Problem using <aop:config>

[jayaramanettar]

Hello,

I have a simple applicationContext file shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans>
<bean id="testBean" class="test.TestBeanImpl"></bean>
<aop:config>
</aop:config>
</beans>

When I load this application context, I get the following exception:

29-Oct-2008 18:01:59 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@1c1ea29: display name [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@1c1ea29]; startup date [Wed Oct 29 18:01:59 GMT 2008]; root of context hierarchy
29-Oct-2008 18:01:59 org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [app.xml]
29-Oct-2008 18:02:00 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext obtainFreshBeanFactory
INFO: Bean factory for application context [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@1c1ea29]: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@16546ef
29-Oct-2008 18:02:00 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext$BeanPostProcessorChecker postProcessAfterInitialization
INFO: Bean 'org.springframework.aop.config.internalAutoProxyCreator' is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
29-Oct-2008 18:02:00 org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
INFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@16546ef: defining beans [aBean,org.springframework.aop.config.internalAutoProxyCreator]; root of factory hierarchy
29-Oct-2008 18:02:00 org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry destroySingletons
INFO: Destroying singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@16546ef: defining beans [aBean,org.springframework.aop.config.internalAutoProxyCreator]; root of factory hierarchy
Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'aBean' defined in class path resource [app.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.determineConstructor(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;
Caused by: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.determineConstructor(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.determineConstructorFromBeanPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:741)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:714)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:386)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:249)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:155)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:246)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:160)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:291)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:352)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:122)
    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:66)
    at test.Test.main(Test.java:10)

If I remove <aop:config> tag, I don't get the error (in that case, there will be nothing left in the application context !)

I am using Spring framework 2.5.5.

Could you please let me know what is the problem ?

[sripathiacharya]

Hi Jayarama,

I've faced the same problem in the past, this could be any issue with the JAR file imports. Please make sure you give priority to Spring JARs in the classpath. Hope it helps.

Regards,
Sripathi

[jayaramanettar]

Hi Sripathi,

That resolved the problem. Thanks for the quick response.

[guillermodl]

it's seeems that you are using a wrong version of aspectjweaver.jar