Spring context initialization failed with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException while deploying to Apache 7.0.54 and java 8

Question

Environment: Applciation server: Apache 7.0.54 Java: "1.8.0_05" OS: Mac OS X 10.9.3

Libraries: Spring 3.2 REST application

Following is the error I received during deployment:

localhost.2014.06.09.log

Jun 09, 2014 3:37:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
Jun 09, 2014 3:37:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Jun 09, 2014 3:37:47 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.<init>(SimpleMetadataReader.java:52)
    at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:80)
    at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:101)
    at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:76)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:298)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:230)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:153)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:130)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:285)
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:223)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:630)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:461)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:383)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:283)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:112)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4973)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5467)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:632)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:1083)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1880)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22730801/java-se-spring-data-hibernate — gipinani, Jun 09 '14 at 21:03
Your link above helped me. I upgraded hibernate-core to 4.0.5.RELEASE and upgraded hibernate-validator to 5.1.1.Final. Everything is working now. Thanks mserioli — user827096, Jun 09 '14 at 23:57
Correction from above. Your link above helped me. I upgraded Spring-Core to 4.0.5.RELEASE and upgraded hibernate-validator to 5.1.1.Final. Everything is working now. Thanks mserioli — user827096, Jun 10 '14 at 10:04
Please see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22730801/java-se-spring-data-hibernate. I think you have java 8 — Ram Sharan Mittal, Aug 21 '14 at 10:16
There is also explanation of this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23352356/352708 — Slava Semushin, Sep 22 '14 at 09:55

score 70 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '14 at 23:13

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You need to upgrade to spring 4 release to support java 1.8 byte code format

answered Jun 09 '14 at 23:13

jmj

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Steps to fix the issue given in this link http://stackoverflow.com/a/30204461/526438 – Sadanand May 13 '15 at 02:13
Upgrading to 3.2.16 solved the problem for my case. Thanks a lot! – Alex Apr 27 '16 at 09:40

score 22 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 09:16

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If you can't go Spring 4 just upgrade to 3.2.16 will solved the problem.

Thanks to Tom Saleeba

edited Mar 20 '17 at 09:16

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 23:15

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Upgrading to spring 3.2.16 resolved the problem. Looks like older version of spring does not like java 1.8.xxx

answered Aug 22 '17 at 23:15

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riccardo.tasso · Answer 4 · 2018-04-20T08:40:13.683

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In my case my application runs with java8 and jetty, uses spring 3.1.4 and can't not be upgraded.

The problem appeared after the use of a lambda function inside a bean definition. Removing it solved my problem.

edited Apr 20 '18 at 08:40

answered Apr 20 '18 at 07:59

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Spring context initialization failed with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException while deploying to Apache 7.0.54 and java 8

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