spring-boot: Error after upgrade to SB 1.4.2 - java.io.FileNotFoundException: JAR entry !/META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider

Hi,

After upgrading from Spring Boot 1.4.1 to 1.4.2 i get an error which seems to be a strange combination of injecting a LocalValidatorFactoryBean with a @FilterRegistrationBean definition.

@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringDevtoolsIssueApplication {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		SpringApplication.run(SpringDevtoolsIssueApplication.class, args);
	}

	@Autowired
	private org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator;

	@Bean
	public LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator() {
		return new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
	}

	@Bean
	public FilterRegistrationBean create() {
		FilterRegistrationBean bean = new FilterRegistrationBean();
       . . . . . 

This error only occurs running standalone. Very odd. The error occurs on Linux / Windows and Mac.

I’ve managed to simplify and recreate the issue on bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/davidmelia/spring-boot-validation-error (mvn clean install and run start.sh)

If you downgrade tomcat to 8.5.5 in the war pom.xml the problem goes away and I think it’s related to the Tomcat 8.5.6 bugfix https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60087

The error is

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'validator' defined in com.example.SpringDevtoolsIssueApplication: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.util.ServiceConfigurationError: javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider: Error reading configuration file
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1583) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:482) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:207) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1131) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1059) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:589) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        ... 35 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.util.ServiceConfigurationError: javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider: Error reading configuration file
        at java.util.ServiceLoader.fail(ServiceLoader.java:232) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader.parse(ServiceLoader.java:309) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader.access$200(ServiceLoader.java:185) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNextService(ServiceLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:393) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.hasNext(ServiceLoader.java:474) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at javax.validation.Validation$GetValidationProviderListAction.loadProviders(Validation.java:354) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/:na]
        at javax.validation.Validation$GetValidationProviderListAction.run(Validation.java:329) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/:na]
        at javax.validation.Validation$GetValidationProviderListAction.getValidationProviderList(Validation.java:316) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/:na]
        at javax.validation.Validation$DefaultValidationProviderResolver.getValidationProviders(Validation.java:299) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/:na]
        at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:257) ~[validation-api-1.1.0.Final.jar!/:na]
        at org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.java:248) ~[spring-context-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1642) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1579) ~[spring-beans-4.3.4.RELEASE.jar!/:4.3.4.RELEASE]
        ... 45 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: JAR entry !/META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider not found in /var/folders/2b/kfywdyt92x5dhdb11335m4bc0000gn/T/jar_cache3414609321058860736.tmp
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.connect(JarURLConnection.java:142) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at sun.net.www.protocol.jar.JarURLConnection.getInputStream(JarURLConnection.java:150) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1038) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        at java.util.ServiceLoader.parse(ServiceLoader.java:304) ~[na:1.8.0_51]
        ... 57 common frames omitted

Thanks