I get javassist_16 cannot be cast to proxy error like below when using the following environment
java - 1.8.0_171
spring MVC- 4.0.6.Release
Hibernate - 4.3.6.Final
The application has been deployed in Tomcat 8.5.31 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I have already added javaassist dependency in my gradle build but that does not solve my issue.
Exception : java.lang.ClassCastException: {ClassName}_$$_javassist_16 cannot be cast to javassist.util.proxy.Proxy at org.hibernate.proxy.pojo.javassist.JavassistLazyInitializer.getProxy(JavassistLazyInitializer.java:147) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.proxy.pojo.javassist.JavassistProxyFactory.getProxy(JavassistProxyFactory.java:75) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.tuple.entity.AbstractEntityTuplizer.createProxy(AbstractEntityTuplizer.java:771) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.createProxy(AbstractEntityPersister.java:4613) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.createProxyIfNecessary(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:350) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.proxyOrLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:271) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.onLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:151) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireLoad(SessionImpl.java:1070) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.internalLoad(SessionImpl.java:989) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.type.EntityType.resolveIdentifier(EntityType.java:716) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.type.EntityType.resolve(EntityType.java:502) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final] at org.hibernate.engine.internal.TwoPhaseLoad.doInitializeEntity(TwoPhaseLoad.java:170) ~[hibernate-core-4.3.6.Final.jar:4.3.6.Final]