Trouble wiring Hibernate, JDBC and SpringSecurity together

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23685597

23-07-2023
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Question

I am working on a simple Spring web app. I'm using Spring Security for user authentication, and Hibernate for persistence. I want Spring Security to use the database (as opposed to basic in-memory authentication).

However, I am getting an exception when running the app.

    SEVERE: Servlet /knights threw load() exception
java.lang.ClassCastException: 
org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$fae0dbb8 cannot be cast to org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager

I have no idea what could be causing this. Could this be an issue with Hibernate-generated proxies? The trouble is, since I'm new to Spring and I'm following various online tutorials, my configuration is a mix of XML and Java configuration files. My Spring Security and DataSource are configured in Java, and Hibernate is configured using XML.

Here's the full stack trace:

SEVERE: Context initialization failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'handlerExceptionResolver' defined in class org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.handlerExceptionResolver()] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$6412755f cannot be cast to org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:581)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1025)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:921)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:487)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:458)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:295)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:223)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:292)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:626)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:932)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:479)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:651)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:599)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:665)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:518)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:459)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:136)
    at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1280)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1193)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1088)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:5176)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5460)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.handlerExceptionResolver()] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$6412755f cannot be cast to org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:181)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:570)
    ... 30 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$6412755f cannot be cast to org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$fe413563.mvcContentNegotiationManager(<generated>)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java:632)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.handlerExceptionResolver(WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java:596)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$fe413563.CGLIB$handlerExceptionResolver$14(<generated>)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$fe413563$$FastClassByCGLIB$$71eb2090.invoke(<generated>)
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:286)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$fe413563.handlerExceptionResolver(<generated>)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:160)
    ... 31 more

`servlet-context.xml`:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.2.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.2.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd">

    <!-- Expose the resources folder -->
    <mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/"/>

    <!-- Map simple view name such as "test" into /WEB-INF/test.jsp -->
    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/" />
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
    </bean>
</beans>

`AppConfig.java`:

@EnableWebMvc
@Configuration
@ComponentScan("com.siegedog.browsergame")
public class AppConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

}

`PersistenceConfig.java`:

package com.siegedog.browsergame.config;

@Configuration
@EnableTransactionManagement
@ComponentScan({ "com.siegedog.browsergame" })
public class PersistenceConfig {

    @Bean(name = "dataSource")
    public DriverManagerDataSource dataSource() {
        DriverManagerDataSource driverManagerDataSource = new DriverManagerDataSource();
        driverManagerDataSource.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        driverManagerDataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/knights");
        driverManagerDataSource.setUsername("root");
        driverManagerDataSource.setPassword("");
        return driverManagerDataSource;
    }

    @Bean
    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
        LocalSessionFactoryBean fb = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
        fb.setPackagesToScan("com.siegedog.browsergame");
        fb.setDataSource(dataSource());
        fb.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
        return fb;
    }

    @Bean
    @Autowired
    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
        HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);

        return txManager;
    }

    @Bean
    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor exceptionTranslation() {
        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
    }

    Properties hibernateProperties() {
        return new Properties() {
            {
                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect");
                setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
            }
        };
    }
}

`SecurityConfig.java`:

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled=true)
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Autowired
    DataSource dataSource;

    @Autowired
    public void configAuthentication(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth.jdbcAuthentication().dataSource(dataSource)
            .usersByUsernameQuery("select name, password_hash from users where name = ?")
            .authoritiesByUsernameQuery("select name, role from users where name = ?");
    }

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http.authorizeRequests()
        .antMatchers("/dashboard").hasRole("USER")
        .anyRequest().anonymous()
        .and()
            // Generate a form login if none is explicitly provided
            .formLogin()//.failureUrl("/login?error")
            //.usernameParameter("name").passwordParameter("password_hash")
        .and()
            .logout().logoutSuccessUrl("/login?logout")
        .and()
            .exceptionHandling().accessDeniedPage("/403")
        .and()
            .csrf();

    }
}

And, finally my DAO (pretty straightforward).

