<<Spring Boot 1.1.6>> Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException - spring

Question

I am new to spring boot and building an application with Spring boot 1.1.6.The basic application was working fine.
But when I added some dependencies, I am unable to start the application and seeing the below exception during staring.
My build.gradle file
` buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '1.1.6.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
maven {
url "http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot"
}
mavenLocal()
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:1.1.6.RELEASE")
}
}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
apply plugin: 'war'
sourceCompatibility = 1.7
compileJava {
targetCompatibility = 1.7
}
war {
baseName = 'gs-convert-jar-to-war'
version = '0.1.0'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
mavenLocal()
maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot" }
maven { url "http://maven.springframework.org/milestone" }
}
dependencies {
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${springBootVersion}") {
exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
exclude module:"spring-boot-starter-logging"
}
providedRuntime("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:${springBootVersion}")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:${springBootVersion}")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:${springBootVersion}")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:${springBootVersion}")
compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:${springBootVersion}")
compile("com.google.guava:guava:17.0")
compile("com.squareup.retrofit:retrofit:1.6.0")
compile("commons-io:commons-io:2.4")
compile("com.local.abdd:abdd-jith912:1.0.4-SNAPSHOT"){
exclude module:"slf4j-api"
}
compile("com.local.abdd:abdd-jith912:1.0.4-SNAPSHOT:tests"){
exclude module:"slf4j-api"
}
testCompile("junit:junit")
compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7"){
force = true
}
compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.7"){
force=true
}
compile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:1.7.7"){
force=true
}
}
task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
gradleVersion = '1.11'
}
`
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to load bean class: ; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/GlobalAuthenticationConfigurerAdapter.class] cannot be opened because it does not exist
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processDeferredImportSelectors(ConfigurationClassParser.java:392)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:165)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:305)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:243)
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:254)
at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:94)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:611)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:464)
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:109)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:691)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:320)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:952)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:941)
at org.magnum.mobilecloud.video.Application.main(Application.java:27)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/GlobalAuthenticationConfigurerAdapter.class] cannot be opened because it does not exist
at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:172)
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.(SimpleMetadataReader.java:50)
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:82)
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:102)
at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:77)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.asSourceClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:561)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser$SourceClass.getSuperClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:736)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:284)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:218)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:435)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:258)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:218)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:435)
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processDeferredImportSelectors(ConfigurationClassParser.java:389)
... 13 more
My gradle dependencies output is too huge that I cannot enter here.
However I find some spring components used as transitive dependencies like
| +--- com.local.infra.thirdparty:oracle-simplefan:11.2.0.2
| | | | | | +--- javax.jms:jms:1.1
| | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-jms:3.1.1.RELEASE
| | | | | | | +--- aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-aop:3.1.1.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:3.1.1.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-context:3.1.1.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-core:3.1.1.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | \--- org.springframework:spring-tx:3.1.1.RELEASE -> 3.2.2.RELEASE
| | | | | | | +--- aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework:spring-beans:3.2.2.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | \--- org.springframework:spring-core:3.2.2.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
and
+--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:3.0.4.RELEASE -> 3.2.5.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-taglibs:3.0.4.RELEASE
| | | | | | | | +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:3.0.4.RELEASE -> 3.2.5.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | | +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-acl:3.0.4.RELEASE
| | | | | | | | | +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:3.0.4.RELEASE -> 3.2.5.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | | | \--- org.springframework:spring-context-support:3.0.3.RELEASE -> 3.2.2.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | | \--- org.springframework:spring-web:3.0.3.RELEASE -> 4.0.7.RELEASE (*)
| | | | | | | +--- org.springframework.security:spring-security-config:3.0.4.RELEASE -> 3.2.5.RELEASE (*)

Answer 1

I'm not 100% sure that this will solve your problem, but it will move things in the right direction.
You have a number of dependencies that are out of sync with other dependencies from the same Spring project. For example you have a mix of versions in your Spring Framework dependencies. Most are 4.0.7.RELEASE but a few are 3.x.x.
One way to fix this is to add an explicit, direct dependency on the problematic modules (Spring Boot will provide the right version for you. For example:
dependencies {
compile 'org.springframework:spring-context-support'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-jms'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-tx'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-security-acl'
compile 'org.springframework:spring-security-taglibs'
}
Try making this change and looking at the output of gradle dependencies again. Repeat the process if you spot any other modules with versions that are out of line with their other modules in the same Spring project. Once the versions all look right, try running your app again.