Spring context initialization failed with java.lang.IllegalArgumentException while deploying to Apache 7.0.54 and java 8

Question

Environment: Applciation server: Apache 7.0.54 Java: \"1.8.0_05\" OS: Mac OS X 10.9.3

Libraries: Spring 3.2 REST application

Following is the error I receive

Answer 1

In my case my application runs with java8 and jetty, uses spring 3.1.4 and can't not be upgraded.

The problem appeared after the use of a lambda function inside a bean definition. Removing it solved my problem.