Camunda-engine maven dependency with Spring MVC dependency - Compatibility issue

jigneshpurohit · March 15, 2018, 9:39am

Hello Team,
I am working on a project where I am developing Web application which is Spring MVC and having Camunda BPM to manage key business process.

I am facing maven dependency conflict while adding Camunda-engine maven dependency along with Spring MVC. getting following exception at run time.

15:00:46.792 [localhost-startStop-1] ERROR org.springframework.web.context.Conte
xtLoader - Context initialization failed
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/core/ErrorCoded
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_102]
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0_102]
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) ~[?:1.8.0
_102]

my pom dependency structure is as follows.

<dependencies>
  		<!-- camunda
		<dependency>
    	  <groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
    	  <artifactId>camunda-engine</artifactId>
          <version>7.8.0</version>
          <scope>provided</scope>
    	</dependency>
    	  
    	<dependency>
 	     <groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
 	     <artifactId>camunda-engine-spring</artifactId>
 	     <version>7.8.0</version>
  	  </dependency>
    -->
      <dependency>
	      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
	      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
	      <version>1.3.171</version>
	  </dependency>
	  
 	  <dependency>
	      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
	      <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
 	      <version>1.7.13</version>
 	  </dependency>	
 	  
		<!-- Spring 
		<dependency>
    		<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    		<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    		<version>${org.springframework-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		-->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
			<version>${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>

		<!-- Spring Security (used for CSRF protection only) -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
			<version>5.0.0.RELEASE</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- AspectJ -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
			<version>${org.aspectj-version}</version>
		</dependency>
		
		<!-- Logging -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
			<version>LATEST</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
			<version>LATEST</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- @Inject -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
			<version>1</version>
		</dependency>
				
		<!-- Servlet API -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.0</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
			<version>2.3.2-b02</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
			<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
			<version>1.2</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- Jackson JSON Processor -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
			<version>2.9.3</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- Rome Atom+RSS -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.rometools</groupId>
			<artifactId>rome</artifactId>
			<version>1.9.0</version>
		</dependency>
		
		<!-- JSR 303 with Hibernate Validator -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
			<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
			<version>2.0.1.Final</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
			<version>6.0.7.Final</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
			<version>3.0.1-b04</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
			<version>3.0.1-b08</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- Joda Time Library -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
			<version>2.9.9</version>
		</dependency>

		<!-- File Upload -->
		<dependency>
			<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
			<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
			<version>1.3.3</version>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
			<version>2.5</version>
		</dependency>		
	</dependencies>

sdorokhova · March 15, 2018, 4:14pm

Hi @jigneshpurohit,

what is the value of ${org.springframework-version} ?

Can you uncomment Camunda dependencies and post here result of mvn dependency:tree command?

Svetlana

jigneshpurohit · March 16, 2018, 12:33pm

Thanks for your response and highly appreciate your quick support.

The value of ${org.springframework-version} is 5.0.3.RELEASE. attached is my POM.

The output of mvn dependency:tree is as follows

D:\MyData\ksk_poc_code\Spring_samples\spring-mvc-showcase>mvn dependency:tree
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[WARNING]
[WARNING] Some problems were encountered while building the effective model for
org.springframework.samples:spring-mvc-showcase:war:1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT
[WARNING] 'build.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-
plugin is missing. @ line 203, column 12
[WARNING]
[WARNING] It is highly recommended to fix these problems because they threaten t
he stability of your build.
[WARNING]
[WARNING] For this reason, future Maven versions might no longer support buildin
g such malformed projects.
[WARNING]
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building spring-mvc-showcase 1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-core/maven-metadata.xml
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
core/maven-metadata.xml (1.4 kB at 241 B/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-core/2.11.0/log4j-core-2.11.0.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
core/2.11.0/log4j-core-2.11.0.pom (23 kB at 36 kB/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
/2.11.0/log4j-2.11.0.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j/
2.11.0/log4j-2.11.0.pom (59 kB at 80 kB/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-api/2.11.0/log4j-api-2.11.0.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
api/2.11.0/log4j-api-2.11.0.pom (14 kB at 24 kB/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-slf4j-impl/maven-metadata.xml
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
slf4j-impl/maven-metadata.xml (1.2 kB at 1.7 kB/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-slf4j-impl/2.11.0/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.0.pom
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
slf4j-impl/2.11.0/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.0.pom (7.7 kB at 14 kB/s)
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-core/2.11.0/log4j-core-2.11.0.jar
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-api/2.11.0/log4j-api-2.11.0.jar
Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j
-slf4j-impl/2.11.0/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.0.jar
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
slf4j-impl/2.11.0/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.0.jar (24 kB at 24 kB/s)
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
api/2.11.0/log4j-api-2.11.0.jar (263 kB at 217 kB/s)
Downloaded: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-
core/2.11.0/log4j-core-2.11.0.jar (1.6 MB at 611 kB/s)
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.8:tree (default-cli) @ spring-mvc-showcase
---
[INFO] org.springframework.samples:spring-mvc-showcase:war:1.0.0-BUILD-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] +- org.camunda.bpm:camunda-engine:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.camunda.bpm.model:camunda-bpmn-model:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  |  \- org.camunda.bpm.model:camunda-xml-model:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.camunda.bpm.model:camunda-cmmn-model:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.camunda.bpm.dmn:camunda-engine-dmn:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  |  +- org.camunda.commons:camunda-commons-utils:jar:1.4.0:provided
[INFO] |  |  +- org.camunda.bpm.model:camunda-dmn-model:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  |  +- org.camunda.bpm.dmn:camunda-engine-feel-api:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  |  \- org.camunda.bpm.dmn:camunda-engine-feel-juel:jar:7.8.0:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.camunda.commons:camunda-commons-logging:jar:1.4.0:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.camunda.commons:camunda-commons-typed-values:jar:1.4.0:provided

