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Maven Error: Cannot find 'version' in class org.springframework.boot.maven.Exclude

I encountered a problem with running my spring-boot application using the terminal. In IDE (IntelliJ) app starts perfectly, but when I try to run it by mvn clean spring-boot:run an error occurs.
shell
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 5.020 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-01-17T09:35:14+01:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.0.1:run (default-cli) on project tobebought: Unable to parse configuration of mojo org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.0.1:run for parameter version: Cannot find 'version' in class org.springframework.boot.maven.Exclude -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginConfigurationException
I tried changing the version of spring-boot as well as adding the <version\> tag to the parent dependency. Also, I tried deleting the .m2 folder and downloading all dependencies again.
Maven is up to date because I tried to reinstall it also.
Here is my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.pedrycz</groupId>
<artifactId>tobebought</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>tobebought</name>
<description>Service allowing users to store their shopping lists</description>
<properties>
<java.version>19.0.1</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.passay/passay -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.passay</groupId>
<artifactId>passay</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.18.24</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
<version>6.0.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.auth0/java-jwt-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
<artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
<version>4.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct</artifactId>
<version>1.4.2.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.projectlombok/lombok-mapstruct-binding -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok-mapstruct-binding</artifactId>
<version>0.2.0</version>
<!-- <scope>provided</scope>-->
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${project.parent.version}</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.18.24</version>
</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.10.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
<annotationProcessorPaths>
<path>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.18.24</version>
</path>
<path>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
<version>1.4.2.Final</version>
</path>
<path>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok-mapstruct-binding</artifactId>
<version>0.2.0</version>
</path>
</annotationProcessorPaths>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

The problem is the exclude, which you don't need, as an exclude only allows for a groupId and artifactId to be set, no version. But as stated you don't need the exclude.
Looking at your pom.xml you are also trying to outsmart other parts of the dependency management and configuration.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.pedrycz</groupId>
<artifactId>tobebought</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>tobebought</name>
<description>Service allowing users to store their shopping lists</description>
<properties>
<java.version>19.0.1</java.version>
<mapstruct.version>1.5.3.Final</mapstruct.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.passay</groupId>
<artifactId>passay</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
<artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
<version>4.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct</artifactId>
<version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok-mapstruct-binding</artifactId>
<version>0.2.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<annotationProcessorPaths>
<path>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
</path>
<path>
<groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
<artifactId>mapstruct-processor</artifactId>
<version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
</path>
<path>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok-mapstruct-binding</artifactId>
<version>0.2.0</version>
</path>
</annotationProcessorPaths>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
spring-boot-starter-validation already contains the needed dependencies, no need for jakarta.validation-api as a dependency
The spring-boot-starter-parent will already manage the dependencies for the starters and supported dependencies (like spring-security-test) no need to specify a version
No version for the maven-compiler-plugin and no source/target those are already set and managed by the spring-boot-starter-parent you want to extend the configuration
Upgrade to a newer Mapstruct version and use a version property
No version for the spring-boot-maven-plugin already managed by the spring-boot-starter-parent and the exclude doesn't support version as it will automatically exclude the dependency for that specific version (that is basically how excludes work).

Why maven sometimes can't resolve dependencies?

I have a multimodule Maven project where parent pom is as follows
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>groupId</groupId>
<artifactId>poc</artifactId>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<description>Root Maven project</description>
<modules>
<module>Spring</module>
<module>SpringBootLocalstack</module>
</modules>
</project>
and Spring module pom is (without mention any version) :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.6.1</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>Spring</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>analyze</id>
<goals>
<goal>analyze-only</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
<outputXML>true</outputXML>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-collections4</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
SpringBootLocalstack module pom is :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.6.1</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>SpringBootLocalstack</artifactId>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-dynamodb</artifactId>
<version>1.11.356</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-ssm</artifactId>
<version>1.11.665</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.awspring.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-aws-messaging</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-core</artifactId>
<version>1.11.356</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
<version>5.2.19.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.awspring.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-aws-messaging</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.11.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>2.11.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.18.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>analyze</id>
<goals>
<goal>analyze-only</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
<outputXML>true</outputXML>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
<artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>generate-docs</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>process-asciidoc</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<backend>html</backend>
<doctype>book</doctype>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.restdocs</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-restdocs-asciidoctor</artifactId>
<version>${spring-restdocs.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.7</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.commons:commons-collections4</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
For Spring Module, When I reload all maven projects from IntelliJ, it successfully resolve all dependencies but for SpringBootLocalstack if I remove "version" tag from pom file it failed to resolve, Example:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
I am getting:
Cannot resolve com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-core:unknown
I don't want to mention any specific version here. Now my questions are:
why sometimes maven can resolve dependencies like the above "Spring" Module and sometimes can't?(SpringBootLocalstack module where I didn't mention version no)
How can we achieve compatibility safety for our maven dependencies? Is there any plugin (already tried dependency analyzer and version maven plugin but no luck)
How can we upgrade our old project to new maven dependencies without breaking the existing project feature?
Thanks in advance.

