NoClassDefFoundError in ElasticsearchRepository.findAllById

[JKatzwinkel]

• version of spring-data-elasticsearch: 5.0.0-M5
• version of elasticsearch-java: 8.3.1

When calling findAllById of a minimal example application using release 5.0.0-M5 of spring-data-elasticsearch, the following error occurs:

jakarta.servlet.ServletException: Handler dispatch failed: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder$Field
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1082)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:960)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1003)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:895)
        at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:500)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:880)
        at jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:587)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:764)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$ChainEnd.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1630)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.RequestContextFilter.doFilterInternal(RequestContextFilter.java:100)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1600)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.FormContentFilter.doFilterInternal(FormContentFilter.java:93)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1600)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1600)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.servlet.WebSocketUpgradeFilter.doFilter(WebSocketUpgradeFilter.java:170)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:202)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1600)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:506)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:131)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:578)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:223)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1571)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:221)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1375)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:176)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:463)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1544)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:174)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1297)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:129)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:122)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:562)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$0(HttpChannel.java:505)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:762)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:497)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:282)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:319)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:100)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.io.SelectableChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectableChannelEndPoint.java:53)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:894)
        at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:1038)
        at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlightBuilder$Field
        at org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.erhlc.NativeSearchQueryBuilder.build(NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java:279)
        at org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.SimpleElasticsearchRepository.getIdQuery(SimpleElasticsearchRepository.java:342)
        at org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.SimpleElasticsearchRepository.findAllById(SimpleElasticsearchRepository.java:155)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:577)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryMethodInvoker$RepositoryFragmentMethodInvoker.lambda$new$0(RepositoryMethodInvoker.java:289)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryMethodInvoker.doInvoke(RepositoryMethodInvoker.java:137)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryMethodInvoker.invoke(RepositoryMethodInvoker.java:121)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition$RepositoryFragments.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:516)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:285)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$ImplementationMethodExecutionInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:628)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.doInvoke(QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.java:160)
        at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.java:135)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
        at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:97)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:184)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:215)
        at jdk.proxy2/jdk.proxy2.$Proxy74.findAllById(Unknown Source)
        at es8test.api.FooController.list(FooController.java:58)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:577)
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
        at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:150)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:117)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:895)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:808)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1067)
        ... 49 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.HighlightBuilder$Field
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)

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The repository in question literally does nothing fancy at all and rather looks like this:

package es8test.es.repo;

import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
import es8test.es.model.FooEntity;

public interface FooRepo extends ElasticsearchRepository<FooEntity, String> {}

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The calling Spring Controller component method in the stacktrace above is quite simple as well, but any attempt at calling findAllByIds will fail:

    @RequestMapping(value = "/list", method=RequestMethod.GET)
    public ResponseEntity<List<FooEntity>> list(@RequestParam List<String> ids) {
        List<FooEntity> results = StreamSupport.stream(
            repo.findAllById(ids).spliterator(), false
        ).toList();
        return new ResponseEntity<>(
            results, HttpStatus.CREATED
        );
    }

The ApplicationRunner app class is annotated with @EnableAutoConfiguration (doesn't matter if ElasticsearchDataAutoConfiguration.class is being excluded or not).

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Fortunately, as a simple workaround one can just use a tactical @Query annotation for now:

public interface FooRepo extends ElasticsearchRepository<FooEntity, String> {

    @Override
    @Query("{\"ids\": {\"values\": ?0 }}")
    Iterable<FooEntity> findAllById(Iterable<String> ids);

}

[sothawo]

Thanks for finding and reporting this. There the repository implementation is referencing one of the classes that are used for the old Elasticsearch RestHighLevelClient, and these are not on the classpath anymore by default.