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 above answer is not correct. You can run Spring 5 in WebSphere 8.5. This may not be the perfect solution for your situation, but this will get you on the correct path.

1.) Provide your Bean Validation 1.1 JAR

Here is a sample of the Maven dependency.

    javax.validation
    validation-api
    1.1.0.Final

2.) Add the following a deployment.xml file to the following location in your EAR file.

/myAppEAR/META-INF/ibmconfig/cells/defaultCell/applications/defaultApp/deployments/defaultApp/deployment.xml

3.) In the contents of your deployment.xml file, you must set the classloaderMode to PARENT_LAST. You must also modify this code to use the correct WAR file name.

Here is a sample...