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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException caused by javax.servlet.ServletException: Error allocating a servlet instance [duplicate]

Previously, when the project was on Tomcat 8 and Java 8, it was working fine, but after I migrated my project to Tomcat 9 and Java 10, it is giving me error as follows:
Oct 05, 2018 11:02:01 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:170)
at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:153)
at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:424)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.scanning.AnnotationAcceptingListener.process(AnnotationAcceptingListener.java:170)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig.scanClasses(ResourceConfig.java:915)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig._getClasses(ResourceConfig.java:869)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig.getClasses(ResourceConfig.java:775)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig$RuntimeConfig.<init>(ResourceConfig.java:1206)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig$RuntimeConfig.<init>(ResourceConfig.java:1178)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig.createRuntimeConfig(ResourceConfig.java:1174)
at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.<init>(ApplicationHandler.java:345)
at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.WebComponent.<init>(WebComponent.java:392)
at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:177)
at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:369)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.initServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1124)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1079)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:971)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4829)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5143)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1429)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1419)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:944)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:839)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1429)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1419)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:944)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:261)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:422)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:770)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:682)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:350)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:492)
My pom.xml file is:
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.BAE</groupId>
<artifactId>BAE</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>BAE Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org./mockito-all -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>1.9.5</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.14.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Servlet API -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
<version>1.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.inject/javax.inject -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
<version>1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.validation/validation-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.json/javax.json-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.json</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.json-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.ws.rs/javax.ws.rs-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jboss.interceptor/jboss-interceptor-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.interceptor</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-interceptor-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/xerces/xercesImpl -->
<dependency>
<groupId>xerces</groupId>
<artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
<version>2.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-fileupload/commons-fileupload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.core/jackson-annotations -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml/jackson-xml-databind -->
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger/swagger-models -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-models</artifactId>
<version>1.5.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger/swagger-annotations -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger/swagger-jaxrs -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-jaxrs</artifactId>
<version>1.5.13</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.swagger/swagger-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-core</artifactId>
<version>1.5.20</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.core/jersey-client -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.core/jersey-server -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.containers/jersey-container-servlet-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.containers/jersey-container-servlet -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.microsoft.sqlserver/mssql-jdbc -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>6.4.0.jre8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.jtds/jtds -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jtds</groupId>
<artifactId>jtds</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.media/jersey-media-json -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json</artifactId>
<version>2.0-m05</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.glassfish.jersey.media/jersey-media-json-jackson -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
<version>2.26</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs/jackson-jaxrs-json-provider -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs/jackson-jaxrs-base -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-base</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-yaml -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat/jackson-dataformat-xml -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
<version>2.9.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse/yasson -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
<artifactId>yasson</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>BAE_4_4</finalName>
<sourceDirectory>src\main\java</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>src/test</testSourceDirectory>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
<exclude>main/**</exclude>
<exclude>test/**</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.14.1</version>
<configuration>
<!-- Suite testng xml file to consider for test execution -->
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<!-- Always download and attach dependencies source code -->
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
<!-- Avoid type mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 -->
<wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- For Maven Tomcat Plugin -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
<configuration>
<path>/BAE</path>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<packaging>war</packaging>
</project>
Above are all dependencies jar files which I used in Tomcat 8 and Java 8.
Can anyone suggest me what is the cause and solution for this issue?

tl;dr
To use Java 10, switch to Jersey 2.27 (which is the latest as of this date (10/5/18)).
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>
Jersey repackages asm and puts these class files into the jersey-server jar. Just digging through the jar in my IDE, I looked at the ClassReader constructor (that's what <init> means) to see where IllegalArgumentException is thrown. Note, I'm currently looking at Jersey version 2.25.1
public ClassReader(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
this.b = b;
if (this.readShort(off + 6) > 53) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
The 53 is the class file version. According to that link, 53 is for Java 9. So it appears Jersey 2.25.1 only supports up to Java 9. So I changed the Jersey dependency version to 2.26, and looked at the ClassReader constructor and it was exactly the same. So I switched to Jersey 2.27, and this is what I saw
public ClassReader(final byte[] b, final int off, final int len) {
this.b = b;
// checks the class version
// added "support" for java 11 compiled classes
if (readShort(off + 6) > Opcodes.V11) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
Notice the Opcodes.V11 (which I assume is Java 11). So it looks like for Java 10+ support, you must switch to Jersey 2.27, as also mentioned in this related issue
Update
After seeing your pom, you need to make sure you are changing the Jersey version on all your Jersey dependencies. And also you have so many unnecessary dependencies. The following are all you need. Remove anything else that has Jersey in the name.
KEEP THESE
Change to 2.27
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
<version>2.27</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
<version>2.27</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json-jackson</artifactId>
<version>2.27</version>
</dependency>
REMOVE THESE
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet-core</artifactId>
<version>2.25</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-media-json</artifactId>
<version>2.0-m05</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
ADD EXCLUSION
<dependency>
<groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
<artifactId>swagger-jaxrs</artifactId>
<version>1.5.13</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
Asides
See the Jersey Migration Guide for some other issues you may face when migrating to version 2.27
The one for sure thing you will need if you are migrating from pre-2.26 is the jersey-hk2 dependency. See this post for why.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-hk2</artifactId>
<version>2.27</version>
</dependency>

