Resolving 'fasterXML/jackson/core/jsonFactory' >> com.fasterxml.jackson.core NoClassDefFoundError com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonFactory in JDeveloper
This blog explains the procedure to manually applying the Oracle patch 304827610 in your JDeveloper environment to resolve the "NoClassDefFoundError com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonFactory" issue. This blog is to help the audience who face corporate secure/restricted Windows user environments for development where they usually cannot install the patch using standard command line based OPatch utility due to restricted permissions such as described in Oracle doc below: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/PatchDetail?requestId=23227780&_afrLoop=18882303082705&patchId=30482761 . Steps to Manually apply the patch and user JDeveloper with portable ORACLE_HOME of your soa/bpm or osb. 1. Copy the ORACLE_HOME folder from the administrator user installed location e.g. "C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\jdeveloper" to your preferred folder where your windows user account has full permission of creating and editing files/dirs (you might need help of your IT user supp...