Support of hibernate-validator 8.0.2.Final acording to Frameworks Ready for Native Image #629
Description
Describe the problem
Hello I have the following question:
I have a spring boot app which can be successfully compiled and an java -jar is able to run the app without any problems.
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>3.4.5</version>
</parent>
and
java --version
java 24.0.1 2025-04-15
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment Oracle GraalVM 24.0.1+9.1 (build 24.0.1+9-jvmci-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM Oracle GraalVM 24.0.1+9.1 (build 24.0.1+9-jvmci-b01, mixed mode, sharing)
I decided to move my app to the Native Image and for that I first made sure that all my java modules can be compiled as native image. All those modules were successfully compiled to native image using the native-maven-plugin. Then I decides to move the main server app to the native image again using the standard native-maven-plugin.
Now the problem i discovered the compilation of the main app is one particular dependencies can not be resolved based on the reachability metadata repository in my particular case that is the hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final.
attaching the partial compilation output below:
[INFO] Found GraalVM installation from JAVA_HOME variable.
[INFO] Downloaded GraalVM reachability metadata repository from file:/home/tito/.m2/repository/org/graalvm/buildtools/graalvm-reachability-metadata/0.10.6/graalvm-reachability-metadata-0.10.6-repository.zip
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.18]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.18]: Configuration directory is ch.qos.logback/logback-classic/1.4.9
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.3]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.3]: Configuration directory is com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-databind/2.15.2
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final]: Configuration directory is org.hibernate.validator/hibernate-validator/7.0.4.Final
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final]: Latest version not found!
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:8.0.2.Final]: missing.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring6:3.1.3.RELEASE]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring6:3.1.3.RELEASE]: Configuration directory is org.thymeleaf/thymeleaf-spring6/3.1.0.M2
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.1.3.RELEASE]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.1.3.RELEASE]: Configuration directory is org.thymeleaf/thymeleaf/3.1.0.RC1
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.40]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.40]: Configuration directory is org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core/10.0.20
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.34]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.34]: Configuration directory is org.freemarker/freemarker/2.3.31
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core:6.6.13.Final]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core:6.6.13.Final]: Configuration directory is org.hibernate.orm/hibernate-core/6.6.0.Final
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:4.0.5]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:4.0.5]: Configuration directory is org.glassfish.jaxb/jaxb-runtime/3.0.2
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:3.6.1.Final]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:3.6.1.Final]: Configuration directory is org.jboss.logging/jboss-logging/3.5.0.Final
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.5]: Configuration directory not found. Trying latest version.
[INFO] [graalvm reachability metadata repository for org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.5]: Configuration directory is org.postgresql/postgresql/42.7.3
now in order to troubleshoot that further I decided to use the, maven-shade-plugin , and I was really surprised that once I replaced the spring-boot-maven-plugin with the maven-shade-plugin. In this case the app was compiled by the native image was !!! successful !!!! , although the same warring existed about the hibernate-validator version 8.0.2.Final. as present as well once I compiled with pring-boot-maven-plugin. Once the compilation was finished the final result was that the program was not able to run and I got the AotInitializerNotFoundException. i.e. see the stack trace below:
:: Spring Boot :: (v3.4.5)
Application run failed
org.springframework.boot.AotInitializerNotFoundException: Startup with AOT mode enabled failed: AOT initializer org.server.core.Application__ApplicationContextInitializer could not be found
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.addAotGeneratedInitializerIfNecessary(SpringApplication.java:426)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareContext(SpringApplication.java:382)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:317)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1362)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1351)
at org.server.core.Application.main(Application.java:109)
at [email protected]/java.lang.invoke.LambdaForm$DMH/sa346b79c.invokeStaticInit(LambdaForm$DMH)
Everything so far is very similar to what is descried here.
Now at this point, I thought that this library (hibernate-validator 8.0.2.Final ) was not supported, but that is not the case. I found it listed as officially supported here
i.e. anything above or equal to version 7.0.4 is supported!
But for some reason that is not working for me.
I would really appreciate some guidance on how to troubleshoot this further.
In this particular case the jar hibernate-validator 8.0.2.Final is being pulled automatically because of the following dependency "spring-boot-starter-validation" which is part of the POM. i.e.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
I am attaching some relative parts of the POM.
```
<!--
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<mainClass>org.server.core.Application</mainClass>
<layout>JAR</layout>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
-->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
<artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<extensions>true</extensions>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>build-native</id>
<goals>
<goal>compile-no-fork</goal>
</goals>
<phase>package</phase>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<mainClass>org.server.core.Application</mainClass>
</configuration>
</plugin>