Unable to initialize MockHttpServletRequest in my unit tests - spring

Question

I am having difficulty getting my unit tests to compile and execute. I am getting the following error.
java.lang.ClassFormatError: JVMCFRE074 no Code attribute specified; class=javax/servlet/ServletInputStream, method=<init>()V, pc=0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:295)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:154)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:711)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$400(URLClassLoader.java:92)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:1159)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:314)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:594)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:743)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:711)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:325)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:690)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verifyImpl(Native Method)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.verify(J9VMInternals.java:93)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:170)
at com.bofa.ecom.olb.pipad.simulator.interceptor.SimulatorInterceptorTest.setup(SimulatorInterceptorTest.java:28)
My unit test source code
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
#RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class SimulatorInterceptorTest {
private SimulatorInterceptor simulatorInterceptor;
private MockHttpServletRequest servletRequest;
#Before
public void setup() {
this.simulatorInterceptor = new SimulatorInterceptor();
this.servletRequest = new MockHttpServletRequest();
ServletRequestAttributes requestAttributes =
new ServletRequestAttributes(this.servletRequest);
RequestContextHolder.setRequestAttributes(requestAttributes);
}
#Test
public void testTrue() {
}
}
My maven properties are given below:
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<org.springframework.version>3.1.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.10</version>
<scope>test</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
<version>1.3</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
<artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- DB dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
<version>2.3.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- HTTP Session requires javaee api. -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>6.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>17.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>