# java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/common/transport/TransportAddress

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-common-transport-transportaddress/103516>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 11, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-common-transport-transportaddress/103516 "2017-10-11T09:10:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-common-transport-transportaddress/103516/3 "2017-10-11T12:22:57Z")

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Thanks for your help! I follow your advice and add plugin in my pom.xml, but now there is another problem as follow:

```auto
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at org.elasticsearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger.<clinit>(DeprecationLogger.java:138)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser.<init>(AbstractXContentParser.java:57)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser.<init>(JsonXContentParser.java:44)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent.createParser(JsonXContent.java:103)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.parseableStringToList(Setting.java:832)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.lambda$listSetting$27(Setting.java:786)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.listSetting(Setting.java:791)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.listSetting(Setting.java:786)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService.<clinit>(NetworkService.java:50)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient.newPluginService(TransportClient.java:98)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient.buildTemplate(TransportClient.java:126)
	at org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient.<init>(TransportClient.java:268)
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient.<init>(PreBuiltTransportClient.java:125)
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient.<init>(PreBuiltTransportClient.java:111)
	at org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient.<init>(PreBuiltTransportClient.java:101)
	at cn.zmhappy.es.Demo.main(CheckFunc.java:37)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error finding the build shortHash. Stopping Elasticsearch now so it doesn't run in subtly broken ways. This is likely a build bug.
	at org.elasticsearch.Build.<clinit>(Build.java:62)
	... 16 more

```

I have no idea about this. Can you give me some help? Thanks!

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