ContextLoader requires servlet-api 2.5 [SPR-7044]

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David J. M. Karlsen opened SPR-7044 and commented

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.servlet.ServletContext.getContextPath()Ljava/lang/String;
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:265)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:196)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.startContext(ContextHandler.java:548)

getContextPath() is a servlet-spec 2.5 method http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/servlet/ServletContext.html#getContextPath%28%29.
I suggest methods are inspected with reflection to verify presence of appropiate method.

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Affects: 3.0.1

Referenced from: commits fa719ad

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Juergen Hoeller commented

I'm not quite sure why this fails for you since we only ever execute that code path when on Servlet 2.5 or higher... and usually the VM does not validate such method references eagerly. Anyway, I've replaced this with a reflective call for 3.0.2, so we should be on the safe side now.

Juergen

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Would be great if you could give tonight's 3.0.2 snapshot a try before we publicly release 3.0.2 later this week...

Juergen