Spring: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication not found

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This is my pom.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>SpringBootGame</groupId>
    <artifactId>SpringBootGame</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.json</groupId>
            <artifactId>json</artifactId>
            <version>20090211</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

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


    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.8</source>
                    <target>1.8</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.0.2</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <mainClass>com.game.Main</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>

    </build>

</project>

I build my jar file by "mvn clean install" and then running the jar file extracted by: "java -jar target\SpringBootGame-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar".

Then, I get an error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication at com.game.Main.main(Main.java:15) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) ... 1 more

Do you know what is the problem?

clevertension · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-11 13:46:14Z

10

you should remove the maven-jar-plugin

modify spring-boot-maven-plugin to:

 <plugin>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
     <configuration>
         <mainClass>com.game.Main</mainClass> 
     </configuration>
 </plugin>

you can execute mvn package spring-boot:repackage to generate the executable jar

edited Aug 11, 2018 at 13:46

answered Aug 11, 2018 at 13:41

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CrazySynthax Over a year ago

In this case I get the error: "no main manifest attribute, in target\SpringBootGame-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"

clevertension Over a year ago

try mvn package spring-boot:repackage

clevertension Over a year ago

because you didn't configure the pom.xml with spring-boot-starter-parent pom, so the configuration is a little bit complicated

CrazySynthax Over a year ago

OK. How can I configure pom.xml with spring-boot-starter-parent ?

clevertension Over a year ago

you can refer to gist.github.com/clevertension/bc4206826403d410d74a74b5da7a7d0e

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ultra.deep · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-30 21:22:53Z

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I also had this problem ... There are a bug on Intellij Idea 2015 and using Gradle v4+... in shortly:

Update youre Intellij Idea to 2017 or later

answered Aug 30, 2018 at 21:22

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harshainfo · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-30 22:09:29Z

My solution was inspired by @clevertension. However, due to small differences in my plugin configuration, I decided to share if somebody would make use of it.

you should remove the maven-jar-plugin

modify spring-boot-maven-plugin to:

     <plugin>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
            <archive>
              <manifest>
                <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                <mainClass>com.game.Main</mainClass>
              </manifest>
            </archive>
        </configuration>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <goals>
                    <goal>repackage</goal>
                </goals>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>

you can execute mvn package spring-boot:repackage

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