Spring MVC project not able to publish and run... Message: Failed to introspect annotations

Question

I have a Spring MVC application(4.1.1-Release version). When I try to publish and Run on Server I am getting the below mentioned error.

Additional Information

• Using Spring Tool Suite 3.6.1
• Spring version 4.1.1-RELEASE
• It is a maven project
• It does not have any compilation error
• when i do mvn clean install , the build is successful

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'homeController' defined in file [/home/abc/Tools/sts-bundle/pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.0.0.RELEASE/base-instance/wtpwebapps/project-name/WEB-INF/classes/com/abc/project/HomeController.class]: Post-processing failed of bean type [class com.abc.project.HomeController] failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect annotations: public java.lang.String com.abc.project.HomeController.hello() at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:929) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:725) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:469) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4760) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5184) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:724) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:714) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1686) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect annotations: public java.lang.String com.abc.project.HomeController.hello() at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.process(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:166) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:91) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:85) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findAutowiredAnnotation(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:416) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildAutowiringMetadata(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:388) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findAutowiringMetadata(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:358) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:233) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:924) ... 25 more Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;)Z at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.doProcess(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:208) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.process(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:162) ... 32 more Oct 29, 2014 5:00:21 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'homeController' defined in file [/home/abc/Tools/sts-bundle/pivotal-tc-server-developer-3.0.0.RELEASE/base-instance/wtpwebapps/project-name/WEB-INF/classes/com/abc/project/HomeController.class]: Post-processing failed of bean type [class com.abc.project.HomeController] failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect annotations: public java.lang.String com.abc.project.HomeController.hello() at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:929) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:229) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:298) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:725) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:469) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4760) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5184) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:724) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:700) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:714) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:581) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDescriptor.run(HostConfig.java:1686) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect annotations: public java.lang.String com.abc.project.HomeController.hello() at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.process(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:166) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:91) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:85) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findAutowiredAnnotation(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:416) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildAutowiringMetadata(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:388) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findAutowiringMetadata(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:358) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:233) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:924) ... 25 more Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(Ljava/lang/annotation/Annotation;)Z at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.doProcess(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:208) at org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.process(AnnotatedElementUtils.java:162) ... 32 more

Answer 1

You might be missing

<context:component-scan base-package="org.example">

in your applicationContext.xml file OR

@ComponentScan("com.example") 

annotation if you are doing code based configuration.