title: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
body: <pre><code>SEVERE: A child container failed during start
      java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/SpringUploa]]
          at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(Unknown Source)
          at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:917)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:871)
          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1409)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1399)
          at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
          at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
          at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
      Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost].StandardContext[/SpringUploa]]
          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
          ... 6 more
      Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/context/ApplicationContextException
          at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
          at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
          at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Unknown Source)
          at org.apache.catalina.util.Introspection.getDeclaredFields(Introspection.java:106)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadFieldsAnnotation(WebAnnotationSet.java:256)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationListenerAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:86)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.WebAnnotationSet.loadApplicationAnnotations(WebAnnotationSet.java:63)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.applicationAnnotationsConfig(ContextConfig.java:334)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:774)
          at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:305)
          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:117)
          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
          at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5065)
          at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
          ... 6 more
      Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException
          at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1305)
          at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1157)
          ... 20 more
  
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.catalina.util.SessionIdGeneratorBase createSecureRandom
  INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [129] milliseconds.
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase startInternal
  SEVERE: A child container failed during start
  java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:917)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:262)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:439)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:769)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:625)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:351)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:485)
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina].StandardHost[localhost]]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1409)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1399)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:925)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:871)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      ... 6 more
  
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
  SEVERE: The required Server component failed to start so Tomcat is unable to start.
  org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardServer[8005]]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:625)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:351)
      at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:485)
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardService[Catalina]]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:769)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      ... 7 more
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start component [StandardEngine[Catalina]]
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:154)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:439)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      ... 9 more
  Caused by: org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: A child container failed during start
      at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:925)
      at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:262)
      at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
      ... 11 more
  
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol pause
  INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol pause
  INFO: Pausing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-nio-8009"]
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService stopInternal
  INFO: Stopping service Catalina
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol destroy
  INFO: Destroying ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
  Apr 23, 2015 5:40:00 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol destroy
  SEVERE: Failed to destroy end point associated with ProtocolHandler ["http-nio-8080"]
  java.lang.NullPointerException
      at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint.releaseCaches(NioEndpoint.java:302)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My pom.xml looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"&gt;
    &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
    &lt;groupId&gt;org.krams.tutorial&lt;/groupId&gt;
    &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-poi-hibernate&lt;/artifactId&gt;
    &lt;packaging&gt;war&lt;/packaging&gt;
    &lt;version&gt;1.0.0-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
    &lt;name&gt;spring-poi-hibernate Maven Webapp&lt;/name&gt;
    &lt;url&gt;http://maven.apache.org&lt;/url&gt;
    &lt;dependencies&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;junit&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;junit&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;4.8.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
          &lt;exclusions&gt;
              &lt;exclusion&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/artifactId&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;commons-logging&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;/exclusion&gt;
          &lt;/exclusions&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;log4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;log4j&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.2.14&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-tx&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;jstl&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;jstl&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;taglibs&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;standard&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.1.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-webmvc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-aop&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-orm&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.0.5.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;commons-digester&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-digester&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;commons-collections&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;commons-collections&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.2.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.poi&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;poi&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.6&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.slf4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;slf4j-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.6.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.slf4j&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;slf4j-log4j12&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.6.1&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;cglib&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;cglib-nodep&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.hibernate&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;hibernate-annotations&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.4.0.GA&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;jboss&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;javassist&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.7.ga&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;mysql&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mysql-connector-java&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;5.1.14&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.hibernate&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;hibernate-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;3.3.2.GA&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;javax.persistence&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;persistence-api&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;1.0&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;c3p0&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;c3p0&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;0.9.1.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;type&gt;jar&lt;/type&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;compile&lt;/scope&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
    &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  
    &lt;build&gt;
      &lt;finalName&gt;spring-poi-hibernate&lt;/finalName&gt;
      &lt;plugins&gt;
        &lt;plugin&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.apache.maven.plugins&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;maven-compiler-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.3.2&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;configuration&gt;
            &lt;source&gt;1.5&lt;/source&gt;
            &lt;target&gt;1.5&lt;/target&gt;
          &lt;/configuration&gt;
        &lt;/plugin&gt;
      &lt;/plugins&gt;
    &lt;/build&gt;
  
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I am trying to run my spring-hibernate-mysql integrated project using maven, I am getting this error, </p>
  
  <p>I have installed the Maven dependencies, And it looks like there's no support for LifeCycleException kindly help me.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/D41uM.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>