Spring java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalFields

Question

Thanks for having a look at this. I have created a Java web app using Spring and Maven in Eclipse. However when attempting to launch the Tomcat server I receive the following error:

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalFields(Ljava/lang/Class;Lorg/springframework/util/ReflectionUtils$FieldCallback;)V
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:418)
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:397)
    at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:333)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:931)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:512)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:476)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:303)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:299)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:199)
    at org.springframework.context.support.PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.java:220)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractApplicationContext.java:615)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:465)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:443)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:325)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:107)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4853)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5314)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:145)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1407)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1397)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

From doing a bit of research it looks like it might be a dependency conflict, e.g. this question. I have run mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose and received the following output:

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]                                                                         
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building web 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] 
[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:tree (default-cli) @ web ---
[INFO] com.starling.streamliner:web:war:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] +- com.starling.streamliner:service:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.starling.streamliner:domain:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.20.0-GA:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.0-api:jar:1.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.hibernate:hibernate-envers:jar:5.2.2.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.0.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     \- (org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:5.2.2.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:jar:1.2.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- commons-pool:commons-pool:jar:1.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:5.2.2.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:5.2.2.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.0.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.20.0-GA:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:jar:1.1.1:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- org.jboss:jandex:jar:2.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.3.0:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.1.0)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:5.0.1.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- javax.enterprise:cdi-api:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     +- javax.el:el-api:jar:2.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     +- org.jboss.spec.javax.interceptor:jboss-interceptors-api_1.1_spec:jar:1.0.0.Beta1:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     +- javax.annotation:jsr250-api:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     \- javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:5.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.0.Final:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.20.0-GA:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:jar:1.1.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar:5.2.2.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:1.1.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.2.1.Final:compile - omitted for conflict with 3.3.0.Final)
[INFO] |  |  \- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.1.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-s3:jar:1.11.39:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kms:jar:1.11.39:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-core:jar:1.11.39:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (com.amazonaws:jmespath-java:jar:1.0:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-core:jar:1.11.39:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.3:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.2)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.5.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.4.4:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  +- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  |  \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.9:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- software.amazon.ion:ion-java:jar:1.0.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.6.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.6.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.6.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-cbor:jar:2.6.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  |  \- (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.6.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.8.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- com.amazonaws:jmespath-java:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] |  |     \- (com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.6.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- javax.mail:mail:jar:1.4.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- javax.activation:activation:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.json:json:jar:20160810:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.imgscalr:imgscalr-lib:jar:4.2:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-tools:jar:2.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-debugger:jar:2.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |     \- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:jar:2.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |        +- org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:jar:2.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |        |  \- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |        \- (commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- javax.media.jai:com.springsource.javax.media.jai.core:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (javax.media.jai:com.springsource.javax.media.jai.core:jar:1.1.3:compile - omitted for cycle)
[INFO] |  |  \- javax.media.jai:com.springsource.javax.media.jai.codec:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-core:jar:1.3.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-test:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  \- javax.el:javax.el-api:jar:2.2.4:compile
[INFO] +- com.harbororubber.enquiry:web:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.harbororubber.enquiry:service:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- com.harbororubber.enquiry:domain:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (com.starling.streamliner:domain:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (com.starling.streamliner:service:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-web:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - version managed from 3.2.0.RELEASE; omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-extras:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.3.1:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (jstl:jstl:jar:1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  \- (taglibs:standard:jar:1.1.2:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] +- javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.4:provided
[INFO] +- javax.servlet:jsp-api:jar:2.0:provided
[INFO] |  \- (javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.4:provided - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |     \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |     \- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  \- (org.springframework:spring-web:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - version managed from 3.2.0.RELEASE; omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] +- org.springframework.mobile:spring-mobile-device:jar:1.1.5.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-extras:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:2.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.8.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet-wildcard:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.8:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.7.6)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-mustache:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.8:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.7.6)
[INFO] |  |  \- com.github.spullara.mustache.java:compiler:jar:0.8.4:compile
[INFO] |  |     \- (com.google.guava:guava:jar:12.0:compile - omitted for conflict with 12.0.1)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-template:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.apache.tiles:tiles-autotag-core-runtime:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-jsp:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.8:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.7.6)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-freemarker:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-template:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-freemarker:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     +- org.freemarker:freemarker:jar:2.3.15:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.5.8:compile - omitted for conflict with 1.7.6)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-velocity:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-template:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools:jar:2.0:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  +- oro:oro:jar:2.0.8:compile
[INFO] |  |  |  \- org.apache.velocity:velocity:jar:1.6.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     +- (commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.1:compile - omitted for conflict with 3.2)
[INFO] |  |  |     +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4:compile
[INFO] |  |  |     \- (oro:oro:jar:2.0.8:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:2.0:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-velocity:jar:1.0.6:compile
[INFO] |  |     +- (org.apache.velocity:velocity-tools:jar:2.0:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |     \- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-servlet:jar:1.0.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-el:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-mvel:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- org.mvel:mvel2:jar:2.0.11:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-ognl:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- ognl:ognl:jar:2.7.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.apache.tiles:tiles-compat:jar:3.0.7:compile
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  +- (org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:jar:3.0.7:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  |  \- (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:12.0.1:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:jar:1.3.9:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.jsoup:jsoup:jar:1.9.2:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:4.2.3.RELEASE:compile
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[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
[INFO] |  +- (org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.3.9.RELEASE:compile - omitted for duplicate)
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I have spent quite a bit of time trying to figure this out and cannot find a conflict related to Spring. Any help in spotting a conflict or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! I haven't posted the pom.xml files since the dependency tree should cover that, it's also split over the project files. If I can post anything else of use then please let me know.

