BeanDefinitionStoreException Failed to read candidate component class

Question

Can someone tell me how to solve this issue?

I have narrowed down the problem to the pom.xml file. My project works but when I add the following dependency I get an

Answer 1

I am using spring 3.2.3.RELEASE.When i changed the jdk.version 1.8 to 1.6 in maven compiler plug-in it started working

        org.apache.maven.plugins
        maven-compiler-plugin
        2.3.2
        
            ${jdk.version}
            ${jdk.version}