spring - Springboot :BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to parse configuration class

Question

I am trying to execute my springboot application by running the jar created with maven and getting below exception which is not getting resolved after so many attempts.Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Please find below exception trace.

 2016-01-28 11:35:42.034  INFO 3732 --- [           main] Application                              : Starting Application on DFWLW72RTG262 with PID 3732 (C:projectRestSpringBootargetspringboot-0.0
.1-SNAPSHOT.jar started by vaigupta in C:projectRestSpringBootarget)
2016-01-28 11:35:42.123  INFO 3732 --- [           main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@7
d7cd6ad: startup date [Thu Jan 28 11:35:42 CST 2016]; root of context hierarchy
2016-01-28 11:35:42.149  WARN 3732 --- [           main] ionWarningsApplicationContextInitializer :

** WARNING ** : Your ApplicationContext is unlikely to start due to a @ComponentScan of the default package.


2016-01-28 11:35:48.607  WARN 3732 --- [           main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to parse configuration class [Application]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [org/springfra
mework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/GlobalAuthenticationConfigurerAdapter.class] cannot be opened because it does not exist
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:177)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:306)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:239)
        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:606)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:462)
        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:321)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:961)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:950)
        at Application.main(Application.java:9)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:54)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/GlobalAuthenticationConfigurerAdapter.class] cannot be opened b
ecause it does not exist
        at org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource.getInputStream(ClassPathResource.java:172)
        at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.<init>(SimpleMetadataReader.java:50)
        at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:98)
        at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:102)
        at org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:93)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.asSourceClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:591)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser$SourceClass.getSuperClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:762)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:297)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:226)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:185)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:266)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:226)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:193)
        at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:163)
        ... 18 common frames omitted

2016-01-28 11:35:48.645  INFO 3732 --- [           main] .b.l.ClasspathLoggingApplicationListener : Application failed to start with classpath: [jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0
.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-web-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.
0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestS
pringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-log
ging-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jul-to-slf4j-1.7.7.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.j
ar!/lib/log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.7.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/logback-classic-1.1.2.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0
.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/logback-core-1.1.2.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/snakeyaml-1.14.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springbo
ot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-tomcat-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-embed-core-8.0.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/pr
oject/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-embed-el-8.0.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-embed-logging-juli-8.0
.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-embed-websocket-8.0.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/
lib/jackson-databind-2.4.4.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jackson-annotations-2.4.4.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0
.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jackson-core-2.4.4.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/hibernate-validator-5.1.3.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoo
t/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jboss-logging-3.1.3.GA.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/p
roject/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/classmate-1.0.0.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-core-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, ja
r:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-web-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-aop-4.1
.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spr
ing-beans-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-context-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0
.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-webmvc-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-expression-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/Rest
SpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-data-jpa-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter
-aop-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/aspectjrt-1.8.4.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!
/lib/aspectjweaver-1.8.4.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-boot-starter-jdbc-1.2.0.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/s
pringboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-jdbc-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-jdbc-8.0.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpri
ngBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/tomcat-juli-8.0.15.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-tx-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/pro
ject/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/hibernate-entitymanager-4.3.7.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jboss-logging-ann
otations-1.2.0.Beta1.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/hibernate-core-4.3.7.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-
SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/antlr-2.7.7.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jandex-1.1.0.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1
-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/dom4j-1.6.1.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-S
NAPSHOT.jar!/lib/hibernate-commons-annotations-4.0.5.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/hibernate-jpa-2.1-api-1.0.0.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/pr
oject/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec-1.0.0.Final.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/javassist
-3.18.1-GA.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-orm-4.1.3.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
!/lib/spring-data-jpa-1.7.1.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/target/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/spring-data-commons-1.9.1.RELEASE.jar!/, jar:file:/C:/project/RestSpringBoot/ta
rget/springboot-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.7.jar!/,

Answer 1

Your code is in the default package, i.e. you have .java files in src/main/java with no package statement at the top. There's a warning message in the log indicating that this is likely to cause problems:

** WARNING ** : Your ApplicationContext is unlikely to start due to a @ComponentScan of the default package.

You need to move your code into a package of its own. For example, move your .java files into src/main/java/com/example and add package com.example; to the top of each file.