I got this error after deploying project on my server Tomcat. I found many similar questions but I did not found answer for my problem.
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'categoryDaoDbImpl': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.hibernate.SessionFactory ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.dao.database.CategoryDaoDbImpl.sessionFactory; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'sessionFactory' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.hibernate.AnnotationException: @OneToOne or @ManyToOne on ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Payment.projectId references an unknown entity: int at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:334) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1214) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:543) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:482) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:305) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:301) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:196) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:772) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:835) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:446) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:328) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:107)
applicationContext.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop 
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx    
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.2.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:config.properties" />
    <context:component-scan base-package="ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.dao.database" />
    <bean id="basicDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}" />
        <property name="url" value="${jdbc.dataBaseUrl}" />
        <property name="username" value="${jdbc.username}" />
        <property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}" />
    </bean>
    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager">
        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
    </bean>
    <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource">
            <ref bean="basicDataSource" />
        </property>
        <property name="hibernateProperties">
            <props>
                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect</prop>
                <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
        <property name="annotatedClasses">
            <list>
                <value>ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Quote</value>
                <value>ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Category</value>
                <value>ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Project</value>
                <value>ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Payment</value>
                <value>ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Reward</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>
the CategoryDaoDbImpl class
package ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.dao.database;
import java.util.List;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.criterion.Restrictions;
import org.hibernate.Criteria;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
import ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.dao.CategoryDao;
import ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain.Category;
@Repository
public class CategoryDaoDbImpl implements CategoryDao {
    @Autowired
    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Transactional
    @Override
    public List<Category> getAll() {
        Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();
        Criteria criteria=session.createCriteria(Category.class);
        List<Category> categories=criteria.list();
        session.close();
        return categories;
    }
    @Transactional
    @Override
    public Category getCategory(int id) {
        Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();
        Criteria criteria=session.createCriteria(Category.class);
        criteria.add(Restrictions.eq("id", id));
        Category category=(Category) criteria.uniqueResult();
        session.close();
        return category;
    }
}
the Category class
package ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "categories")
public class Category {
    @Id
    @SequenceGenerator(name = "SEQ_GEN", sequenceName = "seq_id", allocationSize = 10)
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "SEQ_GEN")
    private int id;
    @Column(name = "name")
    private String name;
    @OneToMany
    private Set<Project> projects;
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    public Set<Project> getProjects() {
        return projects;
    }
    public void setProjects(Set<Project> projects) {
        this.projects = projects;
    }
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "ID: " + id + "; Name: " + name;
    }
}
the Project class
package ua.com.goit.gojava7.kikstarter.domain;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "projects")
public class Project {
    @Id
    @SequenceGenerator(name = "SEQ_GEN", sequenceName = "seq_id", allocationSize = 10)
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "SEQ_GEN")
    private int id;
    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name = "category_id")
    private Category category;
    @Column(name = "name")
    private String name;
    @Column(name = "general_description")
    private String generalDescription;
    @Column(name = "full_description")
    private String fullDescription;
    @Column(name = "video_link")
    private String videoLink;
    @Column(name = "required_sum")
    private int requiredSum;
    @Column(name = "collected_sum")
    private int collectedSum;
    @Column(name = "days_left")
    private int endOfDays;
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
    public Category getCategory() {
        return category;
    }
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    public String getGenerelDescription() {
        return generalDescription;
    }
    public String getFullDescription() {
        return fullDescription;
    }
    public String getVideoLink() {
        return videoLink;
    }
    public int getRequiredSum() {
        return requiredSum;
    }
    public int getCollectedSum() {
        return collectedSum;
    }
    public int getEndOfDays() {
        return endOfDays;
    }
    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
    public void setCategory(Category category) {
        this.category = category;
    }
    public void setName(String projectName) {
        this.name = projectName;
    }
    public void setGeneralDescription(String generalDescription) {
        this.generalDescription = generalDescription;
    }
    public void setFullDescription(String fullDescription) {
        this.fullDescription = fullDescription;
    }
    public void setVideoLink(String videoLink) {
        this.videoLink = videoLink;
    }
    public void setRequiredSum(int requiredSum) {
        this.requiredSum = requiredSum;
    }
    public void setCollectedSum(int collectedAmount) {
        this.collectedSum = collectedAmount;
    }
    public void setSumFromUser(int enteredAmount) {
        collectedSum += enteredAmount;
    }
    public void setEndOfDays(int endOfDays) {
        this.endOfDays = endOfDays;
    }
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Project: name: " + name + "; general description: " + generalDescription + "; full description: "
            + fullDescription + "; video link: " + videoLink + "; required sum: " + requiredSum
            + "; collected sum: " + collectedSum + "; days left: " + endOfDays;
    }
}
 
     
    