title: Spring Tool Suite - org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
body: <p>When launching Spring Tool Suite in Ubuntu 16.10 it fails loading the application with error log as below.</p>
  
  <p>I could find something related to this bug <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=493761" rel="nofollow">here</a> but even after adding </p>
  
  <pre><code>--add-modules=java.se.ee
  -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
  -Xms256m
  -Xmx1024m
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>in <code>sts.ini</code> the issue remains same.</p>
  
  <pre><code>!SESSION 2016-10-11 08:22:11.876
  ----------------------------------------------- 
  eclipse.buildId=3.8.2.201610040743-RELEASE-e46
  java.version=9-Ubuntu
  java.vendor=Oracle Corporation 
  BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_IN 
  Framework arguments: -product org.springsource.sts.ide 
  Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 -product org.springsource.sts.ide 
  
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2016-10-11 08:23:34.105 
  !MESSAGE Application error 
  !STACK 1
  org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:386)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:294)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:162)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultHeadlessContext(E4Application.java:490)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultContext(E4Application.java:504)
      at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:203)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:626)
      at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:604)
      at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:148)
      at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:138)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
      at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
      at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(java.base@9-Ubuntu/Native Method)
      at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.base@9-Ubuntu/NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(java.base@9-Ubuntu/DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(java.base@9-Ubuntu/Method.java:535)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:673)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:610)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1519)
      at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1492)
  Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:151)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:375)
      ... 23 more
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.annotation.PostConstruct cannot be found by org.eclipse.e4.core.di_1.6.1.v20160712-0927
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:410)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:372)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:364)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:161)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.base@9-Ubuntu/ClassLoader.java:419)
      ... 25 more
  
  !ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2016-10-11 08:23:34.134
  !MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
  !STACK 0
  java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PreDestroy
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.disposed(InjectorImpl.java:426)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.Requestor.disposed(Requestor.java:154)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.ContextObjectSupplier$ContextInjectionListener.update(ContextObjectSupplier.java:78)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.TrackableComputationExt.update(TrackableComputationExt.java:111)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.TrackableComputationExt.handleInvalid(TrackableComputationExt.java:74)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.EclipseContext.dispose(EclipseContext.java:176)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.osgi.EclipseContextOSGi.dispose(EclipseContextOSGi.java:106)
      at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.osgi.EclipseContextOSGi.bundleChanged(EclipseContextOSGi.java:139)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:903)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEventPrivileged(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:213)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:120)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:112)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxContainerAdaptor.publishModuleEvent(EquinoxContainerAdaptor.java:156)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.publishEvent(Module.java:476)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStop(Module.java:634)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.stop(Module.java:498)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.container.SystemModule.stop(SystemModule.java:202)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$SystemBundle$EquinoxSystemModule$1.run(EquinoxBundle.java:165)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(java.base@9-Ubuntu/Thread.java:843)
  Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.annotation.PreDestroy cannot be found by org.eclipse.e4.core.di_1.6.1.v20160712-0927
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:410)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:372)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:364)
      at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:161)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(java.base@9-Ubuntu/ClassLoader.java:419)
      ... 21 more
  </code></pre>
  
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