Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa]

Question

Any ideas, what could cause this error?

org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException: Configuration problem: Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa] Offending resource: ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml]

Here is my 'servle-context.xml' (there are some problems with the indents, but the file is too huge...):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
                    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

<!-- DispatcherServlet Context: defines this servlet's request-processing infrastructure -->

<!-- Enables the Spring MVC @Controller programming model -->
<annotation-driven />

<!-- Handles HTTP GET requests for /resources/** by efficiently serving up static resources in the ${webappRoot}/resources directory -->
<resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/resources/" />

<!-- Resolves views selected for rendering by @Controllers to .jsp resources in the /WEB-INF/views directory -->
<beans:bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <beans:property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" />
    <beans:property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
</beans:bean>

<context:component-scan base-package="com.epam.mvc3.model" />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.epam.mvc3.controller" />

<!-- JPA -->
<beans:bean
    class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <beans:property name="location">
        <beans:value>resources/database.properties</beans:value>
    </beans:property>
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="myDataSource"
    class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
    <beans:property name="driverClassName">
        <beans:value>${jdbc.driverClassName}</beans:value>
    </beans:property>
    <beans:property name="url">
        <beans:value>${jdbc.url}</beans:value>
    </beans:property>
    <beans:property name="username">
        <beans:value>${jdbc.username}</beans:value>
    </beans:property>
    <beans:property name="password">
        <beans:value>${jdbc.password}</beans:value>
    </beans:property>
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="myEmf"
    class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
    <beans:property name="dataSource" ref="myDataSource" />

    <beans:property name="persistenceUnitName" value="application" />
    <beans:property name="persistenceXmlLocation"
        value="classpath*:META-INF/persistence.xml" />
    <beans:property name="jpaVendorAdapter" ref="hibernateVendor" />

    <beans:property name="loadTimeWeaver">
        <beans:bean
            class="org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver"></beans:bean>
    </beans:property>
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="hibernateVendor"
    class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
</beans:bean>

<beans:bean id="transactionManager"
    class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
    <beans:property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="myEmf"></beans:property>
</beans:bean>

<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />

<!-- Spring Data configuration -->
<jpa:repositories base-package="com.epam.mvc3.repository"/>

</beans:beans>

As you can see, i specified the path to the jpa-schema. And I don't know what is the problem

Answer 1

Try to replace

http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd

by

http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd

But if you still use Version 1.0-M1 then try to update first. DATAJPA-21

Answer 2

Make sure you have spring-data-jpa in your dependencies

If you use maven:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
    <version>1.7.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Answer 3

I fixed this by resolving the missing the spring-tx dependency in our project.

org.springframework:spring-tx

Answer 4

The issue is because the spring-jpa schema cannot be located . You might be having some old jar which does not contain the schema info .

Answer 5

I know this seems silly, but if you are using IDEA and Maven you should check to make sure you have Use plugin registry checked so that the server also has access to your jar files.

I would post a screen shot but I'm new on here and don't have enough reputation points. It does work though and I've verified with the support team at IntelliJ

Answer 6

After facing this same problem over a week, I found a solution. If you are using Spring MVC + JPA + Maven, use this dispatcher-servlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
       xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
       xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">

    <!-- Use @Component annotations for bean definitions -->
    <context:component-scan base-package="PACKAGE WHERE YOU CAN FIND YOUR SOURCE CODE"/>

    <!-- Use @Controller annotations for MVC controller definitions -->
    <mvc:annotation-driven />

    <!-- Add JPA support -->
    <bean id="emf" class=
            "org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="loadTimeWeaver">
            <bean class=
                          "org.springframework.instrument.classloading.InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver"/>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <!-- Add Transaction support -->
    <bean id="transactionManager"
          class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="emf"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- Use @Transaction annotations for managing transactions -->
    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />

    <!-- View resolver -->
    <bean class=

<!-- HERE YOU REPLACE PROPERTY VALUE TO MATCH YOUR VIEW FOLDER (JSP PAGES) -->
                  "org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="prefix" value="/web/"/> 
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
    </bean>

</beans>

Answer 7

too late, but this solved my problem:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
    <version>1.9.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>