/artifactory/oss-snapshot-local/</url>
	</repository>
</repositories>`

With: @EnableSwagger2WebMvc @Import(SpringDataRestConfiguration.class)

[Treehopper]

I recompiled springfox-data-rest 2.9.2 against spring-data-commons 2.1.4, and changed a single line in EntityContext: return entities.getPersistentEntity(actualDomainType); becomes return entities.getPersistentEntity(actualDomainType).orElse(null); Using that, SpringDataRestConfiguration works like a charm.

Since there seems to be no timeline for a 3.x release, I think quite a few people would appreciate a 2.9.3 release with this small fix. I know I would. - Thank you!