Following is the snippet of the pom.xml used in our project :
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>r05</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-support</artifactId>
<version>2.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>5.0.6.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
<artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
<version>6.6.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<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>
As we could see the respective versions used are Java (1.8), Jasper Reports(6.6.0) and Spring boot (2.0.3.RELEASE). Is there anything we have been missing or added extra as a dependency? Or is it the sequence of dependencies which is affecting the proper import?
Finally figured it out What's New in Spring Framework 5.x as per the documentation
Removed Packages, Classes and Methods Dropped support: Portlet, Velocity, JasperReports, XMLBeans, JDO, Guava. Recommendation: Stay on Spring Framework 4.3.x for those if needed.
Might help anyone else also. Thank you.