You have declared 'org.springframework.boot' as the parent module of both modules. So if some jars and artifacts like 'com.amazonaws' do not exist in 'org.springframework.boot', they won't be resolved in your project. These dependencies are not announced in 'Spring' module in your project and whatever you have declared in it, can be found in 'org.springframework.boot', then resolved. If you do not declare a 'version' tag in your pom, I guess the version of the parent (here 2.6.1) will be considered for your module version.

I think BOM (Bill of Materials) may come into rescue. If we use BOM, we don't need to specify version numbers each time we add dependencies under same parent POM. For example:
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.amazonaws/aws-java-sdk-bom -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-bom</artifactId>
<version>1.12.138</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>

Spring boot external properties not working for boot 2.0.0.RELEASE with spring batch inside

I'm working on spring boot app that contains only one batch job, here is my pom.xml for the batch project (note that this is part of the multi module project)
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<parent>
<artifactId>parentPOM</artifactId>
<groupId>groupiD</groupId>
<version>VERSION</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>BATCH_PROJECT</artifactId>
<properties>
<!-- <spring-boot.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version> taken from parent pom-->
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<java.version>8</java.version>
<spring-batch.version>4.2.0.RELEASE</spring-batch.version>
<spring.version>5.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
<ibm-mq-spring-jms-stater.version>2.2.0</ibm-mq-spring-jms-stater.version>
<jackson.version>2.10.1</jackson.version>
<mockito-core.version>3.1.0</mockito-core.version>
<slf4j-log4j12.version>1.7.30</slf4j-log4j12.version>
<guava.version>28.0-jre</guava.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.2</version>
<configuration>
<excludes>
<exclude>**IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring-batch.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
<artifactId>INTERNAL_CODE</artifactId>
<version>${project.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-batch-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring-batch.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
<artifactId>testcontainers</artifactId>
<version>1.12.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.mq</groupId>
<artifactId>mq-jms-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>${ibm-mq-spring-jms-stater.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
<artifactId>db2jcc4</artifactId>
<version>${db2jcc4.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>${guava.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>
After building the project i'm trying to run it with
java -jar my_app.jar --spring.config.location=file:./prop.properties --spring.config.name=prop
Which is not working my job is failing to pickup the properties defined that (code inside #Value not resolved)
Insinde of configuration class in the code i have static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer (maybe that it somehow relevant, but I doubt it..)
I am using windows 10, tried to execute from different shells (cmd and git bash)
What I'm missing here?

It turns out that spring.profiles=batch line inside property file somehow breaks that file resolution, commenting it out fixed the issue.
UPDATE
Actually, that was a typo :\

Cucumber and Spring boot integration has error

Spring boot and cucumber integration, when I do package this project become jar use mvn package command and produce advvic-1.0.jar. But, if I run this jar
java -jar target/advvic-1.0.jar
I get this error :
Caused by: cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found. Please make sure you have a backend module on your CLASSPATH.
However, if I extract this jar, I found cucumber-java.jar on lib folder
this my pom :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.advvic.cucumber.spring</groupId>
<artifactId>advvic</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>cucumber-spring-boot</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<spring-boot.version>1.4.1.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
<cucumber.version>1.2.5</cucumber.version>
<selenium.version>3.0.1</selenium.version>
<htmlunit.version>2.13</htmlunit.version>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-spring</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>20.0</version>
</dependency>
<!--Selenium server dependency is for version 3 and up -->
<!--https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.seleniumhq.selenium/selenium-server -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
<version>${selenium.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>${selenium.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
<version>1.4.01</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
<artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
<version>3.20.0-GA</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<configuration>
<executable>true</executable>
<attach>true</attach>
</configuration>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<executable>true</executable>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

