HTTP Status 500 - Servlet.init() for servlet springmvc threw exception

HTTP Status 500 - Servlet.init() for servlet springmvc threw exception type Exception report message Servlet.init() for servlet springmvc threw exception description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet springmvc threw exception org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:861) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:606) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) root cause java.lang.IllegalArgumentException org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.<init>(SimpleMetadataReader.java:52) org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:80) org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:101) org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:76) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:298) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:230) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:153) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:130) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:285) org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:223) org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:630) org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:461) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:647) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:598) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:661) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:517) org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:458) org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:138) javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:212) org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103) org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:861) org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:606) org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489) java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.36 logs. Apache Tomcat/6.0.36