Resolving java.lang.NoSuchMethodError IDM Startup Failures After 14.4 CP2 Upgrade - CA Identity Manager
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Resolving java.lang.NoSuchMethodError IDM Startup Failures After 14.4 CP2 Upgrade - CA Identity Manager

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CA Identity Manager CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

 his article provides instructions for resolving java.lang.NoSuchMethodError exceptions that occur when the Identity Manager (IDM) server fails to start after applying Cumulative Patch 2 (CP2) via the CP Deployer tool.

After upgrading to IDM 14.4 CP2, the JBoss/Wildfly server fails to start. The logs display a java.lang.NoSuchMethodError pointing to Spring Framework components: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(...)

Environment

  • Product: CA Identity Manager
  • Releases: 14.4, 14.4 CP2

Cause

This issue is caused by conflicting Spring JAR files being loaded by the application server. The CP Deployer tool in the original CP2 package may fail to remove older library versions while deploying new ones, leading to classpath conflicts.

Resolution

You have two options to resolve this conflict:

  1. Option 1: Download Revised Package: Download the updated CP2 package released on 07-03-2023, which includes a corrected Patch Deployer Tool. Link to Support Portal.

  2. Option 2: Manual Cleanup: If you cannot redeploy, manually remove the conflicting JARs from the deployment directory:

    1. Navigate to the deployed iam_im.ear folder: ../iam_im.ear/user_console.war/WEB-INF/lib/ (and check wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/ if necessary).
    2. Identify older Spring JAR versions (e.g., spring-web-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar) that conflict with the newer versions deployed by CP2 (e.g., spring-web-5.3.18.jar).
    3. Remove the older versions from the folder.
    4. Restart the Identity Manager application server.

 

 

Additional Information

If the log displays a different JAR (e.g., spring-web-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar), search for and remove that specific file from the iam_im.ear library paths.

On 14.4 CP2 CP Deployer might not remove older jar files, leading to the same conflict, older files should be removed if both new and old version exist, example below:

[caidm@idm-test wildflyIDM-14.4.2]$ find -type f -name *spring*| sort

./modules/system/layers/base/org/jboss/resteasy/resteasy-spring/main/bundled/resteasy-spring-jar/resteasy-spring-3.6.2.Final.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/ca-nim-sm.war/license/springframework 3.2.8.txt

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-aop-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-aop-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-beans-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-beans-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-context-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-context-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-core-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-core-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-expression-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-expression-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-tx-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-tx-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-web-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/library/spring-web-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/user_console.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-ldap-core-2.3.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/user_console.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-ldap-core-2.4.1.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-jdbc-4.1.1.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-jdbc-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-oxm-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-oxm-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-webmvc-4.0.5.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-webmvc-5.3.18.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-ws-core-2.2.0.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-ws-core-3.1.3.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-xml-2.2.0.RELEASE.jar

./standalone/deployments/iam_im.ear/wpServer.war/WEB-INF/lib/spring-xml-3.1.3.jar

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