I was facing a problem where I couldn't get to convert some json into a java object. That issue is here: Spring + Jackson + Deserializing List of Generic Objects. Now, I was able to solve that by upgrading from spring 3.0.3 to spring 3.2.
The problem I'm facing now is the following. My serialization/deserialization works fine on my webapp, however it does not on my unit tests. When I run/debug them, I see I'm having the same problem I was having before (the one on the other stackoverflow post). I think there must be a conflict on my dependencies but after spending the whole day looking into it, I came up empty.
My project is a multi module maven project where I have a pom for the dependencies, a pom for the main project, and a pom for each module.
Dependencies POM:
<project>
<name>Dependency Versions</name>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>iap-dependency-versions</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<scm>
<developerConnection>...</developerConnection>
</scm>
<distributionManagement>
...
</distributionManagement>
<properties>
<spring.version>3.2.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
<project.version>0.0.2-SNAPSHOT</project.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-provider-perforce</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- JUnit purpose Start-->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- JUnit purpose End-->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
<version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
<artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-provider-perforce</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.scm</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-scm-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.web.servlet</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.xml</artifactId>
<version>1.5.5.A</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.web</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0.M3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.expression</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.transaction</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>org.springframework.orm</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.5.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>0.9.17</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate</artifactId>
<version>3.2.5.ga</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.4.0.CR1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-annotations</artifactId>
<version>3.4.0.CR1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>3.3.2.GA</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.7</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.concordion</groupId>
<artifactId>concordion</artifactId>
<version>1.3.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>1.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.simpleframework</groupId>
<artifactId>simple-xml</artifactId>
<version>2.0.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.collections</groupId>
<artifactId>google-collections</artifactId>
<version>1.0-rc3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
<version>1.3.7</version>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
<artifactId>xmlunit</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.opencsv</groupId>
<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<!-- apparently needed for jdom namespaces -->
<groupId>jaxen</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<!-- to make concordion tests run in IntelliJ? -->
<groupId>xom</groupId>
<artifactId>xom</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
<version>4.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<version>1.2.15</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
<artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
<artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
<version>1.4.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.21</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<version>1.6.2</version>
</dependency>
<!--JSF -->
<!-- need to confirm version -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.facelets</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-facelets</artifactId>
<version>1.1.14</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId>
<version>1.2_12</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.faces</groupId>
<artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId>
<version>1.2_12</version>
</dependency>
<!-- RichFaces libraries -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.framework</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-api</artifactId>
<version>3.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.framework</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-impl</artifactId>
<version>3.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.richfaces.ui</groupId>
<artifactId>richfaces-ui</artifactId>
<version>3.3.3.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servle-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Quartz -->
<dependency>
<groupId>quartz</groupId>
<artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
<version>1.5.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Milestones</id>
<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/milestone</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Bundle Releases</id>
<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release</url>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Releases</id>
<url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Xms768m -Xmx1024m</argLine>
<forkMode>never</forkMode>
<skip>false</skip>
<systemProperties>
<property>
<name>configDir</name>
<value>${configDir}</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>concordion.output.dir</name>
<value>target/concordion</value>
</property>
</systemProperties>
<excludes>
<exclude>...</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Project POM
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>iap-ui</artifactId>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>IAP UI</name>
<description>IAP UI</description>
<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<parent>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>iap-dependency-versions</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modules>
<module>iap-common</module>
<module>iap-model</module>
<module>iap-persistence</module>
<module>iap-services</module>
<module>iap-presentation</module>
</modules>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<formats>
<format>html</format>
<format>xml</format>
</formats>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
</project>
War module POM:
<project>
<parent>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>iap-ui</artifactId>
<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>iap-presentation</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>IAP Presentation</name>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>1.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- JUnit purpose Start -->
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- JUnit purpose Ends -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- RichFaces libraries -->
<!-- Roster add end -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
<artifactId>jdom</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>1.9.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>facelets-taglib</artifactId>
<version>0.1_jsf20</version> </dependency> -->
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>iap-presentation</finalName>
</build>
</project>
Any ideas about why my deployed code works but not my unit tests?
How did you deploy it? Your container's lib folder could contain extra jars not available on your test scope, hence the classpath difference.