[INFO] |  +- org.apache.commons:commons-email:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] |  |  +- javax.mail:mail:jar:1.4.1:provided
[INFO] |  |  \- javax.activation:activation:jar:1.1:provided
[INFO] |  +- org.mybatis:mybatis:jar:3.4.4:provided
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.camunda.bpm:camunda-engine-spring:jar:7.8.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  \- commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:jar:1.4:compile
[INFO] |     \- commons-pool:commons-pool:jar:1.5.4:compile
[INFO] +- com.h2database:h2:jar:1.3.171:compile
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:jar:1.7.13:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.13:compile<a class="attachment" href="/uploads/default/original/2X/9/96b4f611d58830c07772e458ba66273ce4acaaf7.xml">pom.xml</a> (7.6 KB)

[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:jar:5.0.0.RELEASE:com
pile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:5.0.0.RELEASE
:compile
[INFO] +- org.aspectj:aspectjrt:jar:1.8.1:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar:2.11.0:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.11.0:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:jar:2.11.0:compile
[INFO] +- javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1:compile
[INFO] +- javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.1.0:provided
[INFO] +- javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api:jar:2.3.2-b02:provided
[INFO] +- javax.servlet:jstl:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.9.3:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.9.3:compile
[INFO] +- com.rometools:rome:jar:1.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.rometools:rome-utils:jar:1.9.0:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.jdom:jdom2:jar:2.0.6:compile
[INFO] +- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:2.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] +- org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:jar:6.0.7.Final:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.0.Final:compile
[INFO] |  \- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.3.1:compile
[INFO] +- javax.el:javax.el-api:jar:3.0.1-b04:compile
[INFO] +- org.glassfish:javax.el:jar:3.0.1-b08:compile
[INFO] +- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.9.9:compile
[INFO] +- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.3.3:compile
[INFO] \- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.5:compile
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 23.687 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-03-16T17:44:11+05:30
[INFO] Final Memory: 17M/133M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

jigneshpurohit · March 16, 2018, 12:36pm

Hello Svetlana,

I have already reply to your follow up so kindly check my post. It seems due to some filter criteria, I am not able to send the details into mail.

Thanks and Regards,

sdorokhova · March 16, 2018, 12:45pm

Hi @jigneshpurohit,
in dependency tree you can see, that you have Spring dependencies of two versions. Some are coming from camunda-engine-spring dependency:

[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] |  +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.4:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:3.1.2.RELEASE:compile

Others included directly in your POM:

[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:5.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:jar:5.0.0.RELEASE:com
pile
[INFO] |  \- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:5.0.0.RELEASE
:compile

This won’t work. You have two ways:

Use in your dependencies the same version that Camunda is using: 3.1.2.RELEASE
Exclude Spring transitive dependencies from camunda-engine-spring, and include them manually of version 5.0.3.RELEASE., but no guarantees that Camunda will run on this version

jigneshpurohit · March 16, 2018, 12:57pm

Hello Svetlana,

Thanks for your response.

Can you please let me know on which spring latest version, Camunda will run?

Thanks and Regards,

sdorokhova · March 16, 2018, 1:32pm

As far as I know, we don’t plan to update Spring dependency for camunda-engine-spring project for v. 7.9.

You can though consider using Spring Boot integration, which must rely on Spring Boot 2 for Camunda 7.9, which in turn is using Spring 4.

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