Failed to start bean ‘documentationPluginsBootstrapper‘

# org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean ‘documentationPluginsBootstrapper’; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException的解决办法

首先，我的pom.xml中相关配置如下

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.7.1</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!--swagger-->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
            <version>2.9.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
            <version>2.9.2</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

此时我的spring-boot-starter版本可能与swagger版本不匹配，出现以下报错

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'documentationPluginsBootstrapper'; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException

因为Springfox使用的路径匹配是基于AntPathMatcher的，而Spring Boot 2.6.X使用的是PathPatternMatcher。

解决办法

在application.properties里配置：

spring.mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy=ANT_PATH_MATCHER

即可解决问题。