Spring Boot Error: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.setJarScanFilter

Question

I am currently writing an API backend using Spring which I want to deploy on to a production server using Spring Boot.

If I run the backend in Eclipse compiling to a war (specified in Maven), and using Tomcat 7, it runs without a problem.

However as I want to deploy to the server I am using Spring Boot.

Application.java

package com.ninjasquare.server;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

     public static void main(String[] args) {
            ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);

            System.out.println("NinjaSquare server up and running with Spring Boot!");

            System.out.println("Let's inspect the beans provided by Spring Boot:");

            String[] beanNames = ctx.getBeanDefinitionNames();
            Arrays.sort(beanNames);
            for (String beanName : beanNames) {
                System.out.println(beanName);
            }

        }

}

pom.xml

<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.ninjasquare</groupId>
    <artifactId>NinjaSquareServer</artifactId>
    <!-- Server Deployment Change Required: 1. Change war to jar -->
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <!-- Spring Boot related config -->

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
    </parent>

    <properties>
    <java-version>1.7</java-version>
    <!-- Note: By default Spring Boot uses Tomcat 8. We set this so we can use Tomcat 7. -->
    <!-- <tomcat.version>7.0.59</tomcat.version> -->
    <!-- <org.springframework-version>4.1.6.RELEASE</org.springframework-version> -->

    <org.springframework-version>3.1.1.RELEASE</org.springframework-version>
    <org.aspectj-version>1.6.10</org.aspectj-version>
    <org.slf4j-version>1.6.6</org.slf4j-version>
    <jersey.version>1.8</jersey.version>
    <org.springframework.data.version>2.2.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.data.version>
    <org.springframework.spring-test>2.5</org.springframework.spring-test>
    <log4j.version>1.2.15</log4j.version>
    <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
    <javax.servlet.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet.version>
    <javax.servlet.jsp.version>2.1</javax.servlet.jsp.version>
    <javax.servlet.jstl.version>1.2</javax.servlet.jstl.version>

    <spring-social-facebook-version>1.1.1.RELEASE</spring-social-facebook-version>

    <junit.version>4.4</junit.version>
    <cglib.version>2.2.2</cglib.version>
    <org.hibernate.version>4.3.1.Final</org.hibernate.version>
    <com.github.jsimone.version>7.0.22.3</com.github.jsimone.version>
    <org.neo4j.app.version>1.8.2</org.neo4j.app.version>
    <spring-data-neo4j.version>2.0.1.RELEASE</spring-data-neo4j.version>
    <maven-eclipse-plugin.version>2.9</maven-eclipse-plugin.version>
    <org.apache.maven.plugins.version>2.5.1</org.apache.maven.plugins.version>
    <org.codehaus.mojo>1.2.1</org.codehaus.mojo>
    <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-dependency-plugin>2.4</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-dependency-plugin>
    <org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin>2.6</org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin>
</properties>

<dependencies>
    <!-- Server Deployment Change Required: 2. Include our custom JAR. For now, patch this code on the server manually.
    Note: This JAR needs to be installed with maven install:install-file on the server -->
    <!-- 
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.ninjasquare.common</groupId>
        <artifactId>ninjasquarecommon</artifactId>
        <version>0.01</version>
    </dependency>
     -->

    <!--  Spring Boot dependency -->

    <!-- Import dependency management from Spring Boot -->
    <!-- 
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.3.RELEASE</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
    -->

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

    <!--  Was this code missing before? -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
        <version>4.1.6.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
        <artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
        <artifactId>el-impl</artifactId>
        <version>2.2</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Jackson/Jersey deps -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- SDN -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.springframework.data.version}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- Spring -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.springframework.spring-test}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- Spring -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> -->
        <exclusions>
            <!-- Exclude Commons Logging in favor of SLF4j -->
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.springframework-version}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- AspectJ -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
        <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.aspectj-version}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- Logging -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${log4j.version}</version> -->
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
                <artifactId>mail</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
                <artifactId>jms</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
                <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
                <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>

    <!-- @Inject -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
        <version>${javax.inject.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <!-- Servlet -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${javax.servlet.version}</version> -->
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
        <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
        <version>${javax.servlet.jsp.version}</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
        <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${javax.servlet.jstl.version}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!--  Import Spring Social libraries -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.social</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-social-facebook</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${spring-social-facebook-version}</version> -->
    </dependency>

    <!-- additional libraries required by neo/spring... -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${junit.version}</version> -->
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>cglib</groupId>
        <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
        <version>${cglib.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
        <!-- <version>${org.hibernate.version}</version> -->
    </dependency>


    <!-- execute immediately support... -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.jsimone</groupId>
        <artifactId>webapp-runner</artifactId>
        <version>${com.github.jsimone.version}</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
        <artifactId>jersey-spring</artifactId>
        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.neo4j.app</groupId>
        <artifactId>neo4j-server</artifactId>
        <version>${org.neo4j.app.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.neo4j.app</groupId>
        <artifactId>neo4j-server</artifactId>
        <classifier>static-web</classifier>
        <version>${org.neo4j.app.version}</version>
    </dependency>

            <!--        
            <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j-rest</artifactId>
        <version>${spring-data-neo4j.version}</version>
    </dependency> -->

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.simpleframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>simple-xml</artifactId>
        <version>2.7</version>
    </dependency>

</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <!-- Plugin for Spring Boot Maven -->
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
            <!-- <version>${maven-eclipse-plugin.version}</version> -->
            <configuration>
                <additionalProjectnatures>
                    <projectnature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature>
                </additionalProjectnatures>
                <additionalBuildcommands>
                    <buildcommand>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</buildcommand>
                </additionalBuildcommands>
                <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
                <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <!-- <version>${org.apache.maven.plugins.version}</version> -->
            <configuration>
                <source>${java-version}</source>
                <target>${java-version}</target>
                <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
                <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
                <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <!-- <version>${org.codehaus.mojo}</version> -->
            <configuration>
                <mainClass>org.test.int1.Main</mainClass>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <!-- enable execution environment... -->
        <!-- <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-dependency-plugin}</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>copy</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <artifactItems>
                            <artifactItem>
                                <groupId>com.github.jsimone</groupId>
                                <artifactId>webapp-runner</artifactId>
                                <version>${com.github.jsimone.version}</version>
                                <destFileName>webapp-runner.jar</destFileName>
                            </artifactItem>
                        </artifactItems>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin> -->

        <!-- get Spring, Maven & JUnit test working... -->
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <!-- <version>${org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin}</version> -->
            <dependencies>
                <dependency>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
                    <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
                    <version>${org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-surefire-plugin}</version>
                </dependency>
            </dependencies>
            <configuration>
                <includes>
                    <include>**/testcases/*.class</include>
                </includes>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

    </plugins>
</build>
</project>

When I copy the whole project over to my linux server, and I run maven package, the code compiles without a problem. When I then run the generated jar file with java -jar [name of file] I get the following error:

09:17:26.946 [main] ERROR o.s.boot.SpringApplication - Application startup failed
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.setJarScanFilter(Lorg/apache/tomcat/JarScanFilter;)V
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:133) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:474) ~[spring-context-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar!/:4.1.6.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:118) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:686) [spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:320) [spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:957) [spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:946) [spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at com.ninjasquare.server.Application.main(Application.java:13) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:53) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.7.0_75]
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.setJarScanFilter(Lorg/apache/tomcat/JarScanFilter;)V
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.SkipPatternJarScanner$Tomcat8TldSkipSetter.setSkipPattern(SkipPatternJarScanner.java:106) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.SkipPatternJarScanner.setPatternToTomcat8SkipFilter(SkipPatternJarScanner.java:61) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.SkipPatternJarScanner.<init>(SkipPatternJarScanner.java:56) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.SkipPatternJarScanner.apply(SkipPatternJarScanner.java:87) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.prepareContext(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:168) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:154) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:157) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:130) ~[spring-boot-1.2.3.RELEASE.jar!/:1.2.3.RELEASE]
    ... 13 common frames omitted

I think the issue is because I don't have the right versions of Spring/Spring Boot running (perhaps it's trying to use an incorrect version of Tomcat so the method doesn't exist?)

Update 2015-04-06: I tried kucing_terbang's suggestion of using spring boot v1.1.10 but now get the error as follows:

[Stacktrace deleted, as out of space for stackoverflow question, refer to stacktrace of v1.1.12.RELEASE below]

Update 2015-04-07: I then tried with v1.1.12.RELEASE which gave similar errors:

07:41:29.917 [main] INFO  o.s.b.f.a.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor - JSR-330 'javax.inject.Inject' annotation found and supported for autowiring
07:41:29.949 [main] WARN  o.s.b.c.e.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext - Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:124) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:476) ~[spring-context-4.0.9.RELEASE.jar!/:4.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:109) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:691) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:320) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:952) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:941) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at com.ninjasquare.server.Application.main(Application.java:13) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:53) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:na]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.7.0_75]
Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:174) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:147) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:121) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    ... 13 common frames omitted

