java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor

Error:

 
SEVERE: Context initialization failed
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.customizeBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:218)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4701)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5204)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5199)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
 ... 15 more
Jul 31, 2012 3:06:52 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.customizeBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:218)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:129)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467)
 at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:276)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:197)
 at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4701)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5204)
 at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext$1.call(StandardContext.java:5199)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source)
 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.asm.ClassVisitor
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1676)
 at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1521)
 ... 15 more

Solution :
Make sure, following jar file included in your class path and lib folder.

spring-asm-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar 

if you are using maven, make sure you have included dependency for spring-asm jar file

 

   org.springframework
   spring-asm
   ${org.springframework.version}
   

Note : Replace ${org.springframework.version} with version number.