ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver when trying to use JPA with Derby

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Question

A related query I asked: How to configure & package a simple Java app to use JPA

I have a simple Derby database which I can connect to via EJBs hosted in WebLogic. Now I would like to connect to it from a command line Java app using JPA.

So far this Java code + persistence.xml file is throwing the error below. What am I doing wrong?

My directory layout:

C:.
│   Registrar.class
│   Registrar.java
│   TxnClient.class
│   TxnClient.java
│
└───META-INF
        persistence.xml

Standalone client:

import javax.persistence.*;

public class TxnClient {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      EntityManagerFactory factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("SRS-EM");
      EntityManager manager = factory.createEntityManager( );
      try {

      } finally {
         manager.close( );
         factory.close( );
      }
   }
}

persistence.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
    <persistence xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" version="1.0">
    <persistence-unit name="SRS-EM" transaction-type="JTA">
        <class>Registrar</class>
        <properties>
            <property name="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" 
                          value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver" />
            <property name="openjpa.ConnectionURL"
                          value="jdbc:derby:C:\derby-db-files\MyDB" />
        </properties>
     </persistence-unit>
    </persistence>

C:\temp\jpa>java TxnClient

 80  SRS-EM  INFO   [main] openjpa.Runtime - Starting BEA Kodo 4.2.0load03
221  SRS-EM  INFO   [main] openjpa.jdbc.JDBC - Using dictionary class "org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DerbyDictionary".
    Exception in thread "main" <openjpa-1.1.0-r422266:657916 nonfatal general error>
     org.apache.openjpa.persistence.PersistenceException: There were errors initializing your configuration: <openjpa-1.1.0-r422266:657916 fatal store error> org.apache.openjpa.util.StoreException: org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
            at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.DataSourceFactory.newDataSource(DataSourceFactory.java:123)
            at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.createConnectionFactory(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:776)
            at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.conf.JDBCConfigurationImpl.getConnectionFactory(JDBCConfigurationImpl.java:683)
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
            at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
            at org.apache.openjpa.lib.conf.ConfigurationImpl.instantiateAll(ConfigurationImpl.java:288)
            at org.apache.openjpa.conf.OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.instantiateAll(OpenJPAConfigurationImpl.java:1409)
            at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.AbstractBrokerFactory.makeReadOnly(AbstractBrokerFactory.java:646)
            at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.AbstractBrokerFactory.newBroker(AbstractBrokerFactory.java:183)
            at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.DelegatingBrokerFactory.newBroker(DelegatingBrokerFactory.java:142)
            at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:192)
            at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:145)
            at org.apache.openjpa.persistence.EntityManagerFactoryImpl.createEntityManager(EntityManagerFactoryImpl.java:56)
            at TxnClient.main(TxnClient.java:7)
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
            at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
            at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
            at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
            at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320)
            at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
            at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
            at org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.DataSourceFactory.newDataSource(DataSourceFactory.java:85)
            ... 15 more
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Solution

ClassNotFoundException indicates that the class in question (org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDrive) is not on your classpath. Put it (the derby jar) there and try again.

OTHER TIPS

To use a third-party JDBC driver that is not installed with WebLogic Server, you need to update the WebLogic Server's CLASSPATH to include the location of the JDBC driver classes. Edit the commEnv.cmd/sh script in WL_HOME/common/bin and prepend your classes.

This applies to the JDBC driver for Derby (see third party driver). If you don't know where to put the JAR, put it in WL_HOME\server\lib with other JDBC drivers bundled with Weblogic.

PS: I wonder why you're not using Kodo which is the default persistence engine of WebLogic but this is another story.

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