Hi, I am using spring aop along with struts2
When using older version i.e struts2.3.16.3 my aop and project works properly Here is snapshot of my dependecy tree [INFO] +- org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:jar:2.3.16.3:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.1:compile [INFO] | \- org.apache.struts:struts2-core:jar:2.3.16.3:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core:jar:2.3.16.3:compile [INFO] | | +- asm:asm:jar:3.3:compile [INFO] | | \- asm:asm-commons:jar:3.3:compile [INFO] | | \- asm:asm-tree:jar:3.3:compile [INFO] | +- org.freemarker:freemarker:jar:2.3.19:compile [INFO] | +- ognl:ognl:jar:3.0.6:compile [INFO] | | \- javassist:javassist:jar:3.11.0.GA:compile [INFO] | +- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.3.1:compile [INFO] | \- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.2:compile [INFO] +- org.apache.struts:struts2-spring-plugin:jar:2.3.16.3:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-asm:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile But same does not work when I update the struts2 to 2.3.20 [INFO] +- org.apache.struts:struts2-convention-plugin:jar:2.3.20:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.2:compile [INFO] | \- org.apache.struts:struts2-core:jar:2.3.20:compile [INFO] | +- org.apache.struts.xwork:xwork-core:jar:2.3.20:compile [INFO] | | +- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:5.0.2:compile [INFO] | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:jar:5.0.2:compile [INFO] | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:jar:5.0.2:compile [INFO] | +- org.freemarker:freemarker:jar:2.3.19:compile [INFO] | +- ognl:ognl:jar:3.0.6:compile [INFO] | | \- javassist:javassist:jar:3.11.0.GA:compile [INFO] | +- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.3.1:compile [INFO] | \- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.2:compile [INFO] +- org.apache.struts:struts2-spring-plugin:jar:2.3.20:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-asm:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:3.0.5.RELEASE:compile [INFO] | \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile As the asm library looks to be have updated to 5.0.2 *Error that I get is class net.sf.cglib.core.DebuggingClassWriter overrides final method visit* This only happens when I using aop feature of spring and error comes during runtime and not compile time. I know this should be simple library dependecy issue, but not able to solve it as cglib & asm are almost used everywhere else too. Any suggestions of how to fix this? -- *With Best Regards,* Amol Ghotankar Technical Lead M: +91 9960 980 419 <http://www.cursivetech.com>