Horrible Exception: org.springframework.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException: Could not open JDBC Connection for transaction; nested exception is com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager.doBegin(DataSourceTransactionManager.java:238)
	at org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.getTransaction(AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java:374)
	at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.createTransactionIfNecessary(TransactionAspectSupport.java:263)
	at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:101)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy35.getImitSearch(Unknown Source)
	at com.mic.escrow.buyer.modules.screens.product.NewProduct.doBuildTemplate(NewProduct.java:92)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.screens.VelocityScreen.doBuildTemplate(VelocityScreen.java:79)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.screens.TemplateScreen.doBuild(TemplateScreen.java:100)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.Screen.build(Screen.java:57)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.ScreenLoader.eval(ScreenLoader.java:107)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.layouts.VelocityOnlyLayout.doBuild(VelocityOnlyLayout.java:93)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.Layout.build(Layout.java:53)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.LayoutLoader.exec(LayoutLoader.java:101)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.pages.DefaultPage.doBuild(DefaultPage.java:146)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.Page.build(Page.java:53)
	at org.apache.turbine.modules.PageLoader.exec(PageLoader.java:101)
	at org.apache.turbine.Turbine.doGet(Turbine.java:799)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:617)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
	at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:470)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:859)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:602)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor63.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:409)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1118)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:343)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.connectOneTryOnly(ConnectionImpl.java:2308)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2122)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:774)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection.<init>(JDBC4Connection.java:49)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor44.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:409)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:375)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:289)
	at org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverConnectionFactory.java:38)
	at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:294)
	at org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:840)
	at org.apache.commons.dbcp.AbandonedObjectPool.borrowObject(AbandonedObjectPool.java:84)
	at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDataSource.getConnection(PoolingDataSource.java:96)
	at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:880)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager.doBegin(DataSourceTransactionManager.java:200)
	... 33 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:351)
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:213)
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:200)
	at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
	at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529)
	at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:478)
	at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:375)
	at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:218)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:256)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:292)
	... 50 more