Solve Error java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ModuleNode.getStarImports()Ljava/util/List;

Question

I am encountering this exception.

Exception :java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ModuleNode.getStarImports()Ljava/util/List;

I have tried various version of groovy jars like groovy 1.8.4, groovy 1.8.6 etc. But I am not able to get rid of this error.

Answer 1

This happened to me when I had 2 different versions of Groovy in the classpath at the same time. Check your classpath especially if using something that obfuscates it such as Eclipse or Maven.

In my specific case, I was trying to use Groovy 1.8.6 but a Maven dependency was dragging in 1.6.5 causing errors. It worked fine running unit tests on the command line, but not from within Eclipse.

Answer 2

To compile with Groovy 2.x, try adding this to the gmaven plugin element:

<configuration>
    <providerSelection>2.0</providerSelection>
    <source>2.0</source>
</configuration>

For example:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
            <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>generateStubs</goal>
                        <goal>compile</goal>
                        <goal>generateTestStubs</goal>
                        <goal>testCompile</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
                <providerSelection>2.0</providerSelection>
                <source>2.0</source>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

with

<dependencies>  
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.9</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

seems to work.