Problem with deploying app on a server (mismatched java versions)

I have java 8 installed on my computer, on the server there is a java 1.6.0_32 installed. So in my pom file I'm using
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
to say that I want to compile it in java 6. Also in my project Settings I can see that I'm using java 6 both for every module and for the whole project. But, when I try to deploy the app on the server I got error
Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
so it looks like the maven compiler ignores my 1.6 configuration.... I don't have any idea what should I do more. I'm using intelij ultimate edition, btw.
My dependencies in pom file are:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.struts/struts2-tiles-plugin -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-tiles-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.struts/struts2-jasperreports-plugin -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.struts</groupId>
<artifactId>struts2-jasperreports-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.15</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jasypt/jasypt -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
<artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
<version>1.9.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sf.jasperreports/jasperreports -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
<version>6.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports-fonts</artifactId>
<version>6.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ar.com.fdvs</groupId>
<artifactId>DynamicJasper-core-fonts</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
<version>1.4.01</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ar.com.fdvs/DynamicJasper -->
<dependency>
<groupId>ar.com.fdvs</groupId>
<artifactId>DynamicJasper</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.dynamicreports/dynamicreports-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.dynamicreports</groupId>
<artifactId>dynamicreports-core</artifactId>
<version>3.1.5</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.jexcelapi/jxl -->
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sourceforge.jexcelapi</groupId>
<artifactId>jxl</artifactId>
<version>2.6.12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>dans</groupId>
<artifactId>dans-lib</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.mail/mail -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
<version>4.5.13</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.14.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>2.14.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.faces/javax.faces-api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.faces-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-fileupload/commons-fileupload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
<version>1.8.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.freemarker/freemarker -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
<version>2.3.19</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itextpdf -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
<version>5.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.opensymphony/xwork -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.opensymphony</groupId>
<artifactId>xwork</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3</version>
</dependency>

This is probably due to some <dependency> in your POM.
Java 6 is very old, so most dependencies nowadays will require a newer version of Java.