Many thanks

Sam

`java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:` = dependencies version conflict, there is a maven plugin called "Enforcer" (I let you searching) which can help you finding the conflicts. — akuma8, Sep 05 '17 at 13:57
Can you post the entire POM? fairly strange as the spring errors all look good - is there anything down as a provided scope that might be pulling different versions at runtime? — Darren Forsythe, Sep 05 '17 at 14:08
Thanks for those, I'll have a look at enforcer. The web app consists of 6 projects meaning 6 poms, however trying to include just one of these in my post went beyond the character limit! Is there a better way to include them on here? The only items with a provided scope are: ` javax.servlet servlet-api 2.4 provided javax.servlet jsp-api 2.0 provided ` — Sam B, Sep 05 '17 at 14:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '17 at 14:35

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As per the Spring Docs, the method doWithLocalFields was added to spring-core from version 4.2 onward. You are showing that you are including the version 4.3.9 which should have this method. But obviously, you end up using an old version (< 4.2) of spring-core somehow. You need to investigate your deployment structure and find out how it is getting included. You need to get rid of that old version and replace it with a newer one.

answered Sep 05 '17 at 14:35

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Thanks for this @VHS, I went into my local Maven respoitory and deleted old versions of `spring-core` then ran Maven 'Update Project'. Within the `spring-core` location within the Maven repo a folder called '3.2.0.RELEASE' appeared. So something is bringing this in and I guess that is causing the conflict. Any idea how to trace where this could be coming from when `dependency:tree` isn't picking it up? Thanks – Sam B Sep 05 '17 at 15:14
@SamB To find out where the classes come from (and possible duplicates), I use this script inside Git Bash : `for i in lib/*.jar; do if unzip -l $i| grep ReflectionUtils; then echo $i; fi ; done`. In this case to find out `ReflectionUtils` classes inside the `lib` folder. – Pierre C Nov 03 '21 at 18:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '17 at 15:44

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Thanks all for your help, I have managed to fix the problem. However, I have no idea why this should work as the fix but in the end I added a Maven exclusion to the spring-orm dependency. Below is the dependency entry:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
    <version>${spring.version}</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

answered Sep 05 '17 at 15:44

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Post your entire POM in your question. We just don't know which dependencies and versions you are pulling. What is the value of spring.version? – VHS Sep 05 '17 at 16:20
I did try to post the POM but it exceeded the character limit so I hoped the dependency tree would cover it. The value for spring.version is 4.3.9.RELEASE. Thanks for you help in solving this @VHS – Sam B Sep 07 '17 at 08:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 29 '22 at 07:53

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This error mainly caused due to spring version mismatched, You can first revert back to older version of your code and try to update version one by one.

answered Jun 29 '22 at 07:53

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '17 at 14:02

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError means incompatible versions in pom.xml

scroll down and check if any of your spring dependency is conflicting with an older version. I suspect spring-web:jar dependency. Better explicitly define all the spring dependency in our pom and use the same version.

Spring java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalFields

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