[FIXED] "NoSuchMethodError getHttpServletMapping" after springboot upgrade

Issue

I upgraded from springboot 2.1.3 to 2.2.0. So far things works fine but I noticed when I make a rest request that returns a 400, instead of getting the json response I get the error:

[Tomcat].[localhost]           : Exception Processing ErrorPage[errorCode=0, location=/error]
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest.getHttpServletMapping()Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletMapping;

The funny thing is I get this only when I start the app from Intellij using an emdedded tomcat. (create a mvn profile with "spring-boot:run")

So,

• With standalone tomcat, it works fine everywhere
• With embedded tomcat, and only if I start from Intellij I get this error.

But I can do the same thing from command line with

mvn spring-boot:run

which then I have no error ?! As suggested on another post I upgraded my IntelliJ to latest version but didn't help

Solution

I fixed the problem.

Changing property tomcat.version didn't help, so I omitted it and added this to the child pom (trick is it does not work in parent pom). Also note that the version is 2.2.4 and not 2.2.0

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.4.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

Answered By - Spring
Answer Checked By - Clifford M. (JavaFixing Volunteer)