Springboot 1.4.2 Release - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot load configuration class: - spring

Question

I am running a maven project. When I try to use IntelliJ and run application.java, I am getting errors. When I try to do a maven install, it is building the war file and using java -jar I am able to successfully run and view my website at http://localhost.
Also, when I open the project using Eclipse IDE and run Application.java, it is working fine. I am not sure what I am missing when I am using IntelliJ (version Ultimate 2017.3)
Below is the error I am getting
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:: Spring Boot :: (v1.4.2.RELEASE)
2018-04-13 22:38:02.910 INFO 27544 --- [ main] brewPkg.Application : Starting Application on 44629UCHIPPAD-7 with PID 27544 (C:\Users\uchippad\PCDNG\brew-uds\target\classes started by uchippad in C:\Users\uchippad\PCDNG\brew-uds)
2018-04-13 22:38:02.920 INFO 27544 --- [ main] brewPkg.Application : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2018-04-13 22:38:03.030 INFO 27544 --- [ main] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext#477b4cdf: startup date [Fri Apr 13 22:38:03 EDT 2018]; root of context hierarchy
2018-04-13 22:38:04.899 ERROR 27544 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot load configuration class: brewPkg.BrewController
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.enhanceConfigurationClasses(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:419) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:266) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:281) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:125) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:686) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:524) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:761) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:371) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1186) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1175) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at brewPkg.Application.main(Application.java:34) [classes/:na]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load cache item
at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.createEntry(LoadingCache.java:79) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.get(LoadingCache.java:34) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData.get(AbstractClassGenerator.java:116) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.create(AbstractClassGenerator.java:291) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.createHelper(Enhancer.java:480) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.createClass(Enhancer.java:337) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer.createClass(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:135) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer.enhance(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:107) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.enhanceConfigurationClasses(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:409) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
... 11 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1975) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.ReflectUtils.addAllMethods(ReflectUtils.java:372) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.getMethods(Enhancer.java:540) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.generateClass(Enhancer.java:575) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.transform.TransformingClassGenerator.generateClass(TransformingClassGenerator.java:33) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.DefaultGeneratorStrategy.generate(DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java:25) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanFactoryAwareGeneratorStrategy.generate(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:249) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.generate(AbstractClassGenerator.java:329) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.generate(Enhancer.java:492) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:93) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:91) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache$2.call(LoadingCache.java:54) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.createEntry(LoadingCache.java:61) ~[spring-core-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
... 19 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_60]
... 35 common frames omitted
2018-04-13 22:38:04.907 INFO 27544 --- [ main] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Closing org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext#477b4cdf: startup date [Fri Apr 13 22:38:03 EDT 2018]; root of context hierarchy
2018-04-13 22:38:04.912 WARN 27544 --- [ main] s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Exception thrown from LifecycleProcessor on context close
java.lang.IllegalStateException: LifecycleProcessor not initialized - call 'refresh' before invoking lifecycle methods via the context: org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext#477b4cdf: startup date [Fri Apr 13 22:38:03 EDT 2018]; root of context hierarchy
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getLifecycleProcessor(AbstractApplicationContext.java:417) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.doClose(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1002) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.close(AbstractApplicationContext.java:961) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.handleRunFailure(SpringApplication.java:818) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:326) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1186) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1175) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at brewPkg.Application.main(Application.java:34) [classes/:na]
2018-04-13 22:38:04.914 ERROR 27544 --- [ main] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory : Destroy method on bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.internalCachingMetadataReaderFactory' threw an exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ApplicationEventMulticaster not initialized - call 'refresh' before multicasting events via the context: org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext#477b4cdf: startup date [Fri Apr 13 22:38:03 EDT 2018]; root of context hierarchy
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getApplicationEventMulticaster(AbstractApplicationContext.java:404) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationListenerDetector.postProcessBeforeDestruction(ApplicationListenerDetector.java:97) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DisposableBeanAdapter.destroy(DisposableBeanAdapter.java:253) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroyBean(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:578) [spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroySingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:554) [spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.destroySingleton(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:954) [spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.destroySingletons(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:523) [spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.destroySingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:961) [spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.destroyBeans(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1033) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.doClose(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1009) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.close(AbstractApplicationContext.java:961) [spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar:4.3.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.handleRunFailure(SpringApplication.java:818) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:326) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1186) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1175) [spring-boot-1.4.2.RELEASE.jar:1.4.2.RELEASE]
at brewPkg.Application.main(Application.java:34) [classes/:na]
Process finished with exit code 1
This is my pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.companyname.brew</groupId>
<artifactId>brew-uds</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0</version>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>project.local</id>
<name>project</name>
<url>file:${project.basedir}/repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<!-- Web -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Web with Tomcat + Embed -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- JSTL -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Need this to compile JSP -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Need this to compile JSP -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler</groupId>
<artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
<version>4.6.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache POI Exporting to Excel, Word, etc.-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.10-FINAL</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>3.10-FINAL</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Optional, for bootstrap -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
<version>3.3.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20160810</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.nzjdbc-7</groupId>
<artifactId>nzjdbc-7.0.2</artifactId>
<version>7.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<version>42.1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.jgit/org.eclipse.jgit -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
<artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.0.201706111038-r</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.jcraft/jsch -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
<artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
<version>0.1.54</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
This is the Application.java
// This is the main class. It's responsible for starting the spring application
package brewPkg;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationEntryPoint;
import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application{
private static HttpServletResponse response;
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
// DEFAULT
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
I am using jdk1.8.0_60
Thanks.

Answer 1

I got the same error while using Spring Tool Suite 4. I found that the installed JRE location wasn't the same to the default Java path, changing the default JRE location in the Installed JREs tab worked for me. You can go to
Preferences > Java > Installed JREs to add the right Java path and check it.

Answer 2

same issue happened to me fixed by changing the spring framework version in pom.xml
from 2.0.3.RELEASE
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
to 2.6.2
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.6.2</version>
</parent>

Answer 3

This issue can occur if you use a major version to compile in your pom.xml file.
Make sure that your java run time environment and compile time environments are same.
You can check this by using java -version and javac -version cmd commands.