Spring Boot - Error creating bean with name 'requestMappingHandlerAdapter', NoSuchFieldError: defaultReader - spring

Question

I am working on a Spring Boot REST application. However, whenever I attempt to start it I receive the following error:
Error creating bean with name 'requestMappingHandlerAdapter' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration.class]: Bean instantiation via factory method failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter]: Factory method 'requestMappingHandlerAdapter' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: defaultReader
Now, from this question (and the stack), I gather it is an issue with JsonSmart and/or JsonPath as used by Jackson for conversion.
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: defaultReader
at com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonSmartJsonProvider.<init>(JsonSmartJsonProvider.java:39) ~[json-path-2.2.0.jar:2.2.0]
at com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.DefaultsImpl.jsonProvider(DefaultsImpl.java:21) ~[json-path-2.2.0.jar:2.2.0]
at com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration$ConfigurationBuilder.build(Configuration.java:231) ~[json-path-2.2.0.jar:2.2.0]
at org.springframework.data.web.JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.<init>(JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.java:72) ~[spring-data-commons-1.13.9.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.data.web.ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.initProjectionFactory(ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java:85) ~[spring-data-commons-1.13.9.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.data.web.ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.<init>(ProjectingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java:70) ~[spring-data-commons-1.13.9.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataWebConfiguration.extendMessageConverters(SpringDataWebConfiguration.java:129) ~[spring-data-commons-1.13.9.RELEASE.jar:na]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerComposite.extendMessageConverters(WebMvcConfigurerComposite.java:143) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration.extendMessageConverters(DelegatingWebMvcConfiguration.java:122) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.getMessageConverters(WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java:722) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurationSupport.requestMappingHandlerAdapter(WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java:529) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration.requestMappingHandlerAdapter(WebMvcAutoConfiguration.java:384) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.9.RELEASE.jar:1.5.9.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f44b477f.CGLIB$requestMappingHandlerAdapter$7(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.9.RELEASE.jar:1.5.9.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f44b477f$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$d3f16523.invoke(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.9.RELEASE.jar:1.5.9.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:358) ~[spring-context-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$f44b477f.requestMappingHandlerAdapter(<generated>) ~[spring-boot-autoconfigure-1.5.9.RELEASE.jar:1.5.9.RELEASE]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_40]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_40]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_40]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) ~[na:1.8.0_40]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162) ~[spring-beans-4.3.13.RELEASE.jar:4.3.13.RELEASE]
... 19 common frames omitted
I presume it may be some sort of dependency issue; however, I have made attempts at switching versions and manually bringing in dependencies (such as Spring Data) to override the starter defaults. No success. Here is my gradle file:
buildscript {
ext {
springBootVersion = '1.5.9.RELEASE'
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}")
}
}
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse'
apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
group = 'com.midamcorp'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
testCompile('junit:junit:4.11')
testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest')
compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security')
compile('org.springframework.security.oauth:spring-security-oauth2:2.2.1.RELEASE')
compile('org.springframework.security:spring-security-jwt:1.0.9.RELEASE')
compile('org.modelmapper:modelmapper:0.7.5')
compile('org.hibernate:hibernate-java8:5.0.0.Final')
compile('com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:6.1.0.jre8')
}
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Managed to fix it by going to Open Module Settings -> Dependencies and delete the Test dependency com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path