Connecting to a running Gemfire server - spring-data-gemfire

Question

Using gfsh I have started a locator on my PC. How do I connect to this locator using spring-data-gemfire.
Here is the my locator
gfsh>start locator --name=locator1
Locator in /Users/adas/locator1 on 10.1.51.200[10334] as locator1 is currently online
Now I have the following class to connect to this locator
#ClientCacheApplication(locators = {
#ClientCacheApplication.Locator(host = "10.1.51.200", port = 10334)
})
#EnableEntityDefinedRegions(basePackageClasses = Person.class,
clientRegionShortcut = ClientRegionShortcut.LOCAL)
#EnableGemfireRepositories
public class GemfiretestApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(GemfiretestApplication.class, args);
}
On compiling I get the following error
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gemfireCache': FactoryBean threw exception on object creation; nested exception is java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:178)

Answer 1

Given the INCREDIBLY limited information provided (partial stacktrace, no versions, no maven/gradle build files) I could only venture a guess at your problem. I think #juanramos has the correct idea.
I'm testing with:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-releasetrain</artifactId>
<version>Lovelave-SR6</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
AND
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>2.1.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
Without the full stack trace I believe that I see your error. If then add the following exclusion, this problem disappears.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>2.1.4.RELEASE</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
If this does not solve your problem, please forward your complete stacktrace... or maybe the last "Caused by:...." statement and/or list of your dependencies.