I'm guessing that your
Java version is Java 8 but Spring version is 3. Is it? If so, use Spring 4.
Alternatively, install Java 7 as your default JRE, and continue with Spring 3.
The error from "org.springframework.asm.ClassReader" is a giveaway that it's something to do with java class file format, and sure enough it looks like asm version in spring 3 can't handle java 8 compiled classes.