java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log

Question

I am getting this error while deploying my application

    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Ma
      rker;Ljava         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem when writing test cases while doing code refactoring in a Java 7 project. I fixed it by replacing the old logging imports by slf4j loggers

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

in addition to it my pom dependencies looked like-

        
            javax.servlet
            servlet-api
            2.4
            provided
        
        
            javax.servlet
            jsp-api
            2.0
            provided
        
        
            log4j
            log4j
            1.2.14
        
        
            org.slf4j
            slf4j-log4j12
            1.7.25
        
        
            org.springframework
            spring
            2.5.6
        
        
            org.springframework
            spring-aop
            2.5.6
        
        
            org.springframework
            spring-web
            2.5.6
        
        
            org.springframework
            spring-webmvc-struts
            2.5.6
            
                
                    struts
                    struts
                
            
        
        
            org.hibernate
            hibernate
            3.2.6.ga
        
        
            org.apache.struts
            struts-core
            1.3.9
            
                
                    antlr
                    antlr
                
            
        
        
            org.apache.struts
            struts-taglib
            1.3.9
        
        
            org.apache.struts
            struts-tiles
            1.3.9
        
        
            org.apache.struts
            struts-extras
            1.3.9
        
        
            axis
            axis
            1.4
        
        
            org.apache.velocity
            velocity
            1.6
        
        
            velocity-tools
            velocity-tools
            1.4
        
        
            displaytag
            displaytag
            1.2.0-gema-2
            
                
                    struts
                    struts
                
                
                    org.slf4j
                    slf4j-log4j12
                
                
                    org.springframework
                    spring-webmvc
                
                
                    taglibs
                    standard
                
                
                    commons-collections
                    commons-collections
                
                
                    commons-lang
                    commons-lang
                
                
                    commons-beanutils
                    commons-beanutils
                
                
                    com.lowagie
                    itext
                
            
        
        
            org.apache.struts
            struts-el
            1.3.9
        
        
            struts
            struts-layout-wrapper
            1.2.19
            
                
                    struts
                    struts
                
            
        
        
            taglibs
            standard
            1.1.2
        
        
            com.lowagie
            itext
            1.4.8
        
        
            commons-logging
            commons-logging
            1.1.1
        
        
            commons-beanutils
            commons-beanutils
            1.7.0
        
        
            commons-lang
            commons-lang
            2.4
        
        
            commons-digester
            commons-digester
            1.8
        
        
            commons-collections
            commons-collections
            3.2.1
        
        
            com.oracle
            ojdbc6
            11.2.0.3.0
            provided
        
        
            de.gema.sso
            gema-sso-client
            1.2
            
                
                    struts
                    struts
                
                
                    org.springframework
                    spring-web
                
            
        
        
        
            commons-dbcp
            commons-dbcp
            1.2.2
            test
        
        
            junit
            junit
            4.4
            test
        
        
            org.springframework
            spring-test
            2.5.6
            test
        
        
            org.dbunit
            dbunit
            2.4.4
            test
        
    


    
        ${basedir}/target/filter.properties
    
    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-antrun-plugin
            1.3
            
                
                    generate-resources
                    
                        run
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                buildNr=${build.nr}
                                buildTime=${build.time}
                            
                        
                    
                
            
        
    
    
        
            src/main/resources
            true
        
    
    
        
            fr.jcgay.maven.extension
            unique-revision-maven-filtering
            1.0
        
    


    
        junit
        junit
    
    
        log4j
        log4j