Unable to run Grails project using Spring Security Core in GGTS on Windows 7

Question

I’m new to Grails and I’m trying desperately to get the Spring Security plugin to run. I added the following line to my project’s BuildConfig.groovy:

plugins{
    ... 
    compile ":spring-security-core:1.2.7.3" 
    ...
}

Then I tried to install the plugin via the install-plugin command. No matter which way I choose, I cannot launch the project now that I’ve run the s2-quickstart script (which creates the Spring Security domain classes and controllers).

I’m using PostgreSQL as a database and running Groovy/Grails Tool Suite on Windows 7, with Grails version 2.2.1.

This is the error message:

| Loading Grails 2.2.1
| Configuring classpath.
| Environment set to development.....
| Packaging Grails application....
| Compiling 7 source files.....
| Running Grails application

Configuring Spring Security Core ...
... finished configuring Spring Security Core

| Error 2013-03-29 22:15:17,677 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR context.GrailsContextLoader  - Error initializing the application: Error creating bean with name 'instanceTagLibraryApi': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire method: public void org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.api.TagLibraryApi.setGspTagLibraryLookup(org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.pages.TagLibraryLookup); nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gspTagLibraryLookup': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
Message: Error creating bean with name 'instanceTagLibraryApi': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire method: public void org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.api.TagLibraryApi.setGspTagLibraryLookup(org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.pages.TagLibraryLookup); nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gspTagLibraryLookup': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
    Line | Method
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by BeanCreationException: Could not autowire method: public void org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.api.TagLibraryApi.setGspTagLibraryLookup(org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.pages.TagLibraryLookup); nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gspTagLibraryLookup': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'gspTagLibraryLookup': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by BeanCreationException: Could not autowire field: private org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.LinkGenerator org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins.web.taglib.ApplicationTagLib.linkGenerator; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'grailsLinkGenerator': Post-processing failed of bean type [class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.CachingLinkGenerator] failed; nested exception is java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread
Caused by ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy26 cannot be cast to java.lang.annotation.Annotation
->>  334 | innerRun  in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
|    166 | run       in java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
|   1145 | runWorker in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor
|    615 | run       in java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker
^    722 | run . . . in java.lang.Thread

EDIT: Running the app using run-app --verbose --stacktrace results in a successful server launch, but the process does not finish in the background. After a short time, the server shuts down with an error:

run-app --verbose --stacktrace encountered a problem

timelimit was exceeded.

EDIT 2: grails -noreload run-app and grails clean followed by a grails run-app both cause the server to launch properly, but then the the server shuts down after a short time (as I explained in my first edit):

grails -noreload run-app encountered a problem

The same happens when I delete the Ivy cache in $USER/.grails/.

The information on this error is a copy of the console output:

| Loading Grails 2.2.1
| Configuring classpath.
| Environment set to development.....
| Packaging Grails application....
| Compiling 1 source files
  [groovyc] Compiling 1 source file to C:\Grails\test\target\classes
| Compiling 1 source files.....
| Running Grails application

Configuring Spring Security Core ...
... finished configuring Spring Security Core

| Server running. Browse to http://localhost:9000/test

Can you try it again with `grails run-app --verbose --stacktrace`? That would provide more information in the stacktrace. — Burt Beckwith, Mar 30 '13 at 00:16
Similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31847958/grails-app-fails-to-start-with-creation-of-bean-error (It might help someone in the future) — biniam, Apr 22 '16 at 10:00

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '13 at 17:00

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Does the app start up with reloading (spring-loaded agent) disabled?

grails -noreloading run-app

A similar problem has been reported to Grails Jira as GRAILS-9952. It would help fixing the problem if you can provide an test app that reproduces the problem. Please attach that to the jira issue.

answered Apr 03 '13 at 17:00

Lari Hotari

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GRAILS-9952 shows a workaround: delete the .slcache directory, for example "rm -rf ~/.grails/*/.slcache" – Lari Hotari Apr 11 '13 at 09:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '13 at 22:27

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I solved the problem by my own. when i ran the app out of cmd it seemed to work. the reason for this was a missmatch between the groovy compilers i installed and GGTS was using.

answered May 12 '13 at 22:27

Dominik H

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Unable to run Grails project using Spring Security Core in GGTS on Windows 7

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