BeanDefinitionStoreException Failed to read candidate component class

Question

Can someone tell me how to solve this issue?

I have narrowed down the problem to the pom.xml file. My project works but when I add the following dependency I get an

Answer 1

If anyone is still facing this error and is refering the getting started guide from spring.io, not using the defaut package and placing your class files under a new package did the trick for me.

Answer 2

You most likely have conflicting Spring dependencies on your classpath. It's probably an old spring-asm JAR.

Run mvn dependency:tree -Dincludes=:spring*:: and check for conflicts. The best way to avoid these is to put a dependency on the spring-framework-bom in your project's dependencyManagement section, as follows

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-framework-bom</artifactId>
            <version>4.0.3.RELEASE</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>

These versions are supported.