java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlReaderContext.getResourceLoader()Lorg/springframework/core/io/ResourceLoader - maven

Question

I am working on a Spring application on Tomcat7, JDK1.7, Maven and other components. Recently, I made a major change to the application, requiring switching over to Spring 3. After the change, I'm seeing the below exception on deploying to dev server. The application runs flawlessly on my local system though.
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet amadeusAce threw exception
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
root cause
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/amadeusAce-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlReaderContext.getResourceLoader()Lorg/springframework/core/io/ResourceLoader;
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:375)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:303)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:280)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:131)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:147)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:124)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:92)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:100)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:298)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:311)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:258)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:229)
org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:115)
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
root cause
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlReaderContext.getResourceLoader()Lorg/springframework/core/io/ResourceLoader;
org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.configureScanner(ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.java:100)
org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.parse(ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser.java:83)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.parse(NamespaceHandlerSupport.java:69)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1114)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1104)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:133)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:90)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:458)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:353)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:303)
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:280)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:131)
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:147)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:124)
org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:92)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:100)
org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:298)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.createWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:311)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(FrameworkServlet.java:258)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initServletBean(FrameworkServlet.java:229)
org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:115)
javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
I don't think there's any issue with the said xml amadeusAce-servlet.xml as well because there there is no change in the file since last deployment.
POM.xml
<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.ace.amadeus</groupId>
<artifactId>AmadeusSpring</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>Simple CXF project using spring configuration</name>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>JBoss repository</id>
<url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/deprecated/</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
<name>Java.net Repository for Maven</name>
<url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
<layout>default</layout>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>java.net2</id>
<name>Java.net</name>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/java.net2</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
<version>4.2.2</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
<version>0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-ibatis</artifactId>
<version>2.0.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springmodules</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-modules-validation</artifactId>
<version>0.8a</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-jsp</artifactId>
<version>2.0.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>taglibs</groupId>
<artifactId>standard</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>20030825.184428</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-pool</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-pool</artifactId>
<version>20030825.183949</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.ibatis</groupId>
<artifactId>ibatis-sqlmap</artifactId>
<version>2.3.4.726</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>uk.com.robust-it</groupId>
<artifactId>cloning</artifactId>
<version>1.8.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>sax</groupId>
<artifactId>sax</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Anything you can see from the above resources?? I'd absolutely love to hear from you.
Thank you.
EDIT:
As suggested in the below post, I found out the classpath from where dependencies are resolved. Results below:
file:/D:/ace-amadeus-ws/AmadeusSpring/target/classes/
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.2.2/httpclient-4.2.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.2.2/httpcore-4.2.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.1/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/javax/ws/rs/jsr311-api/0.2/jsr311-api-0.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/com/sun/jersey/jersey-server/1.8/jersey-server-1.8.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws/2.1.3/cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-jaxws_2.1_spec/1.0/geronimo-jaxws_2.1_spec-1.0.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-activation_1.1_spec/1.0.2/geronimo-activation_1.1_spec-1.0.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/asm/asm/2.2.3/asm-2.2.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-api/2.1.3/cxf-api-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-common-utilities/2.1.3/cxf-common-utilities-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec/1.0.1/geronimo-stax-api_1.0_spec-1.0.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/wsdl4j/wsdl4j/1.6.2/wsdl4j-1.6.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/xml-resolver/xml-resolver/1.2/xml-resolver-1.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/ws/commons/schema/XmlSchema/1.4.2/XmlSchema-1.4.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-annotation_1.0_spec/1.1.1/geronimo-annotation_1.0_spec-1.1.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/woodstox/wstx-asl/3.2.6/wstx-asl-3.2.6.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/neethi/neethi/2.0.4/neethi-2.0.4.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-common-schemas/2.1.3/cxf-common-schemas-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-core/2.1.3/cxf-rt-core-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-impl/2.1.7/jaxb-impl-2.1.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec/1.3/geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec-1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/fastinfoset/FastInfoset/1.2.2/FastInfoset-1.2.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-bindings-soap/2.1.3/cxf-rt-bindings-soap-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-tools-common/2.1.3/cxf-tools-common-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/velocity/velocity/1.5/velocity-1.5.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-xjc/2.1.7/jaxb-xjc-2.1.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/geronimo/specs/geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec/1.1.2/geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec-1.1.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-databinding-jaxb/2.1.3/cxf-rt-databinding-jaxb-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/javax/xml/bind/jaxb-api/2.1/jaxb-api-2.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-bindings-xml/2.1.3/cxf-rt-bindings-xml-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-frontend-simple/2.1.3/cxf-rt-frontend-simple-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-ws-addr/2.1.3/cxf-rt-ws-addr-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/javax/xml/soap/saaj-api/1.3/saaj-api-1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/messaging/saaj/saaj-impl/1.3.2/saaj-impl-1.3.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-rt-transports-http/2.1.3/cxf-rt-transports-http-2.1.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-web/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-web-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/aopalliance/aopalliance/1.0/aopalliance-1.0.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-beans/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-beans-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-context/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-context-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-core/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-core-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-webmvc/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-webmvc-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-asm/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-asm-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-context-support/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-context-support-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-expression/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-expression-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-ibatis/2.0.8/spring-ibatis-2.0.8.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-dao/2.0.8/spring-dao-2.0.8.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-jdbc/2.0.8/spring-jdbc-2.0.8.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-aop/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-aop-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring-aspects/3.0.5.RELEASE/spring-aspects-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springmodules/spring-modules-validation/0.8a/spring-modules-validation-0.8a.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.2/commons-lang-2.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-collections/commons-collections/3.1/commons-collections-3.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-validator/commons-validator/1.3.0/commons-validator-1.3.0.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/oro/oro/2.0.8/oro-2.0.8.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/xml-apis/xml-apis/1.0.b2/xml-apis-1.0.b2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-beanutils/commons-beanutils/1.7.0/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-digester/commons-digester/1.7/commons-digester-1.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/antlr/antlr/2.7.6/antlr-2.7.6.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/springframework/spring/2.0.3/spring-2.0.3.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/rhino/js/1.6R2/js-1.6R2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/tiles/tiles-jsp/2.0.7/tiles-jsp-2.0.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/tiles/tiles-core/2.0.7/tiles-core-2.0.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/tiles/tiles-api/2.0.7/tiles-api-2.0.7.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-logging/commons-logging-api/1.1/commons-logging-api-1.1.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/javax/servlet/servlet-api/2.4/servlet-api-2.4.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/javax/servlet/jstl/1.1.2/jstl-1.1.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/taglibs/standard/1.1.2/standard-1.1.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-dbcp/commons-dbcp/20030825.184428/commons-dbcp-20030825.184428.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-pool/commons-pool/20030825.183949/commons-pool-20030825.183949.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/apache/ibatis/ibatis-sqlmap/2.3.4.726/ibatis-sqlmap-2.3.4.726.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.6/mysql-connector-java-5.1.6.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/uk/com/robust-it/cloning/1.8.2/cloning-1.8.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/org/objenesis/objenesis/1.2/objenesis-1.2.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/commons-io/commons-io/2.4/commons-io-2.4.jar
file:/C:/Users/pc/.m2/repository/sax/sax/2.0.1/sax-2.0.1.jar

