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Maven org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError [duplicate]

I have an external .jar that cannot be imported from public repositories using pom.xml, it's sqljdbc41.jar.
I can run the project locally from my IDE, and everything will work. I referenced the library after downloading it like so:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc41</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/lib/sqljdbc41.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
When I run mvn clean package to create my .jar file and try to run the created .jar, a mistake will pop up, which mentions the SQL Server references are not valid. I then extracted my .jar file and true enough, everything that is referenced in the pom.xml file properly gets downloaded and added, however, my SQL Server does not.
I can, in a very hacky way* just manually add the sqljdbc41.jar to my /lib folder after it's been compiled as a .jar, and it'll work, however that seems highly unoptimal. What would be a better approach?
*Opening the .jar file with Winrar, going to the /lib folder, manually selecting my sqljdbc41.jar file, then make sure to select the No Compression option bottom left where Winrar gives you compression options, in case you find this by Google and no one answered.

you can set 'includeSystemScope' to true.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<includeSystemScope>true</includeSystemScope>
</configuration>
</plugin>

You could install the sqljdbc41.jar in your local repository :
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=path/to/sqljdbc41.jar -DgroupId=com.microsoft.sqlserver -DartifactId=sqljdbc41 -Dversion=4.1 -Dpackaging=jar
And then declare the dependency as a standard dependency :
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc41</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
</dependency>
If you use a remote artifact repository (nexus, archiva...) you also need to deploy the artifact on this repository. You can find more here : https://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-3rd-party-jars-remote.html

Another way, you can put it into the resources folder, such as resources/lib/xxx.jar, then config the pom.xml like this:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
<artifactId>sqljdbc41</artifactId>
<version>4.1</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/src/main/resources/lib/sqljdbc41.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>

In Spring Boot: I also faced similar issue and below code helped me.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.5.7.RELEASE</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<includeSystemScope>true</includeSystemScope>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

It works for me:
project {root folder}/libs/ojdbc-11.2.0.3.jar
pom.xml:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
<artifactId>ojdbc</artifactId>
<version>11.2.0.3</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${basedir}/libs/ojdbc-11.2.0.3.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<includeSystemScope>true</includeSystemScope>
</configuration>
</plugin>

In my case, the fault was providing a version number without "dot" in tag:
<dependency>
<groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
<scope>system</scope>
<version>1</version>
<systemPath>${basedir}/src/main/resources/lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
This one works:
<dependency>
<groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
<artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
<scope>system</scope>
<version>1.8</version>
<systemPath>${basedir}/src/main/resources/lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>

When Spring-Boot projects are used with maven or gradle plugins they packaged the applicaiton by default as executable jars.
These executable jars cannot be used as dependency in any another Spring-Boot project because the executable jar add classes in BOOT-INF/classes folder. This means that they cannot be found when the executable jar is used as a dependency because the dependency jar will also have the same class path structure as shown below.
If we want to use project-A as a maven dependency in project-B then we must have two artifacts. To produce the two artifacts, one that can be used as a dependency and one that is executable, a classifier must be specified. This classifier is applied to the name of the executable archive, leaving the default archive for use as a dependency.
To configure a classifier of exec in Maven, you can use the following configuration:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<classifier>exec</classifier>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
So the MAJIC WORD here is <classifier>exec</classifier> this will create a jar structure as below and then it could easily be conusmed by spring-boot project as maven dependency jar on class path.
The above plugin need to be add in project-A pom that is going to be used as dependency in project-B. Same is explained in spring documentation section 16.5. as well.

In order to work through the local repository, the target .jar file that we will work with must be in the s2 folder. Several methods can be used for this:
The file can be taken manually and put in the relevant place (not
preferred). The same process can be done by installing it via the
console.
Relevant Remote URL is written in the .pom file dependencies and
automatically places it in the s2 folder when Intellij is refreshed
(validate) in the IDE used.
The same process can be done by addressing the .pom file dependencies via the centeral repository.
Attention: ComponentScan should not be forgotten for the related jar work on SpringBot.

Springloaded not found with Spring Boot 2 and Maven

I am trying to start with Spring Loaded with my Spring Boot project, but don't know why it does not want to work.
My pom.xml looks like that:
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>springloaded</artifactId>
<version>1.2.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
In IntelliJ Idea it shows springloaded and version on red as NOT FOUND.
I did not change anything else in the pom.xml. Should I add it somehow differently ?

