Spring3.X jdk8 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

异常提示：

 javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet springMVC threw exception
     org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:504)
     org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
     org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
     org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
     org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1074)
     org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(AprEndpoint.java:2466)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2455)
     java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
     java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
     java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

 root cause

 java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
     org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
     org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
     org.springframework.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
     org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReader.<init>(SimpleMetadataReader.java:52)
     org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:80)
     org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(CachingMetadataReaderFactory.java:102)
     org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(SimpleMetadataReaderFactory.java:76)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:298)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.getImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:300)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:230)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:153)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.parse(ConfigurationClassParser.java:130)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.processConfigBeanDefinitions(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:285)
     org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java:223)
     org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:630)
     org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:461)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:652)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:600)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:666)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:519)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:460)
     org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:136)
     javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:158)
     org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:504)
     org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
     org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:950)
     org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:421)
     org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1074)
     org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:611)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(AprEndpoint.java:2466)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(AprEndpoint.java:2455)
     java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
     java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
     org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
     java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

解决办法：

一：把jdk版本换成1.7 or 1.7以下

二：使用spring 4.0RELEASE及以上版本

原文链接：http://www.cnblogs.com/suibianle/p/4730450.html