Failed to start bean 'documentationPluginsBootstrapper' in spring data rest

Question

I am using spring data rest for my application.

I am getting following error and application doesn't get started when I add this method in repository:-

Method:-

@Modifying
@Transactional
@Query("from employee as ft where ft.company.id = ?1")
void deleteAllEmployeeCompany(
        @Param("companyId") @RequestParam("companyId") int companyId);

Error:-

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'documentationPluginsBootstrapper'; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
    at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:176) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.access$200(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:51) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor$LifecycleGroup.start(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:346) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.startBeans(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:149) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.onRefresh(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:112) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:874) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.finishRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:144) ~[spring-boot-1.4.1.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:544) ~[spring-context-4.3.3.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.4.1.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:761) [spring-boot-1.4.1.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.1.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:371) [spring-boot-1.4.1.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.1.RELEASE]

How to solve this ?

Updated:-

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[INFO] com.test:test-service:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
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[INFO] |  \- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |     \- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] |  |  \- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] |  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:5.0.11.Final:compile
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[INFO] |  |  +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
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[INFO] |  |  \- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:5.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:5.0.11.Final:compile
[INFO] |  +- javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:jar:1.10.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:1.12.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.21:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-aspects:jar:4.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.8.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.8.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.8.3:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-webmvc:jar:2.5.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |     \- org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-core:jar:2.5.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |        \- org.atteo:evo-inflector:jar:1.2.1:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] +- org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-eureka:jar:1.1.0.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] |  |  +- com.netflix.netflix-commons:netflix-eventbus:jar:0.3.0:runtime
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[INFO] |  |  +- com.netflix.governator:governator:jar:1.12.10:runtime
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[INFO] |  +- org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-archaius:jar:1.1.0.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:jar:1.4.1.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] |     +- com.rabbitmq:http-client:jar:1.0.0.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] +- com.netflix.hystrix:hystrix-javanica:jar:1.3.16:compile
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[INFO] |  \- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.1:compile
[INFO] +- com.netflix.hystrix:hystrix-metrics-event-stream:jar:1.3.16:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl:jar:1.9.2:compile
[INFO] +- io.springfox:springfox-swagger2:jar:2.6.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.swagger:swagger-annotations:jar:1.5.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.swagger:swagger-models:jar:1.5.10:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.springfox:springfox-spi:jar:2.6.0:compile
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[INFO] |  +- io.springfox:springfox-schema:jar:2.6.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.springfox:springfox-swagger-common:jar:2.6.0:compile
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[INFO] |  +- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.3.1:compile
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[INFO] +- io.springfox:springfox-data-rest:jar:2.6.0:compile
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Answer 1

I got same issue using springfox-swagger2 and springfox-swagger-ui version(3.0.0), spring-boot version(2.6.2)

The way to resolve this issue is by adding pathmatcher in application. properties or application.yml

for application.properties:

spring.mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy = ANT_PATH_MATCHER

for application.yml:

spring:
    mvc:
      pathmatch:
            matching-strategy: ant_path_matcher