In Hibernate 4, if you want to use Ehcache, you must add a specific dependency: hibernate-ehcache
But it implements Ehcache 2.4.3. Therefore, you should eliminate the nested dependency of Ehcache.
<dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId> <version>4.1.9.Final</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency>
For Hibernate-ehcache version 5.1.0.Final, which uses Ehcache 2.10.1, the same exception looks a bit different ( ehcache instead of ehcache-core )
<dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId> <version>5.1.0.Final</version> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency>
and then depending on the version of ehcache you need to add ehcache or ehcache-core
Up to 2.6.x:
<dependency> <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId> <version>2.5.7</version> </dependency>
for 2.7 and higher
<dependency> <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId> <version>2.7.0 or above</version> </dependency>
and for 3.0 and above
<dependency> <groupId>org.ehcache</groupId> <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId> <version>3.0.0</version> </dependency>
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