Answer 1

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError occur if there is some issue with the jar loaded. I think that on the system that you are trying to run this code on, has CLASSPATH set to some path which is loading the older version of the jar. Use the following code to find out the paths from where the ClassLoader is resolving the dependencies
public static void main(String[] args) {
URLClassLoader classLoader = (URLClassLoader)Main.class.getClassLoader();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(classLoader.getURLs()));
}
Put this method in Main class and execute it in the system that is giving this error. It will show you all the paths from where the dependencies have been resolved. Find out if any of the paths have older version of the jar.
Hope this helps your cause.

Answer 2

I faced the same issue, getting the below exception while trying to run my job through MyEclipse IDE.
Caused by:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.getEnvironment()Lorg/springframework/core/env/Enviroment;
After removing the default Spring2 jars from Java Build path, it was working fine.

Answer 3

I also had the same issue. Problem was org.apache.cxf's version defined as 2.2.3.Because of that even org.springframework's version defined as 4.0.0.RELEASE maven downloaded org.springframework's 2.x version.Because of this I got the same error.After changing the org.apache.cxf version to 2.7.x and removing all sping2.x from.m2 error was gone.

Answer 4

What solved the error for me was to add in each spring xml in my project the version of the spring-beans. For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd">
<!-- spring stuff here -->
</beans>
instead of
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
<!-- spring stuff here -->
</beans>