Why am I getting NoSuchMethodError in my Java webapp?

Question

I have set up my spring-mvc webapp according to tutorials I have read.

Here is my controller class:

package hellowebapp;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;

@Controller
public class HelloController {

    @RequestMapping("/hello")
    public String helloWorld(Model model) {
        model.addAttribute("message", "Hello World!");
        return "hello";
    }
}

Here is my servlet.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">

    <context:component-scan base-package="hellowebapp"/>

    <bean id="jspViewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"/>
        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/"/>
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
    </bean>
    
</beans>

Here is my web.xml file:

<web-app>    
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>HelloWebapp</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>    
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>HelloWebapp</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

Here is my hello.jsp file:

<%@ page contentType = "text/html; charset = UTF-8" %>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>Hello World</title>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <h2>${message}</h2>
   </body>
</html>

Here is my pom.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>hellowebapp</groupId>
    <artifactId>HelloWebapp</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
    </properties>
    <name>HelloWebapp</name>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>5.3.16</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>5.3.16</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
            <version>5.3.16</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>5.3.16</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.3.2</version>
            </plugin>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jetty-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>6.1.10</version>
                <configuration>
                    <scanIntervalSeconds>10</scanIntervalSeconds>
                    <connectors>
                        <connector implementation="org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
                            <port>8080</port>
                            <maxIdleTime>60000</maxIdleTime>
                        </connector>
                    </connectors>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

The directory structure shows in a list of files and paths:

src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/hello.jsp
src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/HelloWebapp-servlet.xml
src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
src/main/java/hellowebapp/HelloController.java
pom.xml

I can package my webapp with "mvn clean package" and run it with "mvn jetty:run". When I point my web browser to http://localhost:8080/HelloWebapp/hello, I get this error message:

HTTP ERROR: 500

'int javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.getStatus()'
RequestURI=/HelloWebapp/hello

Caused by:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'int javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.getStatus()'
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.publishRequestHandledEvent(FrameworkServlet.java:1146)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1023)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:487)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:362)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:726)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:206)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:505)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:829)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:514)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:211)
    at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:380)
    at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:395)
    at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:488)
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Why am I getting this error message? How can I make the webapp work as intended?

seenukarthi · Answer 1 · 2022-03-03T03:54:38.253

Jetty 6.x uses Servlet 2.5 and the int javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.getStatus() is added in Servlet 3.x. Spring framework 5.x uses Servlet 3.x so you must use compatible jetty version.

Update the maven-jetty-plugin maven plugin to at least 8.x or better 9.x if you are using Java 8 and if you are using Java 11 or later then update to 10.x.

Refs:

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '22 at 03:24

2

@ktm5124. In normal @controller is required for response serialization in the method level so you could include the below sample.

@GetMapping("/{id}", produces = "application/json")
public @ResponseBody Book getBook(@PathVariable int id) {
    return findBookById(id);
}

answered Mar 03 '22 at 03:24

Sathiyaraj

343
3
11

This is only required when you want a JSON response in a Rest endpoint. OP is using JSP views. – seenukarthi Mar 03 '22 at 03:27

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '22 at 03:16

1

Try to use below dependency in pom.xml because mentioned method not supported in older versions.

javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.getStatus() was added in Servlet 3.0

Add the following:

<dependency>
  <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
  <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
</dependency>

answered Mar 03 '22 at 03:16

Babji Polisetti

56
4

1

This is not necessary unless the `javax.servlet` classes are used in the code (not in the dependencies) so the code will be compiled. Also, if the `javax.servlet-api` dependency is added it must be in `provided` scope. – seenukarthi Mar 03 '22 at 03:43

Why am I getting NoSuchMethodError in my Java webapp?

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