Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator#0' defined in class path resource [applicationContextFile.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator]

applicationContextFile.xml

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"  
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"  
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"   
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans   
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd   
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop   
   http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd">  
  
  <bean id="opBean" class="aspectdeclaresasaspect.Operation"></bean>
  <bean id="trackMyBean" class="aspectdeclaresasaspect.TrackOperation"></bean>
  <bean class="org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator"></bean> 
  
</beans>  

main class "Test.java"

public class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContextFile.xml");
	Operation o = (Operation) context.getBean("opBean");

	System.out.println("Calling msg.....");
	o.msg();

	System.out.println("Calling m.....");
	o.m();

	System.out.println("Calling k.....");
	o.k();
}

}

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