Startup of Applications Using Spring3 Fails with NoSuchMethodError After Installing EM/JRF Templates

(Doc ID 1173745.1)

Last updated on MARCH 09, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Fusion Middleware - Version 11.1.1.2.0 and later
Oracle WebLogic Server - Version 10.3.2 to 10.3.3
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Previously deployed and working application using Spring startup failed with following error in the server log.

[HTTP:101216]Servlet: "pOid" failed to preload on startup in Web application: "parentProfile.war".
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from ServletContext
resource [/WEB-INF/pOid-servlet.xml]; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.getBeanDefinitionDefaults()
Lorg/springframework/beans/factory/support/BeanDefinitionDefaults; Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:

Changes

Error occurs after extending a Weblogic Server domain with EM and JRF templates to install Fusion Middleware Control (fmwctl).

Cause

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