Spring Boot 3 – package javax.persistence does not exist

#springboot #java

When migrating from Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3, one might face this error:

The import javax.persistence cannot be resolvedJava(268435846)

This is due to this Transition from Java EE to Jakarta EE

Spring Boot 2.x using Java EE APIs javax.*

java: package javax.persistence does not exist

import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;

To fix this, we can just update all javax to jakarta.

Spring Boot 3 using Jakarta EE APIs jakarta.*

import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
import jakarta.persistence.Id;