I tried it. IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1.5 doesn't install to local repository dependencies declared in plugins. So you can do it from built-in Maven tool (View->Tool Windows->Maven Projects) or from a command line, run:
mvn install
then re-import dependencies using built-in maven tool.

Run Spring-boot's main using IDE

I have a spring-boot application that needs to:
Be deployable as a war in a servlet container
Be runnable via `mvn spring-boot:run``
I'd also like to be able to run this application in my IDE (Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA Community) by right clicking on the main and running it.
Here are the interesting parts of my pom.xml (Note that I do not inherit from spring-boot-starter-parent pom):
...
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</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>
Here's my SpringBootServletInitializer:
#Configuration
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#ComponentScan("com.company.theproject")
public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer
{
private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);
#Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application)
{
return application.sources(Application.class);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
When running the main inside an IDE I get the following error:
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:183) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar:1.2.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:156) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar:1.2.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:130) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar:1.2.3.RELEASE]
... 12 common frames omitted
Seems like mvn spring-boot:run does some more magic that does not happen when running the main directly.
Removing the provided scope from the spring-boot-starter-tomcat dependency fixes this issue but causes trouble when the war is run inside a servlet container.
Right now the only "fix" I've found is to run mvn spring-boot:run within IntelliJ IDEA instead of running the main directly. While this is an acceptable workaround, I'd still like to know why this doesn't work and if it can be fixed.

A workaround that is strongly inspired from https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-140041 is to start your main class with the test classpath (which includes the embedded servlet.)
Steps (IntelliJ 16):
Run -> Edit Configurations -> Add new configuration -> Pick Application type.
Set Main class to <your.main.class>
Set Use classpath of module to <*>_test (the test module!)
Ok and Run it!

I believe this could be related to https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-107048
IntelliJ IDEA is not injecting the provided dependencies into the CLASSPATH and as Andy stated this is why spring is unable to create the embedded servlet container.
They have a feature request since 2005 about this: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEABKL-99
Workarounds mentioned in the comments includes having a fake module with the necessary libs and using it as classpath, using the -Xbootclasspath JVM argument or using custom maven profiles for running (compiled) vs building (provided).

I had the same problem using IntelliJ 2018.
Initially, Make sure that you have added the maven library for the spring project in your IntelliJ.
My solution is:
Go to Run -> Edit Configurations.
Select Application && choose your current project.
Check Include dependencies with "Provided" scope.
OK -> RUN

I was able to make this work by changing the scope of the spring-boot-starter-tomcat dependency to "compile" under Project structure->Dependencies tab. This doesn't effect pom.xml but allows this dependencies to be available to spring boot run configuration
Click here for image on where to change this setting in idea

mvn spring-boot:run includes provided dependencies when it's creating the classpath. It sounds like IntelliJ IDEA does not. Without Tomcat on the classpath, Spring Boot's unable to create an embedded servlet container which causes the exception you're seeing. Arguably this is a bug in IntelliJ as, if there's no container to provide the dependency, then it really needs to be on the classpath.
You may be able to fix the problem by overriding the default classpath that IntelliJ uses when running the main method to include the spring-boot-starter-tomcat dependency.

I find this page, and use the maven profile to manage the profiles.
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>PROD</id>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>DEV</id>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>TEST</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
</profiles>
and config the main class beforeLanuce,set the command
mvn clean compile -Pdev

I was able to work around this problem in Intellij IDEA 2017.2 by adding the provided libaray (spring-boot-starter-tomcat) to the project configuration.
Select File -> Project Structure. Select Libraries and add a new project library (type = From Maven...). Search for spring-boot-starter-tomcat using the dialog, select the correct version and add it by clicking on OK. The library is added to the list of external libraries.
The disadvantage is that if the Spring Boot version is changed then you will have to remember to delete this library and add the new version.

Using the profile and instructions below, you can add a profile to maven that allows development in IntelliJ without changing things for other environments.
<!-- Leave original dependency as-is -->
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<profiles>
<!-- Enable this profile to run in IntelliJ. IntelliJ excludes provided dependencies from compile by default. -->
<profile>
<id>intellij</id>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</profile>
</profiles>
Click the Maven Projects button on the right side of IntelliJ, and under Profiles, select intellij.

