Question

I am updating from Spring 3.0.5 to Spring 3.1.2 and while updating spring security core is also updated to 3.1.2 which in turn has dependency on aspectjrt (mentioned in its pom) but after updating to 3.1.2 if i generate dependency tree using

dependency:tree

it does not list aspectjrt in the tree but if i generate the same tree using version 3.0.5 aspectjrt is listed in the dependency tree.

Also, as previously mentioned I have already verified that aspectjrt dependency exists in both poms (version 3.0.5 & 3.1.2).

Since aspectjrt in not listed as a dependency my code is not compiled as it requires classes from aspectjrt.

If i explicitly inlude aspectjrt dependency in my pom my code compiles successfully.

Does anybody have any idea why this issue is occuring after updating to 3.1.2? Why aspectjrt is not inluded as a dependency after updating to 3.1.2

Is there any workaround for this or i will have to work by including aspectjrt as explict dependency in my pom.

Answer 1

I have solved the issue. This is the expected behavior as spring security core 3.0.5 aspectjrt is not optional but in spring securoty core 3.1.2 they have marked aspectjrt as optional.

So,if you are using some piece of aspectjrt in your code you will have to include aspectjrt dependency in your pom.

Hope that helps.