Parsing applicationContext.xml renders a `java.lang.NoSuchMethodError`. Could this be caused by dependency issues?

Question

I am invoking a test method (Junit) with an annotated application context (@ContextConfiguration(locations={\"classpath:applicationContext.xml\"})). The test fa

Answer 1

As Jens and Xstian hinted, there was a problem with the version of some of the jars in my classpath. Problem solved by doing a mvn clean install -U. I tried that before posting this question, but sometimes it just does not seem to do the trick, while sometimes it does.