Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException: The matching wildcard is strict, but no declaration can be found for element 'tx:annotation-driven'.

Solution:

Add this dependency in you pom.xml file, If you are using jar in your application then add jsr for same.

        <dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>