java.lang.ClassNotFoundException in spring boot when running jar file - Library is added - maven

Question

I'm importing jfuzzylite-5.0.1.jar library to my spring boot project. My library is imported using this way:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fuzzylite</groupId>
<artifactId>jfuzzylite</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1</version>
<scope>system</scope>
<systemPath>${project.basedir}/libs/jfuzzylite-5.0.1.jar</systemPath>
</dependency>
When I write a single class in my project using the library, it works. I use it in my controller.
When building the project, no error occurs, BUILD SUCCESS.
But while deploying on tomcat server or excute jar file, following error occurs:
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:: Spring Boot :: (v1.4.3.RELEASE)
2017-01-15 09:33:03.431 INFO 6944 --- [ main] com.fuzzy.FuzzyTcmApplication : Starting FuzzyTcmApplication v0.1 on DESKTOP-8L48946 with PID 6944 (C:\DATA\DATA\G
IT_PROJECTS\fuzzy-tcm\Sourcode\fuzzy-tcm-back-end\target\fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar started by PC in C:\DATA\DATA\GIT_PROJECTS\fuzzy-tcm\Sourcode\fuzzy-tcm-back-end\target)
2017-01-15 09:33:03.440 INFO 6944 --- [ main] com.fuzzy.FuzzyTcmApplication : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2017-01-15 09:33:03.642 INFO 6944 --- [ main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebAp
plicationContext#5b37e0d2: startup date [Sun Jan 15 09:33:03 ICT 2017]; root of context hierarchy
2017-01-15 09:33:06.439 INFO 6944 --- [ main] s.b.c.e.t.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer : Tomcat initialized with port(s): 8080 (http)
2017-01-15 09:33:06.465 INFO 6944 --- [ main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Starting service Tomcat
2017-01-15 09:33:06.468 INFO 6944 --- [ main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine : Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.6
2017-01-15 09:33:06.635 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
2017-01-15 09:33:06.636 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 3029 ms
2017-01-15 09:33:06.898 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.ServletRegistrationBean : Mapping servlet: 'dispatcherServlet' to [/]
2017-01-15 09:33:06.912 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'characterEncodingFilter' to: [/*]
2017-01-15 09:33:06.913 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'hiddenHttpMethodFilter' to: [/*]
2017-01-15 09:33:06.913 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'httpPutFormContentFilter' to: [/*]
2017-01-15 09:33:06.913 INFO 6944 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.w.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'requestContextFilter' to: [/*]
2017-01-15 09:33:06.977 WARN 6944 --- [ main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'fuzzyServices': Failed to introspect bean class [com.fuzzy.controller.FuzzyServices] for looku
p method metadata: could not find class that it depends on; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fuzzylite/term/Term
2017-01-15 09:33:06.984 INFO 6944 --- [ main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Stopping service Tomcat
2017-01-15 09:33:07.013 INFO 6944 --- [ main] utoConfigurationReportLoggingInitializer :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the auto-configuration report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2017-01-15 09:33:07.028 ERROR 6944 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application startup failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'fuzzyServices': Failed to introspect bean class [com.fuzzy.controller.FuzzyServices] for looku
p method metadata: could not find class that it depends on; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fuzzylite/term/Term
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.determineCandidateConstructors(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:269) ~[spring-be
ans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1079) ~[sp
ring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1052) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.
jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4
.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3
.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE
]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:759) ~[spring-beans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5
.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:866) ~[spring-context-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.
3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:542) ~[spring-context-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:761) [spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:371) [spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:315) [spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1186) [spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1175) [spring-boot-1.4.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.4.3.RELEASE]
at com.fuzzy.FuzzyTcmApplication.main(FuzzyTcmApplication.java:10) [classes!/:0.1]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:48) [fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar:0.1]
at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:87) [fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar:0.1]
at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:50) [fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar:0.1]
at org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher.main(JarLauncher.java:51) [fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar:0.1]
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fuzzylite/term/Term
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:613) ~[spring-core-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:524) ~[spring-core-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:510) ~[spring-core-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.determineCandidateConstructors(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:247) ~[spring-be
ans-4.3.5.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.5.RELEASE]
... 26 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.fuzzylite.term.Term
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
at org.springframework.boot.loader.LaunchedURLClassLoader.loadClass(LaunchedURLClassLoader.java:94) ~[fuzzy-tcm-0.1.jar:0.1]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_101]
... 33 common frames omitted
I attached the jar file, the library included. What could be the problem?

Answer 1

The reason for that could be the explicit -
<scope>system</scope>
This scope is similar to provided except that you have to provide the
JAR which contains it explicitly. The artifact is always available and
is not looked up in a repository.
If you do not have the artifact JAR explicitly in the system, you should try and use the default scope
<scope>compile</scope> <!-- you can avoid using scope entirely-->
This is the default scope, used if none is specified. Compile
dependencies are available in all classpaths of a project.
Furthermore, those dependencies are propagated to dependent projects.
Also, avoid using systemPath and relative path values using ${project.basedir} etc as they are deprecated in maven now.
Sources - Dependency Scope in Maven and All Variables