java.lang.VerifyError with Hadoop

Question

I\'m working in a java project using Hadoop and I have a java.lang.VerifyError and I don\'t know how to resolve it. I saw people with the same type of question but without a

Answer 1

I solved my problem.

The imported jar was good, but another version (probably older one) which I had tried earlier, was also in the project folder. When I called the class, it appears that older version of the jar in was used. Also, that jar was before the one I wanted in the class path. I deleted the older jar from the project folder and it worked.