Compile-time aspects throwing NoSuchMethodError in Spring Boot - spring

Question

I am getting an error when running my "compile-time-weaver" classes from Maven on a JAR file that is included in my Spring Boot 1.2.2 WAR.
So, I have a jar, ctms-components.jar, that I run my aspect (e.g., a method timing profiler) on using MAVEN. Then, Spring Boot puts it all in an embedded WAR (I'm using Tomcat). I see both the aspectj woven classes like AJC Closures(), etc. and I see the logs from Maven are weaving my classes as per my pointcuts.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7</version>
<configuration>
<showWeaveInfo>true</showWeaveInfo>
<source>${compiler.version}</source>
<target>${compiler.version}</target>
<Xlint>ignore</Xlint>
<complianceLevel>${compiler.version}</complianceLevel>
<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
<verbose>false</verbose>
<aspectLibraries>
<aspectLibrary>
<groupId>cdot.ctms</groupId>
<artifactId>ctms-aspects</artifactId>
</aspectLibrary>
</aspectLibraries>
<weaveDependencies>
<weaveDependency>
<groupId>cdot.ctms</groupId>
<artifactId>ctms-components</artifactId>
</weaveDependency>
</weaveDependencies>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
Here is an excerpt from my maven log.
[INFO] Join point 'method-execution(cdot.base.DataAccessObject cdot.ctms.layer.services.comm.device.doppler.facade.DopplerFacade.getDopplerExchange())' in Type 'cdot.ctms.layer.services.comm.device.doppler.facade.DopplerFacade' (DopplerFacade.java:78) advised by around advice from 'cdot.aop.profiler.MethodTimerAspect' (ctms-aspects-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!MethodTimerAspect.class(from MethodTimerAspect.java))
[INFO] Join point 'method-execution(cdot.base.DataAccessObject cdot.ctms.layer.services.comm.device.doppler.facade.DopplerFacade.getDopplerRawDataExchange())' in Type 'cdot.ctms.layer.services.comm.device.doppler.facade.DopplerFacade' (DopplerFacade.java:84) advised by around advice from 'cdot.aop.profiler.MethodTimerAspect' (ctms-aspects-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!MethodTimerAspect.class(from MethodTimerAspect.java))
My Spring Boot WAR shows the AJC Closures are bundled in the WAR:
The ERROR I get when running the application is:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: cdot.aop.profiler.MethodTimerAspect.aspectOf()Lcdot/aop/profiler/MethodTimerAspect
nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: cdot.aop.profiler.MethodTimerAspect.aspectOf()Lcdot/aop/profiler/MethodTimerAspect;
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:121)
at org.springframework.beans.AbstractPropertyAccessor.setPropertyValues(AbstractPropertyAccessor.java:75)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1502)
... 87 more
I don't understand why it does compile time weaving, adds it to my Spring Boot WAR just fine, and also includes the ctms-aspects.jar, but cannot find the method on my Aspect?

Answer 1

The AspectJ runtime library aspectjrt.jar must be on your classpath, so it should be a Maven <dependency> not just for the AspectJ Maven Plugin but also for the Maven module as such.