Spring 5.0.3 dependencies issue - spring

Question

after upgrading to spring 5.0.3 I have the following issue:
09:25:29,141 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 175) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./chatservice: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.undertow.deployment.default-server.default-host./chatservice: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to instantiate WebApplicationInitializer class
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService$1.run(UndertowDeploymentService.java:84)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:320)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to instantiate WebApplicationInitializer class
at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:241)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService.startContext(UndertowDeploymentService.java:99)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentService$1.run(UndertowDeploymentService.java:81)
... 6 more
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: Failed to instantiate WebApplicationInitializer class
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:158)
at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl$1.call(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:192)
at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl$1.call(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:174)
at io.undertow.servlet.core.ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction$1.call(ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction.java:42)
at io.undertow.servlet.core.ContextClassLoaderSetupAction$1.call(ContextClassLoaderSetupAction.java:43)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(SecurityContextThreadSetupAction.java:105)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1508)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1508)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1508)
at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.UndertowDeploymentInfoService$UndertowThreadSetupAction.lambda$create$0(UndertowDeploymentInfoService.java:1508)
at io.undertow.servlet.core.DeploymentManagerImpl.deploy(DeploymentManagerImpl.java:239)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.accessibleConstructor(Ljava/lang/Class;[Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;
at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:155)
... 18 more
output log error
my pom.xml depedencies structure I added the new spinrg request for version 5.0.3
<properties>
<endorsed.dir>target/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
</properties>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.spec</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-javaee-7.0</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0.Final</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.39</version> </dependency> -->
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<version>42.1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>5.0.7.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>5.2.3.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>5.2.1.Final</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0.Final</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
<artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.mail</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.mail-api</artifactId>
<version>1.5.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-asm</artifactId>
<version>3.1.4.RELEASE</version> </dependency> -->
<!--dependency> <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId> <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
<version>1.8.9</version> </dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
<version>5.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>5.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>5.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
<version>5.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>5.0.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!--dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
<version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId> <version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency > <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId> <version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-taglibs</artifactId> <version>5.0.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.3.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- dependency> <groupId>commons-logging</groupId> <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.3</version> </dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
<version>1.9.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- dependency> <groupId>commons-codec</groupId> <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
<version>1.9</version> </dependency -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-jxpath</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-jxpath</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-jexl</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-vfs2</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xml-resolver</groupId>
<artifactId>xml-resolver</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId> <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.13</version> </dependency> -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>3.15</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.lowagie</groupId>
<artifactId>itext</artifactId>
<version>2.1.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
<version>1.3.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- dependency> <groupId>org.opensmpp</groupId> <artifactId>opensmpp-sim</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.opensmpp</groupId>
<artifactId>opensmpp-client</arifactId> <version>3.0.0</version> </dependency -->
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jsoup/jsoup -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
<artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
<version>1.10.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
<artifactId>activemq-all</artifactId>
<version>5.15.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.jms/javax.jms-api> <dependency>
<groupId>javax.jms</groupId> <artifactId>javax.jms-api</artifactId> <version>2.0</version>
</dependency -->
</dependencies>
I also check for older jar libraries to be sure that there is no compatibilite issue.
Also followebd the api structure of the spring-core https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/web/WebApplicationInitializer.html

Answer 1

A java.lang.NoSuchMethodError means that the class org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils could be found but that it does not have a method with the signature accessibleConstructor(Ljava/lang/Class;[Ljava/lang/Class;)Ljava/lang/reflect/Constructor;.
The javadoc says that this method was introduced with Spring 5.0. Hence, it should be available in your spring-core dependency.
The spring-core dependency is also listed when issuing mvn dependency:tree (here just the relevant snippet) and it has a version >5.0 (here 5.0.3.RELEASE):
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context-support:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
The only conclusion is that Wilfly finds an older version. Either in your war/ear or as a module inside $JBOSS_HOME/modules. Please double-check that you cannot find a version of spring-core.jar with version < 5.0.