title: Cant run Spring integration test because container doesn't start
body: <p>I am trying to understand why my SpringBoot app is not starting from an integration test. I am completely confused, I don't know if it has to do something to do with my dependencies and how to solve it.</p>
  
  <p>This is the test that I am running:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
  @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = Application.class)
  @WebAppConfiguration
  @IntegrationTest("server.port:0")
  public class TicTacToeAcceptaceTest {
  //my tests are here...
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The stacktrace says:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to load ApplicationContext
  
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:124)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DefaultTestContext.getApplicationContext(DefaultTestContext.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.injectDependencies(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:117)
      at org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.prepareTestInstance(DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.java:83)
      at org.springframework.test.context.TestContextManager.prepareTestInstance(TestContextManager.java:228)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.createTest(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:230)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner$1.runReflectiveCall(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:289)
      at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.methodBlock(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:291)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:249)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:89)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunBeforeTestClassCallbacks.java:61)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.statements.RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.evaluate(RunAfterTestClassCallbacks.java:70)
      at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
      at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.run(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:193)
      at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
      at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:119)
      at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:42)
      at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:234)
      at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:74)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:144)
  Caused by: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Unable to start embedded container; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.addServlet(Ljava/lang/String;Ljavax/servlet/Servlet;)Ljavax/servlet/ServletRegistration$Dynamic;
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:133)
      at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:532)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:118)
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:766)
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.createAndRefreshContext(SpringApplication.java:361)
      at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:307)
      at org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationContextLoader.loadContext(SpringApplicationContextLoader.java:98)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:98)
      at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:116)
      ... 29 more
  Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.addServlet(Ljava/lang/String;Ljavax/servlet/Servlet;)Ljavax/servlet/ServletRegistration$Dynamic;
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.ServletRegistrationBean.onStartup(ServletRegistrationBean.java:190)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.selfInitialize(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:225)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.access$000(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:85)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext$1.onStartup(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:209)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.ServletContextInitializerConfiguration$Initializer.callInitializers(ServletContextInitializerConfiguration.java:83)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.ServletContextInitializerConfiguration$Initializer.doStart(ServletContextInitializerConfiguration.java:72)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:106)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.doStart(ScopedHandler.java:120)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:784)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:294)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startWebapp(WebAppContext.java:1349)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1342)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:741)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:505)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:387)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:354)
      at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.JettyEmbeddedServletContainer.initialize(JettyEmbeddedServletContainer.java:85)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.JettyEmbeddedServletContainer.&lt;init&gt;(JettyEmbeddedServletContainer.java:74)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getJettyEmbeddedServletContainer(JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:472)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.jetty.JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.getEmbeddedServletContainer(JettyEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java:163)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.createEmbeddedServletContainer(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:160)
      at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.onRefresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:130)
      ... 37 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I thought that I maybe had a transitive dependency, but I am not sure how to find it and fix it. This is my gradle.build:</p>
  
  <pre><code>buildscript {
      repositories {
          mavenCentral()
      }
      dependencies {
          classpath group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-gradle-plugin', version: '1.3.5.RELEASE'
      }
  }
  
  apply plugin: 'java'
  apply plugin: 'idea'
  apply plugin: 'spring-boot'
  apply plugin: 'application'
  
  version = '1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
  sourceCompatibility = 1.8
  targetCompatibility = 1.8
  
  //applicationDefaultJvmArgs = ["-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"]
  
  repositories {
          mavenLocal()
          mavenCentral()
          maven {
              url "http://repo.bodar.com"
          }
  }
  
  ext {
      commonsLangVersion = '3.4'
      slf4jVersion = '1.7.19'
      unirestVersion = '1.4.8'
      jsonioVersion = '4.4.0'
      mockitoVersion = '1.10.19'
      assertjVersion = '3.3.0'
      jsonassertVersion = '1.3.0'
      junitVersion = '4.12'
      yatspecVersion = '217'
      seleniumJavaVersion = '2.48.2'
      seleniumVersion = '2.48.2'
  }
  
  dependencies {
      compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web") {
          exclude module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
      }
      compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-actuator'
      compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-jetty'
      compile group: 'org.springframework.boot', name: 'spring-boot-starter-logging'
  
      compile group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-context-support'
  
      compile group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: commonsLangVersion
      compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: slf4jVersion
      compile group: 'com.mashape.unirest', name: 'unirest-java', version: unirestVersion
      compile group: 'com.cedarsoftware', name: 'json-io', version: jsonioVersion
  
      testCompile group: 'org.springframework', name: 'spring-test'
      testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: junitVersion
      testCompile group: 'org.mockito', name: 'mockito-core', version: mockitoVersion
      testCompile group: 'org.assertj', name:'assertj-core', version: assertjVersion
      testCompile group: 'org.skyscreamer', name:'jsonassert', version: jsonassertVersion
      testCompile group: 'com.googlecode.yatspec', name:'yatspec', version: yatspecVersion
      testCompile group: 'org.seleniumhq.selenium', name:'selenium-java', version: seleniumVersion
  }
  
  task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
      gradleVersion = "2.11"
  }
  </code></pre>