Follow these steps:
On the top right side of intellij window, click the drop down and select edit configuration and a new window will open.
In this window, on top left side, click "+" button and select sprint boot.
Then add you main class, and other details as shown in screenshot.
Now Run the application.

import org.springframework cannot be resolve even after adding dependencies

I get errors that say The import org.springframework cannot be resolved for all the imports. My POM.XML is as follows: i am sure that i have included all the necessary dependencies. No clue, why this is happening. Help
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>com.app.controller</groupId>
<artifactId>FirstController</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>webapp spring</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<properties>
<spring.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring 3 dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>FirstController</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
FirstController.java
package my.controller;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/hi")
public class FirstController {
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String printWelcome(ModelMap model) {
model.addAttribute("message", "Spring 3 MVC Hello LA");
return "hello";
}
}

Check the output of mvn clean install. And see if the concerned jar is being downloaded. Look into $HOME/.m2/repo/.... to see if it is indeed present.
In the IDE be sure you have configured the Build Path correctly (e.g. in eclipse, Right-click project, Build-Path, 3rd tab)
Besides, I guess it should be pom.xml(lowercase) and not POM.XML, as I believe case matters. But I guess you put that in the post unkownigly.

it's a very common issue with people who new to Eclipse with Maven.
To fix just follow steps below:
Select the project in Eclipse
Right clich to open context menu.
Select Maven/Update Project ( or Alt + F5)
Elipse then will reload/update new dependencies for you.
Happy coding!

you are using annotations from later versions of Spring
Update your Spring version in the pom.xml to reflect a more current correct Spring version
From
<spring.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
To
<spring.version>4.3.0.RELEASE</spring.version>

Simply change spring version from
<spring.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
to
<spring.version>3.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>

I had met this problem just a moment ago, I just ran a spring mvc demo.My IDE is IntellJ, I just reimported all maven projects, everything is OK now. I just clicked the right top corner reimport all maven project button, everything is OK, you can have a try.

I solved the problem by right click on the pom.xml in Eclipse and 'Maven Add Dependency'
org.springframework
spring-web
3.0.4.RELEASE

I ItelliJ: Maven Projects -> Reimport

My problem was that the M2_REPO variable was not configured properly.
Solved by go to project Properties => Java Build Path => Add Variable => Configure Variables => New and added M2_REPO to be ~/.m2/repository.

I resolved it by deleting all the Problems (select all the Problems, delete it) and doing a Project Clean. This works for the the most stubborn of issues. For some reason Eclipse does not delete all the Problems before doing a clean.

Just paste this in your pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

How to remove org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.JarMojo error from pom editor

I am using Spring Tool Suite 3.1.0.RELEASE and the pom.xml file in every project that I create has a single error entitled "org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.JarMojo". No further error details.
This error is present even in the auto generated pom.xml when creating a new Spring Utility Project.
It does not cause any errors during build, it is only shown in the IDE (top of the Overview tab in the pom editor and first line of pom.xml).
Anyone seen this before and knows how to fix it? Google has not been helpful.
Here is the default pom.xml generated by my Spring Tool Suite for a Spring Utility Project (it causes the error described):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.springframework.samples.spring</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-utility</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.CI-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Spring Utility</name>
<url>http://www.springframework.org</url>
<description>
<![CDATA[
This project is a minimal jar utility with Spring configuration.
]]>
</description>
<properties>
<maven.test.failure.ignore>true</maven.test.failure.ignore>
<spring.framework.version>3.0.6.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
</properties> <dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.14</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Fixed. I downloaded Maven 3.0.5 separately and extracted to C:\springsource\apache-maven-3.0.5. (STS was using Maven 3.0.3) Then in STS went to Windows->Preferences from the menu, searched for "installations" to find the Maven installations page. Added a new installation by pointing to the folder above. Applied. Then right clicked on existing project and chose Maven->Update Project. Error gone.
All new projects also don't have the error anymore. Win.

We faced the same issue with Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers (Juno Service Release 2), POM.xml simply has this "org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.JarMojo" error as shown in the above diagram.
This seems a version issue with newer Maven. Finally we install an older C:\apache-maven-3.0.5
Then inside Eclipse -> Windows -> Preference -> search "Maven" -> Installations, add the External C:\apache-maven-3.0.5
Then go Project -> Clean
and right click on existing proect -> Maven -> Update Projects
and maybe restart EClipse.
The error status will disappear.

convert the packaging from jar to war. This solved my problem.