Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration]

Question

I created a project with spring boot 2.1.1 and when I try to lift it I get the following error:

2018-12-10 19:23:14.837 ERROR 8096 --- [ main] osboot.SpringApplication : Application run failed

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error processing condition on org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition.matches(SpringBootCondition.java:64) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(ConditionEvaluator.java:108) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForBeanMethod(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:181) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:141) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassB eanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java:117) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:327) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:232) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:275) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:95) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplication Context.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:691) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:528) ~[spring-context-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:775) [spring-boot-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:397) [spring-boot-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:316) [spring-boot-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1260) [spring-boot-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1248) [spring-boot-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at atuq.FrigorificoApplication.main(FrigorificoApplication.java:14) [classe s/:na] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration] from ClassLoader [sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@73d16e93] at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:686) ~[spring-core-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:583) ~[spring-core-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:568) ~[spring-core-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getUniqueDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:626) ~[spring-core-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(ConcurrentHashMap.java:1660) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getTypeForFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapabl eBeanFactory.java:721) ~[spring-beans-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.determineTargetType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:662) ~[spring-beans-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.predictBeanType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:630) ~[spring-beans-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1518) ~[spring-beans-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.isFactoryBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1023) ~[spring-beans-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.BeanTypeRegistry.addBeanTypeForNonAliasDefinition(BeanTypeRegistry.java:195) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure .condition.BeanTypeRegistry.addBeanTypeForNonAliasDefinition(BeanTypeRegistry.java:159) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.BeanTypeRegistry.addBeanType(BeanTypeRegistry.java:152) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.BeanTypeRegistry.updateTypesIfNecessary(BeanTypeRegistry.java:140) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at java.util.Iterator.forEachRemaining(Iterator.java:116) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.BeanTypeRegistry.updateTypesIfNecessary(BeanTypeRegistry.java:135) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.BeanTypeRegistry.getNamesForType(BeanTypeRegistry.java:97) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.collectB eanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:298) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getBeanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:289) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getBeanNamesForType(OnBeanCondition.java:278) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getMatchingBeans(OnBeanCondition.java:189) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.getMatchOutcome(OnBeanCondition.java:160) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition.matches(SpringBootCondition.java:47) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-2.1.1.RELEASE.jar:2.1.1.RELEASE] ... 16 common frames omitted Cause d by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:1975) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:668) ~[spring-core-5.1.3.RELEASE.jar:5.1.3.RELEASE] ... 38 common frames omitted Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.servlet.Filter at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:349) ~[na:1.8.0_181] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_181] ... 42 common frames omitted

paso el pom.xml:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>atuq</groupId>
    <artifactId>frigorifico</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <name>frigorifico</name>
    <description>Frigorifico Malargue</description>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>


        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
            <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
            <version>0.9.0</version>
            <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
            <version>4.1</version>
            <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
            <version>3.2.2</version>
            <type>jar</type>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>


</project>

Answer 1

If you have below dependency for spring-boot-starter-tomcat in you POM, remove scope part of it.

Existing:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

New:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>

Answer 2

The error is helpful in that it can't find the required class javax.servlet.Filter and a common way to have this class is through this dependency:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

which ends up pulling in org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core

We were seeing this locally because when running the Spring Boot application from Intellij we didn't have the option 'Include dependencies with "Provided" scope' in the Run/Debug Configuration ticked.

Answer 3

I think this dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>

Made a conflict with this one:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
    <type>jar</type>
</dependency>

Why do you need the last one? I think you don't need it, because you already has starter for security, so remove it.

Answer 4

Try adding this to your pom.xml:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
    <version>4.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

It helped me.

Answer 5

It is caused when trying to reference a class which is not there. Adding this dependency fixed the error in my case:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
</dependency>

At the bottom of my log this had appeared:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error processing condition on org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SpringBootWebSecurityConfiguration$SecurityFilterChainConfiguration
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration] from ClassLoader [jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader@73d16e93]
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/security/web/SecurityFilterChain
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain

It was shown that the org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain class was absent.

So on some googling, I found the class was present in spring-security-web repository. After adding it to the dependencies in pom.xml , voila, the next build passed successfully.

Answer 6

I encountered the same problem today. It turns out the problem was caused by the main startup class not being placed at the outermost level of the code. Make sure that you have defined the startup class at the correct location.