对于mysql-connector-java版本 ≥ 8.x,需在数据库访问的地址上添加:nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true
example: jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/activiti?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8&serverTimezone=Asia/Shanghai&nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true
具体原因可参考:http://mybatis.org/generator/usage/mysql.html