`PizzaDAO.java`:

import java.util.List;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

@Repository
@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
public class PizzaDAO {
    @Autowired private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    /**
     * @Transactional annotation below will trigger Spring Hibernate
     * transaction manager to automatically create a hibernate session. 
     * See src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/servlet-context.xml
     */
    @Transactional
    public List<Pizza> findAll() {
        Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
        List<Pizza> pizzas = session.createQuery("from Pizza").list();
        return pizzas;
    }

    @Transactional
    public void save(Pizza pizza) {
        Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
        session.save(pizza);
    }
}

Edit:

I ended up removing all the XML configuration and replacing it with full-Java configs. My final config consists of AppConfig.java, SpringMvcInitializer.java, SpringSecurityInitializer.java and WebSecurityConfig.java. Here's my final, working config, in case anyone is interested:

AppConfig.java

@EnableWebMvc
@EnableTransactionManagement
@Configuration
@ComponentScan( {"com.siegedog.knights"} )
public class AppConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {

    @Bean(name = "dataSource")
    public DriverManagerDataSource dataSource() {
        DriverManagerDataSource driverManagerDataSource = new DriverManagerDataSource();
        driverManagerDataSource.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
        driverManagerDataSource.setUrl("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/knights");
        driverManagerDataSource.setUsername("root");
        driverManagerDataSource.setPassword("");
        return driverManagerDataSource;
    }

    @Override
    public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
        registry.addResourceHandler("/assets/**").addResourceLocations(
                "classpath:/assets/");
        registry.addResourceHandler("/css/**").addResourceLocations("/css/");
        registry.addResourceHandler("/img/**").addResourceLocations("/img/");
        registry.addResourceHandler("/js/**").addResourceLocations("/js/");
    }

    @Bean
    public InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolver() {
        InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolver = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
        viewResolver.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
        viewResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/jsp/");
        viewResolver.setSuffix(".jsp");
        return viewResolver;
    }

    @Bean
    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
        LocalSessionFactoryBean fb = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
        fb.setPackagesToScan("com.siegedog.knights");
        fb.setDataSource(dataSource());
        fb.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
        return fb;
    }

    @Bean
    @Autowired
    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
        HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory);
        return txManager;
    }

    Properties hibernateProperties() {
        return new Properties() {
            {
                setProperty("hibernate.dialect", "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect");
                setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
            }
        };
    }
}

SpringMvcInitializer.java

public class SpringMvcInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {

    @Override
    protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
        return new Class[] { AppConfig.class };
    }

    @Override
    protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected String[] getServletMappings() {
        return new String[] { "/" };
    }

}

SpringSecurityInitializer.java (see comment)

/** Required to inject the proper security filter. */
public class SpringSecurityInitializer extends AbstractSecurityWebApplicationInitializer {

}

WebSecurityConfig.java

This code simply sets the proper rout authentication rules. It also uses the dataSource defined in AppConfig.java to authenticate users who are registered.

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvcSecurity
public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
    @Autowired
    DataSource dataSource;

    /**
     * Important: csrf prevention is on by default.
     */
    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .authorizeRequests()
                .antMatchers("/dashboard").hasRole("USER")
                .antMatchers("/forest").hasRole("USER")
                .antMatchers("/arena").hasRole("USER")
                .antMatchers("/store").hasRole("USER")
                .anyRequest().permitAll();

        http
            .formLogin().loginPage("/login").failureUrl("/login?error").defaultSuccessUrl("/dashboard")
            .permitAll()
        .and()
            .logout()
            .permitAll()
        .and()
            .exceptionHandling().accessDeniedPage("/403");
    }

    @Override
    protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth.jdbcAuthentication().dataSource(dataSource)
            .usersByUsernameQuery("select name, password_hash, enabled from users where name=?")
            // Hash passwords with sha-256
            .passwordEncoder(new ShaPasswordEncoder(256))
            .authoritiesByUsernameQuery("select name, role from users where name=?");
    }
}

Solution

For starters you have quite some duplication (why are you mixing xml and java config?).

<mvc:annotation-driven /> is also @EnableWebMvc
<tx:annotation-driven /> is @EnableTransactionManagement.
<context:component-scan /> is @ComponentScan

You are injecting the wrong beans instead of a LocalSessionFactoryBean inject the SessionFactory bean, as that is the whole purpose of a FactoryBean.

public class PizzaDAO {
@Autowired private LocalSessionFactoryBean mySessionFactory;

Should be

public class PizzaDAO {
@Autowired private SessionFactory mySessionFactory;

And you calling code should remove the getObject() as you now have a plain SessionFactory.

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Trouble wiring Hibernate, JDBC and SpringSecurity together

servlet-context.xml:

AppConfig.java:

PersistenceConfig.java:

SecurityConfig.java:

PizzaDAO.java: