org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to read candidate component class: file

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to read candidate component class: file

Spring 3.x 은 Java 7까지만 호환이 된다. 필자의 경우엔 Java 8을 사용하였기 때문에 해당 에러가 발생하였다.

Spring 4.0 부터 Java 8 이 호환된다.

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심각: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to read candidate component class: file [C:\Dev-KCS\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp7\wtpwebapps\webprojectegov\WEB-INF\classes\com\spring\webprojectegov\controller\annotation\HomeController.class]; nested exception is org.springframework.core.NestedIOException: ASM ClassReader failed to parse class file - probably due to a new Java class file version that isn't supported yet: file [C:\Dev-KCS\workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.wst.server.core\tmp7\wtpwebapps\webprojectegov\WEB-INF\classes\com\spring\webprojectegov\controller\annotation\HomeController.class]; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

at org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.findCandidateComponents(ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.java:290)

at org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.doScan(ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java:242)

at org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.parse(ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.java:84)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.parse(NamespaceHandlerSupport.java:73)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1438)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1428)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:185)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.doRegisterBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:139)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:108)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:493)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:334)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:302)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:174)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:209)

at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:180)

at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:125)

at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94)

at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130)

at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537)

at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:451)

at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:389)

at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:294)

at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:112)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:5157)

at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5680)

at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1702)

at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1692)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)