spring-security compilation error

Question

I'm trying to compile spring-security 3.2.0 using Gradle. I'm getting an error with the spring4-tests.

I'm running the compile using:

gradlew clean build -x javadoc

Here is what is displayed in my DOS prompt:

609 tests completed, 1 failed :spring-security-config:spring4Test FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':spring-security-config:spring4Test'.

  There were failing tests. See the report at: file:///C:/spring/spring-security -3.2.0.RELEASE/config/build/reports/spring4-tests/index.html

• Try: Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 4 mins 21.298 secs

How do I resolve the error?

Here is my Gradle info:

------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 1.10-rc-2

Build time: 2013-12-11 10:54:54 UTC Build number: none Revision:
36ced393628875ff15575fa03d16c1349ffe8bb6

Groovy: 1.8.6 Ant: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.2 compiled on July 8 2013 Ivy: 2.2.0 JVM: 1.7.0 (Oracle Corporation 21.0-b17) OS: Windows 7 6.1 amd64

Here is what is in the report referenced above:

Failed tests http/openid-login/attribute-exchange

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'springSecurityFilterChain' defined in class org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public javax.servlet.Filter org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration.springSecurityFilterChain() throws java.lang.Exception] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.GenericSignatureFormatError at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:592) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1094) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:989) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:504) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:304) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:300) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:195) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:700) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:760) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:482) at org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext.(AnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java:84) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.BaseSpringSpec.loadConfig(BaseSpringSpec.groovy:91) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.NamespaceHttpOpenIDLoginTests.http/openid-login/attribute-exchange(NamespaceHttpOpenIDLoginTests.groovy:79) Caused by: org.s pringframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Factory method [public javax.servlet.Filter org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration.springSecurityFilterChain() throws java.lang.Exception] threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.GenericSignatureFormatError at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:188) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:581) ... 14 more Caused by: java.lang.reflect.GenericSignatureFormatError at java.beans.FeatureDescriptor.getParameterTypes(FeatureDescriptor.java:387) at java.beans.MethodDescriptor.setMethod(MethodDescriptor.java:114) at java.beans.MethodDescriptor.(MethodDescriptor.java:72) at java.beans.MethodDescriptor.(MethodDescriptor.java:56) at java.beans.Introspector.getTargetMethodInfo(Introspector.java:1150) at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:433) at java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Introspector.java:174) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.NamespaceHttpOpenIDLoginTests$OpenIDLoginAttributeExchangeConfig.configure(NamespaceHttpOpenID LoginTests.groovy:118) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.getHttp(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:187) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.init(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:282) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.init(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java:57) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.init(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:369) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.doBuild(AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder.java:322) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractSecurityBuilder.build(AbstractSecurityBuilder.java:39) at org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfiguration.springSecurityFilterChain(WebSecurityConfiguration.java:92) at org.springfram ework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:326) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:166) ... 15 more

Answer 1

This is a bug that was fixed in JDK 1.7.0_02 and up.

Please update to the latest JDK 7 to compile Spring Security. There are also plenty of security fixes that should encourage you to update to the latest JDK 7 as well.