NoSuchMethodError for JSONWriter.setDateFormatter after upgrade Struts from 2.3.7 to 2.3.33

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I upgraded Struts from 2.3.7 to 2.3.33 (using Maven). While with version 2.3.7 my web application was working without any issues, after the upgrade to 2.3.33, I receive the following exception when trying to access a web page that contains an Ajax call to the server.

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.struts2.json.JSONWriter.setDateFormatter(Ljava/lang/String;)V at org.apache.struts2.json.JSONUtil.serialize(JSONUtil.java:106)[struts2-json-plugin-2.3.33.jar:] at org.apache.struts2.json.JSONResult.createJSONString(JSONResult.java:203)[struts2-json-plugin-2.3.33.jar:] at org.apache.struts2.json.JSONResult.execute(JSONResult.java:177)[struts2-json-plugin-2.3.33.jar:] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:372)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:276)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at org.apache.struts2.interceptor.debugging.DebuggingInterceptor.intercept(DebuggingInterceptor.java:256)[struts2-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.doIntercept(DefaultWorkflowInterceptor.java:168)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.MethodFilterInterceptor.intercept(MethodFilterInterceptor.java:98)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ConversionErrorInterceptor.intercept(ConversionErrorInterceptor.java:138)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33] at com.opensymphony.xwork2.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:245)[xwork-core-2.3.33.jar:2.3.33]

The error occurs when my Java Action sends the json response back to the client.

Below is the Ajax call I use:

  $.ajax({
        url :  "list-sample-json",
           //   data : options.data,
           //   dataType : "json",
    
        type: "POST",
        data: JSON.stringify({ sortParameters : sortParametersList, pageSize:options.data.pageSize, skip:options.data.skip }),
        contentType : "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        dataType : "json",
        success : function (result) {
        options.success(result);
        },
        error : function (response, status, error) {
        openErrorDialog(response, status, error);
                                    }
    });

My action is accessed without any issues and returns SUCCESS. As mentioned above, the problem seems to occur when Struts generates the JSON response for the client. Below is also my Java class with json as a result type.

@Result(name = "success", type = "json", params = { "ignoreHierarchy", "false",
        "includeProperties", "textsampleList.*, count" })
@Injectable
public class ListSampleJsonAction {

    @Override
    public String execute() {
        
        List<SampleDTO> sampleList = new ArrayList<>();
        sampleList.add(new SampleDTO("sample")) ;
        return SUCCESS;
    }
          
}

I would like to mention that until 2.3.16.3 that the above implementation was working and I was getting a response (with the requested data) from the server.

I use maven 3.0.4 and Java 1.7_079. Can anybody suggest what might have gone wrong?

Roman C Roman C · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-03T23:13:43

The error java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.struts2.json.JSONWriter.setDateFormatter(Ljava/lang/String;)V

The method is available at javadoc.

and from Github.

So you have as @HarKrishan mentioned in the comment a jar conflict version.

But if it's not then probably you need to have the correct version of asm libraries on your classpath.

NoSuchMethodError for JSONWriter.setDateFormatter after upgrade Struts from 2.3.7 to 2.3.33

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