java.lang.ClassFormatError : Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class

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Problem
java.lang.ClassFormatError: Absent Code attribute in method that is not native or abstract in class file javax/servlet/ServletOutputStream

A very strange and rare problem, happened in JPA or Hibernate development.

Caused by : java. lang. ClassFormatError : Absent Code attribute in method that is not  native or  abstract in  class file javax /persistence /GenerationType  at java. lang. ClassLoader. defineClass1 ( Native  Method ) at java. lang. ClassLoader. defineClassCond (Unknown Source ) at java. lang. ClassLoader. defineClass (Unknown Source ) at java. security. SecureClassLoader. defineClass (Unknown Source ) at java. net. URLClassLoader. defineClass (Unknown Source ) at java. net. URLClassLoader. access$000 (Unknown Source ) at java. net. URLClassLoader$1. run (Unknown Source ) at java. security. AccessController. doPrivileged ( Native  Method ) at java. net. URLClassLoader. findClass (Unknown Source ) at java. lang. ClassLoader. loadClass (Unknown Source ) at sun. misc. Launcher$AppClassLoader. loadClass (Unknown Source ) at java. lang. ClassLoader. loadClass (Unknow

Solution

This is always caused by the javaee.jar which is located at Java.net. Many developers like to grab the javaee.jar with the following Maven coordinate :

<repositories>  <repository>  <id>Java.Net </id>  <url> http://download.java.net/maven/2/ </url>  </repository> </repositories>   <dependencies>  <!-- Javaee API --> <dependency>  <groupId>javax </groupId>  <artifactId>javaee-api </artifactId>  <version>6.0 </version> </dependency>  </dependencies>

But, the javaee.jar from java.net is not contains any method bodies, but the APIs name only. Which is not suitable to use for running or deploying along with your application.

The good practice is always get the original full version of  javaee.jar file from the  http://java.sun.com/javaee/. Just download and install the J2EE SDK, and the  javaee.jar can be found in the “\J2EE_SDK_FOLDER\lib” folder. Include it into your local Maven repository or poject classpath will get rid of the above error message.

Reference

1. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/ludo/archive/2007/01/java_ee_5_apis.html
2. http://forums.java.net/jive/message.jspa?messageID=226931
3. http://jersey.576304.n2.nabble.com/Absent-Code-attribute-in-method-that-is-not-native-td2632542.html

在项目的类路径里添加tomcat下面的servlet-api.jar (罗生沙的解决办法)