AspectJExpressionPointcut Exception with version 2.2.1 and higher

[coli-21]

Hello!

In our Jakarta EE 10 environment (JDK 17, WebSphere Liberty 24.0.0.9, Spring 6.1.5, Maven ...), we have been using KeePassJava2 version 2.1.4. We now want to upgrade KeePassJava2 to version 2.2.1/2.2.2 because our users create kdbx databases with the KeePass Client 2.57.1, which apparently cannot be read with KeePassJava2 v2.1.4. However, when starting our WebSphere Liberty server, the following message is written to our server log multiple times. We already have dependencies on aspectjtools and spring-tx in the latest version.

org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut -- Failed to create fallback PointcutExpression java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error Type referred to is not an annotation type: org$springframework$transaction$annotation$Transactional at org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParser.parsePointcutExpression(PointcutParser.java:301) at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.buildPointcutExpression(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:223) at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.getFallbackPointcutExpression(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:400) at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.getShadowMatch(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:467) at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.getTargetShadowMatch(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:446) at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.matches(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:291) at org.springframework.aop.support.MethodMatchers.matches(MethodMatchers.java:111) at org.springframework.aop.support.MethodMatchers$IntersectionIntroductionAwareMethodMatcher.matches(MethodMatchers.java:350) at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.canApply(AopUtils.java:258) at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.canApply(AopUtils.java:295) at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.findAdvisorsThatCanApply(AopUtils.java:327) at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findAdvisorsThatCanApply(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:128) at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findEligibleAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:97) at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.getAdvicesAndAdvisorsForBean(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:78) at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.wrapIfNecessary(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:366) at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:318) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:438) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.postProcessObjectFromFactoryBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1907) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:139) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1819) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1276) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:259) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:365) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:135) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1685) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1434) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:599) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:522) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:326) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:324) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200) at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:254) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1443) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1353) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredMethodElement.resolveMethodArguments(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:887) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredMethodElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:848) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:145) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessProperties(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:508) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1419) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:599) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:522) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:326) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:324) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200) at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:254) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1443) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1353) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.resolveFieldValue(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:784) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:767) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:145) at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessProperties(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:508) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1419) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:599) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:522) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:326) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:234) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:324) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:975) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:962) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:624) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:394) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:274) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:102) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp.java:2464) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer31.osgi.webapp.WebApp31.notifyServletContextCreated(WebApp31.java:512) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:1062) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.initialize(WebApp.java:6722) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApp(DynamicVirtualHost.java:484) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.DynamicVirtualHost.startWebApplication(DynamicVirtualHost.java:479) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startWebApplication(WebContainer.java:1208) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.osgi.WebContainer.startModule(WebContainer.java:988) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.ModuleHandlerBase.deployModule(ModuleHandlerBase.java:101) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedModuleInfoImpl.installModule(DeployedModuleInfoImpl.java:51) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.SimpleDeployedAppInfoBase.deployModules(SimpleDeployedAppInfoBase.java:600) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.SimpleDeployedAppInfoBase.installApp(SimpleDeployedAppInfoBase.java:514) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.module.internal.DeployedAppInfoBase.deployApp(DeployedAppInfoBase.java:625) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.ear.internal.EARApplicationHandlerImpl.install(EARApplicationHandlerImpl.java:79) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.StartAction.execute(StartAction.java:199) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.enterState(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:1369) at com.ibm.ws.app.manager.internal.statemachine.ApplicationStateMachineImpl.run(ApplicationStateMachineImpl.java:912) at com.ibm.ws.threading.internal.ExecutorServiceImpl$RunnableWrapper.run(ExecutorServiceImpl.java:298) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:857)

[jorabin-sense]

Hiya

I don't see anywhere in this stack trace that an error is being thrown by KeePassJava2 software, am I missing something?

Could this be a configuration error unrelated to KeePassJava2?

thanks

[coli-21]

Hi jorabin,

thank you for your quick response! Unfortunately, I cannot rule out the possibility of a configuration error. The strange thing is that the error message appears as soon as KeePassJava2 is upgraded to version 2.2.1. I was hoping that one of the developers might have an immediate idea. Perhaps my issue would be better suited on stackoverflow.com?

[jorabin]

I have little experience with your environment, but it looks to me as though it's complaining about not being able to find an annotation type Transactional.

As a matter of interest, why are you using KeePassJava2 2.2.1 rather than 2.2.2? And fwiw 2.2.3 is on its way ... unless this Issue shows that there is something that could be fixed in that release ...

[coli-21]

Currently, we are using KeePassJava2 version 2.1.4 because we encountered the aforementioned error message with versions 2.2.1 and 2.2.2.

To be able to build with Maven at all, we also had to explicitly name the following two artifacts

                <exclude>org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api</exclude>
                <exclude>com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core</exclude>

in the maven-enforcer-plugin, as there were complaints about different versions in the dependencies within pwdb:

[jorabin]

It looks like your maven dependency might be on the -all module, whereas you need to depend only on -jackson if that's the one you are using (recommended). So the question is which implementation are you using? Or to put it another way, when you load the database are you doing this:

  Database database = JacksonDatabase.load(credentials, inputStream)

which is the recommended implementation going forward and will be the only one, soon.

And your Maven dependency would look like:

  <groupId>org.linguafranca.pwdb</groupId>
  <artifactId>KeePassJava2-jackson</artifactId>
  <version>2.2.2</version>

to remove the conflict with simple. TBH I wasn't aware of the dependency mismatch but as mentioned elsewhere, the simple implementation is history so suggest you adjust your dependencies and the database load code and see where that gets you.

It would be good to hear how you get on.