Websphere 8.5 with Spring-5

Question

Is Websphere 8.5.5 compatible with Spring 5? The Validation API referenced in spring5 (validation-api 5) is resulting in MethodNotFound exception.. Any pointers/patch availa

Answer 1

The method javax/validation/Configuration.getDefaultParameterNameProvider was added in Bean Validation 1.1, so that indicates the Spring Validator you are using is attempting to use the Bean Validation 1.1 API. According to https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/LocalValidatorFactoryBean.html:

As of Spring 5.0, this class requires Bean Validation 1.1+

WebSphere 8.5.5 provides Bean Validation 1.0 and did not add support for Bean Validation 1.1 until version 9.0. So, you'll either need to use Spring 4.x or WebSphere 9.x.