javax/activation/DataSource NoClassDefFoundError error

Hi, I’m trying to use Jakarta mail to connect to Gmail and retrive email but getting the following exception

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
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  1. Accepted Answer

Accepted Answer

You are missing the JavaBeans Activation Framework. Add the following maven dependency:

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.activation/activation -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
    <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>

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