Tomcat not starting after adding spring data redis dependency in spring

I am trying to implement spring cache in my project so I added the following dependency as follows,
<dependency>
<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
<version>2.9.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0.RELEASE</version>
But after adding this tomcat won't start with the following exception,
SEVERE: A child container failed during start
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/LeadM]]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:192)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:1123)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:800)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/LeadM]]
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/json/JSONException
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2583)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1916)
at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationFilterAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:112)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:66)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:405)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:881)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:376)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5322)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.json.JSONException
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1702)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1547)
... 20 more
The pom file 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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.lms</groupId>
<artifactId>LeadM</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>LeadM Maven Webapp</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<java-version>1.8</java-version>
<org.springframework-version>4.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
<org.aspectj-version>1.7.4</org.aspectj-version>
<org.slf4j-version>1.7.5</org.slf4j-version>
<hibernate.version>5.1.0.Final</hibernate.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
<json.version>20140107</json.version>
<jackson.version>1.9.10</jackson.version>
<org.springframework.social-version>1.1.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.social-version>
<org.springframework.social.facebook-version>1.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.social.facebook-version>
<org.springframework.social.twitter-version>1.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.social.twitter-version>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<spring.security.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</spring.security.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Hibernate -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-envers</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-c3p0</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Commons DBCP -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring ORM -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Logging -->
<dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId> <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId> <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId> <version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId> <version>${log4j.version}</version> </dependency>
<!-- #Inject -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
<version>1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Servlet -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>${json.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
<version>2.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
<version>2.7.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- MySql 5.5 Connector -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.29</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache POI -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
<version>4.5.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
<version>4.4.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- commons-io -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
<!--opencsv -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
<version>3.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-validator</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-validator</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<!--java mail -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>mail</artifactId>
<version>1.4.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
<version>1.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>dsn</artifactId>
<version>1.5.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.maxmind.geoip</groupId>
<artifactId>geoip-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
<artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.cronutils</groupId>
<artifactId>cron-utils-spring</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.sendgrid/sendgrid-java -->
<!--To send mails from campaigning module via send grid api -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sendgrid</groupId>
<artifactId>sendgrid-java</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.sendgrid/smtpapi-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sendgrid</groupId>
<artifactId>smtpapi-java</artifactId>
<version>1.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.restfb</groupId>
<artifactId>restfb</artifactId>
<version>1.34.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-api-client</artifactId>
<version>1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
<artifactId>google-api-services-analyticsreporting</artifactId>
<version>v4-rev114-1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-api-client-gson</artifactId>
<version>1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- gcm push notification -->
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.ganyo/gcm-server -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.ganyo</groupId>
<artifactId>gcm-server</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.googlecode.json-simple/json-simple -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- gcm push notification -->
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mstor/mstor -->
<dependency>
<groupId>mstor</groupId>
<artifactId>mstor</artifactId>
<version>0.9.7</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jdom/jdom -->
<dependency>
<groupId>jdom</groupId>
<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.biweekly</groupId>
<artifactId>biweekly</artifactId>
<version>0.6.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.firebase</groupId>
<artifactId>firebase-client</artifactId>
<version>1.0.11</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.oauth-client/google-oauth-client -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-oauth-client</artifactId>
<version>1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.oauth-client/google-oauth-client-jetty -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.oauth-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-oauth-client-jetty</artifactId>
<version>1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.apis/google-api-services-gmail -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
<artifactId>google-api-services-gmail</artifactId>
<version>v1-rev70-1.18.0-rc</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.geocoder-java</artifactId>
<version>0.16_1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-codec/commons-codec -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
<version>1.9</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.http-client/google-http-client -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
<version>1.16.0-rc</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.http-client/google-http-client-jackson2 -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
<artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
<version>1.22.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.geocoder-java/geocoder-java -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.geocoder-java</groupId>
<artifactId>geocoder-java</artifactId>
<version>0.16</version>
</dependency>
<!--azure blob storage -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-storage</artifactId>
<version>6.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- azure redis cache - Java client for Redis https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
<version>1.5.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
<version>2.9.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>${spring.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security JSP Taglib -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId>
<version>${spring.security.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>ROOT</finalName>
<!-- <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId> <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version> <configuration> <lifecycleMappingMetadata> <pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution> <pluginExecutionFilter> <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>yuicompressor-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.3.0</version>
<executions> <execution> <id>compressyui</id> <phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals> <goal>jslint</goal> <goal>compress</goal> </goals> <configuration>
<nosuffix>true</nosuffix> <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
<webappDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/resources/js/appJs</webappDirectory>
<jswarn>false</jswarn> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </pluginExecutionFilter>
</pluginExecution> </pluginExecutions> </lifecycleMappingMetadata> </configuration>
</plugin> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId> <executions>
<execution> <id>default-war</id> <phase>package</phase> <goals> <goal>war</goal>
</goals> <configuration> <warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding> </configuration> </execution> </executions> <configuration>
<warSourceDirectory>${basedir}/WebContent</warSourceDirectory> <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<webResources> <resource> <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapp/resources/js/appJs</directory>
</resource> </webResources> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> -->
</build>
</project>
Even after trying other versions of spring data redis it wont just compile. Also I have tried to update the maven, clean the project and server.

Try with a more recent version of artifact org.json/json, like:
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20171018</version>
</dependency>
This artifact references https://github.com/stleary/JSON-java, which does have a JSONException.java.

java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: class org.springframework.core.type.classreading.ClassMetadataReadingVisitor

