I fixed this by changing the version of aspectj to the one referenced by the spring poms.

Make it clearer this is not just an IcedTea / OpenJDK issue

Full exception stack trace, sorry:

Executing command: /opt/opennms/bin/runjava -r – -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/opennms/lib/endorsed -Dopennms.home=/opt/opennms -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=18980 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Xmx256m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -jar /opt/opennms/lib/opennms_bootstrap.jar start
[DEBUG] System property 'opennms.library.jicmp6' set to '/usr/lib64/libjicmp6.so. Attempting to load jicmp6 library from this location.
[INFO] Successfully loaded jicmp6 library.
An error occurred while attempting to start the "OpenNMS:Name=Capsd" service (class org.opennms.netmgt.capsd.jmx.Capsd). Shutting down and exiting.
javax.management.RuntimeMBeanException: org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BootstrapException: Unable to return specified BeanFactory instance: factory key [capsdContext], from group with resource name [classpath*:beanRefContext.xml]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'capsdContext' defined in URL [jar:file:/opt/opennms/lib/opennms-services-1.9.90-SNAPSHOT.jar!/beanRefContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#5851c387' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.rethrow(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:839)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.rethrowMaybeMBeanException(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:852)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:821)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:791)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Invoker.invoke(Invoker.java:324)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Invoker.invokeMethods(Invoker.java:247)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Starter.start(Starter.java:245)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Starter.startDaemon(Starter.java:116)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Controller.start(Controller.java:190)
at org.opennms.netmgt.vmmgr.Controller.main(Controller.java:162)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at org.opennms.bootstrap.Bootstrap$3.run(Bootstrap.java:346)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BootstrapException: Unable to return specified BeanFactory instance: factory key [capsdContext], from group with resource name [classpath*:beanRefContext.xml]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'capsdContext' defined in URL [jar:file:/opt/opennms/lib/opennms-services-1.9.90-SNAPSHOT.jar!/beanRefContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#5851c387' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.useBeanFactory(SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.java:409)
at org.opennms.core.utils.BeanUtils.getBeanFactory(BeanUtils.java:51)
at org.opennms.core.utils.BeanUtils.getFactory(BeanUtils.java:93)
at org.opennms.netmgt.daemon.AbstractSpringContextJmxServiceDaemon.init(AbstractSpringContextJmxServiceDaemon.java:97)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.StandardMBeanIntrospector.invokeM2(StandardMBeanIntrospector.java:111)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.StandardMBeanIntrospector.invokeM2(StandardMBeanIntrospector.java:45)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MBeanIntrospector.invokeM(MBeanIntrospector.java:235)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.PerInterface.invoke(PerInterface.java:138)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MBeanSupport.invoke(MBeanSupport.java:250)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819)
... 13 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'capsdContext' defined in URL [jar:file:/opt/opennms/lib/opennms-services-1.9.90-SNAPSHOT.jar!/beanRefContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#5851c387' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1003)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:907)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:485)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:194)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1079)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.useBeanFactory(SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.java:397)
... 26 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#5851c387' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:141)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:108)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:280)
... 36 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#5851c387' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:281)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:120)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyPropertyValues(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1325)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1086)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:288)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:580)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:895)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:425)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:105)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:126)
... 38 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#5851c387': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:527)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBean(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:270)
... 57 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler
at org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParser.parsePointcutExpression(PointcutParser.java:317)
at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.buildPointcutExpression(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:195)
at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.checkReadyToMatch(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:181)
at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut.getClassFilter(AspectJExpressionPointcut.java:162)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.canApply(AopUtils.java:200)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.canApply(AopUtils.java:254)
at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.findAdvisorsThatCanApply(AopUtils.java:286)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findAdvisorsThatCanApply(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:117)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findEligibleAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:87)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.getAdvicesAndAdvisorsForBean(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:68)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.wrapIfNecessary(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:359)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:322)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:407)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1426)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:519)
... 59 more

I'm seeing the same issue with a very recent 1.10-branch snapshot build on a Fedora 15 x86_64 system with the Sun / Oracle JDK release 1.7.0:

[jeffg@flyingfox opennms-1.10]$ /usr/java/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java -version
java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

Bumping severity to Major since this JDK is now released. Probably should consider making this a blocker for 1.10, even if the resolution is to blacklist this particular JVM in runjava.

I get the same result with the official java 1.7 distro from sun:
rpmquery jdk
jdk-1.7.0-fcs.x86_64

Executing command: /opt/opennms/bin/runjava -r – -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/opt/opennms/lib/endorsed -Dopennms.home=/opt/opennms -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=18980 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Xmx256m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -jar /opt/opennms/lib/opennms_bootstrap.jar start
An error occurred while attempting to start the "OpenNMS:Name=Capsd" service (class org.opennms.netmgt.capsd.jmx.Capsd). Shutting down and exiting.
javax.management.RuntimeMBeanException: org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BootstrapException: Unable to return specified BeanFactory instance: factory key [capsdContext], from group with resource name [classpath*:beanRefContext.xml]; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'capsdContext' defined in URL [jar:file:/opt/opennms/lib/opennms-services-1.9.8.jar!/beanRefContext.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'xmlRpcNotifier' defined in class path resource [META-INF/opennms/applicationContext-capsd.xml]: Cannot create inner bean 'util:property-path#74e7fea0' of type [org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPathFactoryBean] while setting bean property 'xmlRpcEnabled'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'util:property-path#74e7fea0': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: error at ::0 can't find referenced pointcut capsdEventHandler