Why/How am I getting the error: NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/aop/framework/ProxyFactory
Goal: Start up a server which supports remote access to method calls. The application doesn't fail till after all services are created. The jar is in the target/lib directory. Parent pom has the dependency: <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId> <version>${version.spring}</version> </dependency> Note: I am able to create a spring bean of type: org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory Stack Trace: 36438 [main] ERROR org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader - Context initialization failed org.springframework.beans.factory