I had the exact same problem with a Spring Boot application that I wanted to use as a runner for Cucumber tests.
The problem is that Spring Boot repackages everything in its own way, thus making it hard for the default Cucumber ResourceLoaders to locate any cucumber.runtime.Backend classes as well as feature files and step definitions.
What I ended up doing was to implement a custom cucumber.runtime.io.ResourceLoader using Spring specific classes to search the classpath.
I got the idea for that at https://stackoverflow.com/a/17283721/3216618
PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
String locationPattern = ... use path and suffix to
Resource[] resources = resolver.getResources(locationPattern);
Finally you need to create an Iterable from the found org.springframework.core.io.Resource[]

Maybe this can help you:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<requiresUnpack>
<dependency>
<groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
</dependency>
</requiresUnpack>
</configuration>
</plugin>

project is running and working but pom.xml is showing error

I have one spring project which is running and working fine, but the pom.xml is showing a red color error sign as shown in attached image.
image of project hierarchy
I am not able to understand why it is showing this error, even my project is running and working fine.
Please suggest how to remove this red tag from project hierarchy.
Thanks in advance
POM.XML
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>TAS_EMS</groupId>
<artifactId>TAS_EMS</artifactId>
<version>0.0.2</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>TAS_EMS</name>
<description>TAS_EMS</description>
<organization>
<name>TATA POWER SED</name>
<url>http://www.tatapowersed.com</url>
</organization>
<properties>
<!-- Spring -->
<spring-framework.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring-framework.version>
<springboot-framework.version>1.2.3.RELEASE</springboot-framework.version>
<!-- SqLite -->
<sqlite.version>3.7.2</sqlite.version>
<!-- Hibernate / JPA -->
<hibernate.version>4.2.1.Final</hibernate.version>
<!-- JSON -->
<jackson.version>2.5.2</jackson.version>
<!-- Portlet /JSON RPC -->
<portlet.version>2.0</portlet.version>
<!--HTTP / JSONRPC -->
<commons-codec.version>1.9</commons-codec.version>
<httpcore.version>4.3.3</httpcore.version>
<!-- REST XML Mapping -->
<jaxb.version>2.2.12</jaxb.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring Jetty -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>${springboot-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
<version>${springboot-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<version>${springboot-framework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring JDBC -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Log4J -->
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.12</version> </dependency> -->
<!-- SQLite database JDBC -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${sqlite.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- json dependencies + -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<!-- | servlet\portlet dependencies + -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.portlet</groupId>
<artifactId>portlet-api</artifactId>
<version>${portlet.version}</version>
<optional>true</optional>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- | Rest XML Mapping + -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>${jaxb.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-actuator</artifactId> <version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency> -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
<artifactId>neo4j-cypher-compiler-2.1</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-solr</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>
spring-boot-starter-data-elasticsearch
</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
<artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
<version>5.10.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>com.tpcsed.tasems.app.service.StartApp</mainClass>
<classpathPrefix>dependency-jars/</classpathPrefix>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>copy-dependencies</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/dependency-jars/</outputDirectory>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

I got the same error as mentioned above.
To resolve the error i simply change the packaging type of the application from JAR to WAR.
This resolve the error.
Make sure to update the project after changing the configuration.
Here is my pom file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.shubhasish.boot.practice</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-practice</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>spring-boot-practice</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-devtools -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>

Add below lines in your pom.xml in section:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
</plugin>
Then update the project from maven by right click on Project folder -> Maven -> Update Project
Done!!
Reference:
https://github.com/sarl/sarl/issues/921#issuecomment-503858707

eclipse is sometimes error with no reason, please try to select all->copy->delete and then paste content and save, it might help.

Could you post the pom.xml and show the error that Eclipse throws?
Eclipse does this sometimes.
You can try different things:
1) If you can, disable validation: go to Window->Preferences
choose "Validation" in the left Menu (it's right below "Terminal"). Click "Disable all" then "Apply"
2) run a maven configuration with the Goals "clean package"
3) restart Eclipse
If you see no errors in your source code that means that all your dependencies where imported successfully

Refer to these solutions for your erroneous scenario which are answered here.