Getting Error: .... nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.catalina.Context.addServletMapping(Ljava/lang/Stri

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I am trying to run an Spring-Boot App, but it is giving me following error while running the application as a Java Application

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.catalina.Context.addServletMapping(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:137) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:537) ~[spring-context-4.3.14.RELEASE.jar:4.3.14.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693) [spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360) [spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303) [spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1118) [spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1107) [spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at main.java.start.WebApplication.main(WebApplication.java:21) [classes/:na]

Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.catalina.Context.addServletMapping(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.addServletMapping(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:290) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.addDefaultServlet(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:270) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.prepareContext(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:215) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:178) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:164) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:134) ~[spring-boot-1.5.10.RELEASE.jar:1.5.10.RELEASE]
... 8 common frames omitted

My POM file is as below

<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>Web.Final.Project</groupId>
<artifactId>Web.Final.Project</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>

<name>fitness365-group-project</name>
<description>Fitness 365 Web Project</description>

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.10.RELEASE</version>
    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    <!-- <tomcat.version>9.0</tomcat.version> -->
</properties>

<dependencies>

<dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-ldap</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jersey</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-social-facebook</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
        <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

</dependencies>

<build>

    <finalName>WebFinalProject</finalName>
    <sourceDirectory>org</sourceDirectory>

    <plugins>

        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

         <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <warSourceDirectory>WebContent</warSourceDirectory>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>

        <!-- <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin> -->
    </plugins>

</build>

And my Java file is

package main.java.start;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

    @SpringBootApplication
    public class WebApplication {

        /**
         * @param args
         */
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
            SpringApplication.run(WebApplication.class, args);
        }}

Please help, thanks in advance......

René Link · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-08 08:44:08Z

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I guess that you are using tomcat 9 instead of tomcat 8. In tomcat 8 the method org.apache.catalina.Context.addServletMapping was marked as deprecated.

Will be removed in Tomcat 9. Use addServletMappingDecoded(String, String) Add a new servlet mapping, replacing any existing mapping for the specified pattern

Since spring-boot-starter-web 1.5.10.RELEASE is based on tomcat 8.5.27, it will not work if you run it with tomcat 9. The method that TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory want to invoke is gone. See the api doc of tomcat 9 Context.

That causes the java.lang.NoSuchMethodError.

Try to find out if you are using tomcat 9. A mvn dependency:tree might help.

edited Mar 8, 2020 at 8:44

answered Feb 25, 2018 at 9:36

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Chaitanya Over a year ago

Thanks, I was using Tomcat 9, I changed it to 8.5 & it started working.

Vizard · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-20 14:25:18Z

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You have two embedded containers in your web app. when you are using spring-boot-starter-web it has tomcat in it. and you can remove this dependency from your pom.

 <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
 </dependency>

and then edit your spring-boot-starter-web dependency like this

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

for more information, you can take a look at spring documentation here

edited Aug 20, 2021 at 14:25

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answered Feb 25, 2018 at 9:19

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Chaitanya Over a year ago

Thanks, this also works, but I required Tomcat Server for my Application, hence I changed it to lower version(Tomcat 8.5.x) & it worked.

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