NoSuchFieldError: DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLASS on Citrus Simulator WS project - spring-boot

Question

I'm getting this exception when running a fresh generated project using the Maven archetype org.citrusframework.archetypes:citrus-simulator-archetype-ws (Archetype for Citrus SOAP simulator).
I tried whit both 2.1.1 and 2.1.0 versions with the same result:
2022-07-07 10:19:40.718 WARN 3113 --- [ main] ConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to process import candidates for configuration class [com.consol.citrus.config.CitrusSpringConfig]; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLASS
2022-07-07 10:19:40.734 INFO 3113 --- [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2022-07-07 10:19:40.829 ERROR 3113 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application run failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to process import candidates for configuration class [com.consol.citrus.config.CitrusSpringConfig]; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DEFAULT_CONFIG_CLASS
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processImports(ConfigurationClassParser.java:610) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.doProcessConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:311) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassParser.processConfigurationClass(ConfigurationClassParser.java:250) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
I tried to find mixed versions of the spring jars in the dependencies tree with no success. This is the generated pom.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.example.simulator</groupId>
<artifactId>ws-simulator</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Citrus SOAP Simulator</name>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<java.version>11</java.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<citrus.version>3.1.0</citrus.version>
<citrus.simulator.version>2.1.1</citrus.simulator.version>
<spring.boot.version>2.5.4</spring.boot.version>
<testng.version>7.3.0</testng.version>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Citrus Simulator -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.citrusframework</groupId>
<artifactId>citrus-simulator-starter</artifactId>
<version>${citrus.simulator.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.citrusframework</groupId>
<artifactId>citrus-simulator-ui</artifactId>
<version>${citrus.simulator.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Citrus -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.consol.citrus</groupId>
<artifactId>citrus-ws</artifactId>
<version>${citrus.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>${testng.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.22.2</version>
<configuration>
<failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>integration-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<classifier>executable</classifier>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>pre-integration-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>post-integration-test</id>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
I tried using java 17 at first and switched to java 11 which is the target version in the pom, but nothing changed.
Any ideas where may be the conflict?

Answer 1

It seems like you need to upgrade the citrus dependencies. (Upgrade Citurs Version to 3.2.1)
See as reference https://github.com/Malyky/citrusSoapSimulator