Cannot load driver class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Spring

Question

If you’re using Maven, add this to your pom.xml:

(Recommended) For MySQL 5.6, 5.7, 8.x and Java >= 8 use;

<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    <version>8.0.30</version>
</dependency>

(Legacy) For MySQL <= 5.5 or Java <= 7 or JDBC < 4.2 use;

<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.49</version>
</dependency>

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