java.lang.ExceptionInInitializationError in spring-test 4.2.3

Question

I am getting this java.lang.ExceptionInInitializationError when I use the 4.2.3.RELEASE version of spring-test. However, the code works fine with the 4.0.5.RELEASE. I'm using Junit 4.7. Can someone please help me figure out why the version change induces this error? All my other spring jars are on 4.2.3.RELEASE version My test looks like this:

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration(locations={"classpath:/servlet-context.xml","classpath:root-context.xml"})
public class TestCarFactory {
    @Autowired
    private ICarFactory carFactory;

    @Test
    public void testCarFactory() {
        String audiMName = carFactory.getCar("Audi").getCarManufacturer();
        String lexusMName= carFactory.getCar("Lexus").getCarManufacturer();
        String hondaMName = carFactory.getCar("Honda").getCarManufacturer();

        assertEquals("Volkswagen", audiMName);
        assertEquals("Toyota", lexusMName);
        assertEquals("Honda", hondaMName);
    }
}

The exception trace:

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.buildRunner(AnnotatedBuilder.java:31)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AnnotatedBuilder.runnerForClass(AnnotatedBuilder.java:24)
        at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
        at org.junit.internal.builders.AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.runnerForClass(AllDefaultPossibilitiesBuilder.java:29)
        at org.junit.runners.model.RunnerBuilder.safeRunnerForClass(RunnerBuilder.java:57)
        at org.junit.internal.requests.ClassRequest.getRunner(ClassRequest.java:24)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createUnfilteredTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:84)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.createTest(JUnit4TestLoader.java:70)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestLoader.loadTests(JUnit4TestLoader.java:43)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:444)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:675)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)
        at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)
    Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to find class [org.junit.runners.model.MultipleFailureException]: SpringJUnit4ClassRunner requires JUnit 4.9 or higher.
        at org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.<clinit>(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.java:102)
        ... 17 more

Cleaned up formatting; minor edits.

Prune
– Prune

2015-11-20 17:25:39 +00:00
Commented Nov 20, 2015 at 17:25 — Prune
– Prune, Commented Nov 20, 2015 at 17:25

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:02:20Z

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This is a duplicate of this issue: Why the cryptic MultipleFailureException error message with the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.withAfterClasses method

Perhaps more importantly, why did you not actually read the stack trace?!

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to find class [org.junit.runners.model.MultipleFailureException]: SpringJUnit4ClassRunner requires JUnit 4.9 or higher.

SpringJUnit4ClassRunner requires JUnit 4.9 or higher.

That says it all.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:02

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answered Nov 21, 2015 at 20:14

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4 Comments

Pruthviraj Over a year ago

Hi, I have upgraded Junit version to 4.9 in my project, but still, I am getting the same error.

Sam Brannen Over a year ago

If you're getting a message from Spring that JUnit 4.9 is required, then you have not successfully upgraded your project to use JUnit 4.9. For example, you may be pulling in different versions of JUnit as transitive dependencies. So verify how JUnit is pulled into your dependency graph.

Pruthviraj Over a year ago

Thanks a lot for your response, I have upgraded Junit version to 4.9 in my project, but I am still getting error message " java.lang.IllegalStateException: SpringJUnit4ClassRunner requires JUnit 4.12 or higher." I have added following in pom.xml <dependency> <groupId>junit</groupId> <artifactId>junit</artifactId> <version>4.9</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency>

Pruthviraj Over a year ago

Hi Sam Brannen, I am able to solve my problem, The problem was, all the other spring jars I was using are version 4.2.4, but spring-test I include, is from version 4.3.8. Now I down-graded it to 4.2.4 and it's started working.

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