maven - @EnableLoadTimeWeaving throws exception with Spring Boot

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I use @EnableLoadTimeWeaving with Spring Boot but getting Maven exception when the server boots up
 °ERROR§ Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.0.3.RELEASE:run (default-cli) on project api-server: Could not exec java: Application finished with exit code: 1 -> °Help 1§
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.0.3.RELEASE:run (default-cli) on project api-server: Could not exec java
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:213)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:154)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:146)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject (LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build (SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute (LifecycleStarter.java:128)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:305)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute (DefaultMaven.java:192)
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute (DefaultMaven.java:105)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute (MavenCli.java:956)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain (MavenCli.java:290)
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main (MavenCli.java:194)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0 (Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke (DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java:498)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced (Launcher.java:289)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch (Launcher.java:229)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode (Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main (Launcher.java:356)
My Spring Boot configuration is as follows 
@EnableAsync(proxyTargetClass = true)
@EnableSpringConfigured
@EnableLoadTimeWeaving
@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {MongoAutoConfiguration.class, MongoDataAutoConfiguration.class})
@ComponentScan(
  basePackageClasses = {io.skyledge.incontrol.Application.class},
  lazyInit = true
and Maven dependencies are as follows
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
  <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
  <version>1.8.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
  <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
  <version>1.8.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-instrument</artifactId>
  <version>5.1.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
                Hard to tell this way, I would like to see your MCVE on GitHub, so I can clone and run it.
– kriegaex
                Dec 12, 2018 at 1:55
                I have created sample project github.com/Qatada/spring-configurable-beans. It does not auto wire beans and the bean is null
– Qatada
                Dec 15, 2018 at 23:08
Your main problem is that you should run your application with the AspectJ weaver as a Java agent. If you also add Spring-Instrument as a second Java agent you can avoid adding the weaver to your application class as a bean explicitly, Spring will then take care of it. As you have to modify the command line anyway, just add both agents:
-javaagent:/path/to/spring-instrument-5.0.9.RELEASE.jar -javaagent:/path/to/aspectjweaver-1.8.13.jar
Actually, you also do not need @EnableAspectJAutoProxy (despite the name only used for Spring AOP) because you already use @EnableLoadTimeWeaving (for AspectJ LTW).
In order to avoid an error message about "circular view path" later, you should also add a @ResponseBody annotation to your greeting method:
public @ResponseBody String greeting(...)
I also recomment to add the resource file META-INF/aop.xml in order to avoid lots of error messages due to aspects being applied to all sorts of Spring and 3rd party code and to be able to more exactly tell AspectJ what to weave, what to log etc. With this configuration in your project...
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- AspectJ load-time weaving config file with Spring aspects -->
<aspectj>
  <!--<weaver options="-verbose -showWeaveInfo -Xlint:ignore">-->
  <weaver options="-showWeaveInfo -Xlint:ignore">
    <include within="example..*"/>
  </weaver>
  <!-- It also works if you omit this section -->
  <aspects>
    <aspect name="org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect"/>
    <aspect name="org.springframework.scheduling.aspectj.AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspect"/>
    <aspect name="org.springframework.transaction.aspectj.AnnotationTransactionAspect"/>
    <aspect name="org.springframework.cache.aspectj.AnnotationCacheAspect"/>
  </aspects>
</aspectj>
... I am getting this kind of log output:
[AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] warning javax.* types are not being woven because the weaver option '-Xset:weaveJavaxPackages=true' has not been specified
  .   ____          _            __ _ _
 /\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __  __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
 \\/  ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| |  ) ) ) )
  '  |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
 =========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
 :: Spring Boot ::        (v2.0.5.RELEASE)
2018-12-16 09:54:23.804  INFO 5784 --- [           main] example.Application                      : Starting Application on Xander-Ultrabook with PID 5784 (C:\Users\alexa\Documents\java-src\SO_AJ_SpringConfigurableBeans\target\classes started by alexa in C:\Users\alexa\Documents\java-src\SO_AJ_SpringConfigurableBeans)
2018-12-16 09:54:23.804  INFO 5784 --- [           main] example.Application                      : No active profile set, falling back to default profiles: default
2018-12-16 09:54:23.867  INFO 5784 --- [           main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext@7c83dc97: startup date [Sun Dec 16 09:54:23 ICT 2018]; root of context hierarchy
2018-12-16 09:54:24.659  INFO 5784 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat initialized with port(s): 8080 (http)
2018-12-16 09:54:24.674  INFO 5784 --- [           main] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService   : Starting service [Tomcat]
2018-12-16 09:54:24.674  INFO 5784 --- [           main] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine  : Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/8.5.34
(...)
2018-12-16 09:54:25.049  INFO 5784 --- [           main] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/greeting],methods=[GET]}" onto public java.lang.String example.GreetingController.greeting(java.lang.String,org.springframework.ui.Model)
(...)
2018-12-16 09:54:25.315  INFO 5784 --- [           main] o.s.b.w.embedded.tomcat.TomcatWebServer  : Tomcat started on port(s): 8080 (http) with context path ''
2018-12-16 09:54:25.315  INFO 5784 --- [           main] example.Application                      : Started Application in 1.848 seconds (JVM running for 3.272)
2018-12-16 10:10:39.050  INFO 5784 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/]       : Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet'
2018-12-16 10:10:39.051  INFO 5784 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet': initialization started
2018-12-16 10:10:39.066  INFO 5784 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet        : FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet': initialization completed in 15 ms
[AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] weaveinfo Extending interface set for type 'example.PrintDelegator' (PrintDelegator.java) to include 'org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.ConfigurableObject' (AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect.aj)
[AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] weaveinfo Join point 'initialization(void org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.ConfigurableObject.<init>())' in Type 'example.PrintDelegator' (PrintDelegator.java:7) advised by before advice from 'org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect' (AbstractDependencyInjectionAspect.aj:77) [with runtime test]
[AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] weaveinfo Join point 'initialization(void org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.ConfigurableObject.<init>())' in Type 'example.PrintDelegator' (PrintDelegator.java:7) advised by afterReturning advice from 'org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect' (AbstractDependencyInjectionAspect.aj:86) [with runtime test]
[AppClassLoader@18b4aac2] weaveinfo Join point 'initialization(void example.PrintDelegator.<init>())' in Type 'example.PrintDelegator' (PrintDelegator.java:7) advised by afterReturning advice from 'org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect' (AbstractDependencyInjectionAspect.aj:86) [with runtime test]
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