error: cannot access BlockJUnit4ClassRunner

Question

While i run the mvn install I'm able to find this above error .

This is my POM.xml i have configured JUnit.

      <dependency>
          <groupId>junit</groupId>
          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
          <version>4.4</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
      </dependency>

This is the service Test class

   @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
   @ContextConfiguration
   public class ServiceTestCase {

   protected static final Logger LOG =  Logger.getLogger(ServiceTestCase.class);

   @Configuration
   static class AccountServiceTestContextConfiguration {
    ....
    ....
    ....
   }

While compiling the above error I am getting. this Test class I have created in src/test/java

can any one please suggest. How to resolve this ?

When I remove the I am getting error as @Test is not recognise.

Answer 1

Ok, the solution might be quite simple: Update to JUnit 4.5 (or higher).

The javadoc of the BlockJUnit4Runner (which is the Superclass of the SpringJUnit4ClassRunner you are using) states:

@since 4.5

...but as you only use <version>4.4</version>, that's probably the whole problem. Just checked it and the class does simply not exist in JUnit 4.4, so you'll have to upgrade your JUnit version to fix that problem.