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

If anyone is still facing this error and is refering the getting started guide from spring.io, not using the defaut package and placing your class files under a new package did the trick for me.