NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils. registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(Lorg/ springframework/beans/factory/xml/ParserContext;Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;)V in EAP 6

Issue

• User have a problem in deploying an application on a specific server.This error occurs only on that server.

The error that occurs is as follows:

ERROR [org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 78) Context initialization failed: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from "/.../application-context.xml"; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(Lorg/springframework/beans/factory/xml/ParserContext;Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;)V
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:420) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:342) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:310) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:143) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:178) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:149) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:124) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:92) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:123) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:422) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:352) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.4.9.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.4.9.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.4.9.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.4.9.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:161) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:59) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:94) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
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Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(Lorg/springframework/beans/factory/xml/ParserContext;Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;)V
        at org.springframework.transaction.config.AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser$AopAutoProxyConfigurer.configureAutoProxyCreator(AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java:109) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.transaction.config.AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.parse(AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java:80) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.parse(NamespaceHandlerSupport.java:69) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1297) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1287) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:135) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:92) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:507) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:398) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        ... 24 more

ERROR [org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[jboss.web]] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 78) JBWEB000287: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Unexpected exception parsing XML document from "/.../application-context.xml"; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(Lorg/springframework/beans/factory/xml/ParserContext;Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;)V
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:420) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:342) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:310) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:143) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:178) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:149) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:124) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:92) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:123) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:422) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:352) [spring-context-2.5.6.SEC03.jar:2.5.6.SEC03]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:45) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.contextListenerStart(StandardContext.java:3339) [jbossweb-7.4.9.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.4.9.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:3777) [jbossweb-7.4.9.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.4.9.Final-redhat-1]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.doStart(WebDeploymentService.java:161) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.access$000(WebDeploymentService.java:59) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
        at org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService$1.run(WebDeploymentService.java:94) [jboss-as-web-7.4.2.Final-redhat-2.jar:7.4.2.Final-redhat-2]
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Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(Lorg/springframework/beans/factory/xml/ParserContext;Lorg/w3c/dom/Element;)V
        at org.springframework.transaction.config.AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser$AopAutoProxyConfigurer.configureAutoProxyCreator(AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java:109) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.transaction.config.AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.parse(AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser.java:80) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport.parse(NamespaceHandlerSupport.java:69) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1297) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.parseCustomElement(BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java:1287) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.parseBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:135) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java:92) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.registerBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:507) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:398) [spring-2.5.6.jar:2.5.6]
        ... 24 more

• The version of Java is version 1.7.0_85.