spring-projects/spring-boot · error · MojoFailureException

Could not invoke shutdown operation

Error message

Could not invoke shutdown operation

What it means

Error "Could not invoke shutdown operation" thrown in spring-projects/spring-boot.

Source

Thrown at build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/StartMojo.java:170

					+ ". Please make sure that no other process is using that port", ex);
		}
		catch (Exception ex) {
			throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to connect to MBean server at port " + this.jmxPort, ex);
		}
	}

	private void doWaitForSpringApplication(MBeanServerConnection connection)
			throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
		final SpringApplicationAdminClient client = new SpringApplicationAdminClient(connection, this.jmxName);
		try {
			Callable<@Nullable Boolean> isReady = () -> (client.isReady() ? true : null);
			execute(this.wait, this.maxAttempts, isReady);
		}
		catch (ReflectionException ex) {
			throw new MojoExecutionException("Unable to retrieve 'ready' attribute", ex.getCause());
		}
		catch (Exception ex) {
			throw new MojoFailureException("Could not invoke shutdown operation", ex);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Execute a task, retrying it on failure.
	 * @param <T> the result type
	 * @param wait the wait time
	 * @param maxAttempts the maximum number of attempts
	 * @param callback the task to execute (possibly multiple times). The callback should
	 * return {@code null} to indicate that another attempt should be made
	 * @return the result
	 * @throws Exception in case of execution errors
	 */
	public <T> T execute(long wait, int maxAttempts, Callable<@Nullable T> callback) throws Exception {
		getLog().debug("Waiting for spring application to start...");
		for (int i = 0; i < maxAttempts; i++) {
			T result = callback.call();
			if (result != null) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at build-plugin/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/StartMojo.java:170 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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