I am developing Spring MVC JQGrid example by taking the same example from link: https://github.com/nurkiewicz/books. When I'm deploying this code I see following error is coming.
The error for reference:
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: class org.springframework.core.type.classreading.ClassMetadataReadingVisitor has interface org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor as super class
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2957) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:2957) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1210) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1690) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1571) ~[catalina.jar:7.0.59]
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.<init>(SimpleMetadataReader.java:63) ~[spring-core-3.2.3.RELEASE.jar:3.2.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:80) ~[spring-core-3.2.3.RELEASE.jar:3.2.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:102) ~[spring-core-3.2.3.RELEASE.jar:3.2.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.findCandidateComponents(ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.java:266) ~[spring-context-3.2.3.RELEASE.jar:3.2.3.RELEASE]
When I googled this error, I found BeanDefinitionStoreException Failed to read candidate component class, but solution of this link doesn't worked for me. Please help to solve this issue.
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 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.blogspot.nurkiewicz</groupId>
<artifactId>books</artifactId>
<name>jqGrid CRUD</name>
<description>jqGrid CRUD with Spring MVC backend</description>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<properties>
<java.version>1.7</java.version>
<org.springframework.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
<org.springframework-security.version>3.1.4.RELEASE</org.springframework-security.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Web -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework-security.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.Draft-16</version>
</dependency> -->
<!-- CGLIB -->
<dependency>
<groupId>cglib</groupId>
<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Logging -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.0.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>1.7.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.3</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>14.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.11</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Test -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.11</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
<artifactId>fest-assert-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0M10</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Persistence -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
<version>1.3.172</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa</artifactId>
<version>2.5.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.flyway</groupId>
<artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>books</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
<showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

It is because you have different versions of Spring jar files in classpath.
I first suggest you use the latest patch of Spring 3.2.x series:
<org.springframework.version>3.2.16.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
Then use the Spring framework "Bill Of Materials" to align versions:
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-framework-bom</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
You can remove the other lines with ${org.springframework.version}.

Your stacktrace indicates Java 8 bytecode. In that case upgrade to Spring version 4 or higher

This exception occur if you are using new spring-core jar and old spring-asm jar in your application. I'm facing same issue because my spring-core jar is of 4.2 and spring-asm latest is of 3.1.4.
You can remove spring-asm jar from library. Your application work perfect.
In exception also you can clearly see "interface org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor as super class"
Try it!!

You should to use JDK 7 to compile this project.

Maven Eclipse: Add maven jar project as a reference to an war project

I tried to add my custom jar maven project to an war project as dependency, but it still throws an NoClassDefFoundError if I try run it on Apache 7 server in Eclipse.
The pom of my .war Project looks like this:
<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>de.dbbase.apps</groupId>
<artifactId>jwt</artifactId>
<version>0.0.2</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<!-- <parent> -->
<!-- <groupId>de.dbbase.core</groupId> -->
<!-- <artifactId>jwtpom</artifactId> -->
<!-- <version>0.0.1</version> -->
<!-- </parent> -->
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
<ch.qos.logback.version>1.1.1</ch.qos.logback.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Core abhängigkeiten für ein Web-Project -->
<dependency> <!-- For HttpSessionListener -->
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>8.0.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- To use #ManagedBean, #SessionScoped, ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- Wenn logback verwendet wird -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Logging -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>${ch.qos.logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>${ch.qos.logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- MongoDB -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.11.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Sonstiges -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.12.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.13</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>de.dbbase.libs</groupId>
<artifactId>dbbase-auth</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
and pom of my maven jar 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">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>de.dbbase.libs</groupId>
<artifactId>dbbase-auth</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1</version>
<properties>
<org.springframework.version>4.0.2.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
<ch.qos.logback.version>1.1.1</ch.qos.logback.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Core abhängigkeiten für ein Web-Project -->
<dependency> <!-- For HttpSessionListener -->
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>8.0.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>jstl</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- To use #ManagedBean, #SessionScoped, ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<!-- Wenn logback verwendet wird -->
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Logging -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.7.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
<version>${ch.qos.logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>${ch.qos.logback.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- MongoDB -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.11.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
<version>1.4.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ####################################################################################################### -->
<!-- Sonstiges -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.12.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
If I export my war project as war, than the jar of my dbbase-auth Project will be in the libs folder. But every time I run the war project in Eclipse on Tomcat 7 server the java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError will be occure for every class from my dbbase-auth jar project which I use in my war project.
Edit:
My Stacktrace looks like this:
#Pracede here is the stacktrace:java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lde/dbbase/libs/auth/user/service/UserDBService;
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findResourceMetadata(CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:327)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:283)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:908)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:512)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:304)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:300)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:195)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:700)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:760)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:482)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4973)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5467)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: de.dbbase.libs.auth.user.service.UserDBService
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1718)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1569)
... 27 more

I think this may be the problem:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
AFAIK Tomcat does not provide an implementation of this API. Therefore your app will compile, but throw a NoClassDefFoundError at runtime.
Use a server that provides this implementation (i.e.TomEE)