Merge pull request #10827 from azhwani/BAEL4608

BAEL-4608: Spring Boot Error "ApplicationContextException: Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing ServletWebServerFactory bean"

spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/pom.xml

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
         <relativePath>../</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
+    <!-- Added in order to produce ApplicationContextException error -->
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <finalName>spring-boot-exceptions</finalName>
         <resources>

spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/applicationcontextexception/MainEntryPoint.java

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.applicationcontextexception;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+//Remove this annotation to produce ApplicationContextException error
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainEntryPoint {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(MainEntryPoint.class, args);
+    }
+
+}