java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterRegistry.addConverter(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/Class;Lorg/springframework/core/convert/converter/Converter;)V

 Problem :

When I deployed my war, I’ve the following error :


14:11:53,425 ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web].[default-host].[/sandbox-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT]] (MSC service thread 1-1) Exception lors de l'envoi de l'évènement contexte initialisé (context initialized) à l'instance de classe d'écoute (listener) fr.dr.sandbox.listener.CacheListener: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterRegistry.addConverter(Ljava/lang/Class;Ljava/lang/Class;Lorg/springframework/core/convert/converter/Converter;)V
       at org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService.addScalarConverters(DefaultConversionService.java:62) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService.addDefaultConverters(DefaultConversionService.java:53) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService.<init>(DefaultConversionService.java:42) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.env.AbstractPropertyResolver.<init>(AbstractPropertyResolver.java:44) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.env.PropertySourcesPropertyResolver.<init>(PropertySourcesPropertyResolver.java:42) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.env.AbstractEnvironment.<init>(AbstractEnvironment.java:101) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment.<init>(StandardEnvironment.java:54) [spring-core-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.<init>(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:57) [spring-beans-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.<init>(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:135) [spring-beans-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:83) [spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130) [spring-context-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar:3.0.5.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:467) [spring-context-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar:3.0.5.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:397) [spring-context-3.0.5.RELEASE.jar:3.0.5.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:385) [spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:284) [spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:111) [spring-web-3.1.1.RELEASE.jar:3.1.1.RELEASE]
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3392) [jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:]
       at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3850) [jbossweb-7.0.13.Final.jar:]
       at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(WebDeploymentService.java:90) [jboss-as-web-7.1.1.Final.jar:7.1.1.Final]
       at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811)
       at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746)
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
       at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) [rt.jar:1.6.0_18]


Solution


If you look carrefully the error log, you will see that there is 2 versions of Spring.(3.0.5.RELEASE et 3.1.1.RELEASE).In fact, I use Spring 3/0.5.RELEASE in my pom.xml and I introduce a library which has a Spring 3.1.1.RELEASE dependency.
To resolve my problem, I update my pom.xml with Spring 3.1.1.RELEASE.