07:41:29.952 [main] ERROR o.s.boot.SpringApplication - Application startup failed
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:124) ~[spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:476) ~[spring-context-4.0.9.RELEASE.jar!/:4.0.9.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:109) ~[spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:691) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:320) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:952) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:941) [spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at com.ninjasquare.server.Application.main(Application.java:13) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) ~[na:1.7.0_75]
    at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:53) [NinjaSquareServer-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/:na]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.7.0_75]
Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start EmbeddedWebApplicationContext due to missing EmbeddedServletContainerFactory bean.
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.getEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:174) ~[spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:147) ~[spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:121) ~[spring-boot-1.1.12.RELEASE.jar!/:1.1.12.RELEASE]
    ... 13 common frames omitted

I then tried a mvn clean and mvn package again, which gave me the following error on compile:

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[6,46] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class SpringBootApplication
  location: package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[9,2] cannot find symbol
  symbol: class SpringBootApplication
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[6,46] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class SpringBootApplication
  location: package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[9,2] cannot find symbol
  symbol: class SpringBootApplication
[INFO] 4 errors
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 12.839s
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Apr 07 07:31:41 BST 2015
[INFO] Final Memory: 24M/63M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project NinjaSquareServer: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[6,46] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol:   class SpringBootApplication
[ERROR] location: package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[9,2] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class SpringBootApplication
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[6,46] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol:   class SpringBootApplication
[ERROR] location: package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure
[ERROR] /home/dengke/test_garden/NinjaSquareServer-DS-ServerDeploymentPOC-2015-04-04/src/main/java/com/ninjasquare/server/Application.java:[9,2] cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class SpringBootApplication
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]

However if I using v1.2.3.RELEASE I don't get the compile error, and if I then change to v1.1.12.RELEASE and run mvn package without a clean, I don't get the error either (but I get the error when running the jar as before).

Perhaps this is indicative of a deeper issue?

Any help with this issue would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I had the exact same issue with Spring boot and the embedded tomcat server.

How I fixed it

After many hours of hit and trial, running and re-running I found that I had initially added local tomcat server to my project which was conflicting with the embedded tomcat server that Spring Boot provides. After removing the Tomcat Server from the projects build path running Spring Boot was like a charm.

Just right click the project

Build Path --> Configure Build Path --> Libraries(Tab)

and remove your Tomcat server runtime if you have added one by mistake. You should be good to go now.

Answer 2

I faced this issue when i tried to use an inhouse library which was built with a higher version of Springboot 2.2.x, whereas my code was using 2.1.x. I had upgraded to 2.2.x and the problem vanished. Ideally this happens when there are two versions of tomcat libraries in your classpath, you have find out the needed springboot version and upgrade/downgrade to fix the exception.

Answer 3

Update the spring boot version

<parent>
 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
 <version>1.1.12.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

Answer 4

I had my error solved by changing the Apache Tomcat Version 9 to Version 8.5 that was not supported by Spring Boot 1.5

Answer 5

I got the error because I copied some jar files from tomcat's lib folder to jdk's lib folder.So it have an incompatible version of Tomcat on the classpath. I solved this issue after reinstalling jdk.

Answer 6

I had this error happen to me because I created a Maven project using the webapp archetype.

Recreating the project as a simple Maven project solved this issue.

Answer 7

I tried to run your code in my local pc and there was an error similar like what happened in your place. And, these are the steps that I did to remove those error.

1. Update the spring boot version

   <parent>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
       <version>1.1.12.RELEASE</version>
   </parent>
   

2. Update your main class as @SpringBootApplication annotation only exists after spring boot version 1.2.0

   @Configuration
   @EnableAutoConfiguration
   @ComponentScan
   public class Application {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
               ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
   
               System.out.println("NinjaSquare server up and running with Spring Boot!");
               System.out.println("Let's inspect the beans provided by Spring Boot:");
   
               String[] beanNames = ctx.getBeanDefinitionNames();
               Arrays.sort(beanNames);
               for (String beanName : beanNames) {
                   System.out.println(beanName);
               }
           }
   }
   

3. Remove the "webapp-runner" dependency from pom.xml as this library also has class org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext which conflicted with the one from embedded tomcat library.

   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.jsimone</groupId>
       <artifactId>webapp-runner</artifactId>
       <version>${com.github.jsimone.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
   </dependency>
   

   Yes, remove those lines ;)

4. Run the application and then, profit ?