This error is driving me nuts!!! Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.mksoft.fbautomate.domain.Account$Type.values() The same exact class works fine in a separate Groovy file. Any ideas/help much appreciated. Most confusing... http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Enum.html has no values() method! Here is my class: @Entity class Account { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO) public Long id enum Type {MYVALUE} @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING) public Type type public String email // @org.hibernate.annotations.Type(type="encryptedString") public String pass public String fullName String toString() { "type:\""+type+"\",email:\""+email +"\""+",fullName=\""+fullName+"\"" } } Thank you! Misha p.s. for the record if I move the enum _outside_ the entity class like enum type {MYVALUE} @Entity class Account { ... } all is fine. Any ideas??? Thank you. I am using Gradle.