HV000183: Unable to initialize 'javax.el.ExpressionFactory'.

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Issue

Sending requests to my Spring Boot based application containing kie-ci library provided by RHPAM/RHDM causes errors with "HV000183: Unable to initialize 'javax.el.ExpressionFactory'." message like (*1).

(*1)

Caused by: javax.validation.ValidationException: HV000183: Unable to initialize 'javax.el.ExpressionFactory'. Check that you have the EL dependencies on the classpath, or use ParameterMessageInterpolator instead
    at org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation.ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.buildExpressionFactory(ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java:123)
    at org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation.ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.<init>(ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator.java:47)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getDefaultMessageInterpolator(ConfigurationImpl.java:494)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getDefaultMessageInterpolatorConfiguredWithClassLoader(ConfigurationImpl.java:670)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.getMessageInterpolator(ConfigurationImpl.java:418)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ValidatorFactoryImpl.<init>(ValidatorFactoryImpl.java:187)
    at org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator.buildValidatorFactory(HibernateValidator.java:38)
    at org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ConfigurationImpl.buildValidatorFactory(ConfigurationImpl.java:386)
    at javax.validation.Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(Validation.java:103)
    at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.CustomValidatorBean.afterPropertiesSet(CustomValidatorBean.java:75)
    at org.springframework.cloud.stream.binding.BindingService.<init>(BindingService.java:93)
    at org.springframework.cloud.stream.config.BindingServiceConfiguration.bindingService(BindingServiceConfiguration.java:226)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:154)

Environment

  • Red Hat Process Automation Manager (RHPAM)
    • 7.13
  • Red Hat Decision Manager (RHDM)
    • 7.13
  • Spring Boot
    • 2.5 or later

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