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

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
 		<relativePath>../</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
+	<!-- Added in order to produce ApplicationContextException -->
+	<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/MainClass.java

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.applicationcontextexception;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainClass {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        new SpringApplicationBuilder(MainClass.class).web(WebApplicationType.NONE).run(args);
+    }
+}

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
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MainEntryPoint {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(MainEntryPoint.class, args);
+    }
+
+}