java - The type org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

Question

I am following the tutorial at spring.io to build a spring app using spring boot.

I can get the program to run perfectly on one computer. When I try on a different computer I get the following error

The type org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

I have tried deleting and adding my JRE Systems Library (JDK 1.8), as well as cleaning and updating the project using maven, and even deleting and re-importing the entire project. All of these methods have shown no success.

My pom file is

<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>

  <parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
  </parent>

  <groupId>test.api</groupId>
  <artifactId>api.test</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>api.test Maven Webapp</name>
  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

  <dependencies>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>   
  </dependencies>

   <properties>
       <java.version>1.8</java.version>
   </properties>

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

</project>

The class that is giving me the error is the HelloWorldConfiguration.java class

package hello;

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

@SpringBootApplication
public class HelloWorldConfiguration {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(HelloWorldConfiguration.class, args);
    }

}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Your Maven cache is corrupted on the second machine. The JAR can't be opened, that's why you get this exception.

You can fix that by running this command on the second machine for that project:

mvn dependency:purge-local-repository

If that doesn't work, try remove your local repo on that machine (~/.m2/repository/org/springframework) and run mvn package again.