title: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.clearCache()V
body: <p>I am getting this run-time error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.clearCache()V
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And part of stack trace:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Caused By: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils.clearCache()V
          at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.resetCommonCaches(AbstractApplicationContext.j
  ava:915)
          at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:575)
          at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:409
  )
          at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:291)
          at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here are my Spring dependencies in the pom.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>        &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.security&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-security-config&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-webmvc&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-orm&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.data&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-data-jpa&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;2.0.2.RELEASE&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-context-support&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-aspects&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;version&gt;${springframework.version}&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is <code>${springframework.version}</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;properties&gt;
      &lt;springframework.version&gt;5.0.4.RELEASE&lt;/springframework.version&gt;
  &lt;/properties&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The important part is that I am only getting this run-time error when I add any of the <code>org.springframework.security</code> dependencies; I do not get this error when I don't include any of them.</p>
  
  <p>Here is output of <code>mvn dependency:tree</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>+- ora.common.logging:common-logging:jar:1.2.0:system
  +- ognl:ognl:jar:3.2.6:compile
  |  \- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.20.0-GA:compile
  +- org.apache.hivemind:hivemind-framework:jar:2.0-alpha-1:compile
  |  +- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.0.3:compile
  |  \- jboss:javassist:jar:3.4.ga:compile
  +- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2:provided
  +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:5.2.16.Final:compile
  |  +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.1.Final:compile
  |  +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
  |  +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
  |  +- org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec:jar:1.0.1.Final:compile
  |  +- org.jboss:jandex:jar:2.0.3.Final:compile
  |  +- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.3.0:compile
  |  +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile
  |  \- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:5.0.1.Final:compile
  +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  |  +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.0.5.RELEASE:compile
  |  +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:5.0.5.RELEASE:compile
  |  +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.0.5.RELEASE:compile
  |  \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.0.5.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-config:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  |  \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  |  +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  |  \- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:jar:2.0.2.RELEASE:compile
  |  \- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:2.0.2.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-context-support:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- org.springframework:spring-aspects:jar:5.0.4.RELEASE:compile
  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.9.0:compile
  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.9.0:compile
  +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.9.0:compile
  +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa:jar:2.6.4:compile
  |  +- org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:jar:2.1.1:compile
  |  +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.asm:jar:2.6.4:compile
  |  +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.antlr:jar:2.6.4:compile
  |  +- org.glassfish:javax.json:jar:1.0.4:compile
  |  +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql:jar:2.6.4:compile
  |  \- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.core:jar:2.6.4:compile
  +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.6:compile
  +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.7:compile
  +- org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:jar:4.1:compile
  +- junit:junit:jar:4.12:test
  |  \- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.3:test
  +- org.hsqldb:hsqldb:jar:2.3.4:test
  +- javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.0.1:provided
  +- javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:jar:2.1:provided
  +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.10:compile
  +- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.1.2:compile
  |  \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.1.2:compile
  +- org.mapstruct:mapstruct-jdk8:jar:1.2.0.Final:compile
  +- org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics:jar:1.11.1:compile
  |  +- org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-runtime:jar:1.11.1:compile
  |  +- org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-tools:jar:1.11.1:compile
  |  |  +- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.9.2:compile
  |  |  |  \- commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.1:compile
  |  |  \- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.7:compile
  |  \- com.google.code.javaparser:javaparser:jar:1.0.11:compile
  +- org.aspectj:aspectjrt:jar:1.8.13:compile
  +- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.8.13:compile
  \- net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:jar:2.10.4:compile
  </code></pre>