NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory

Question

I keep getting:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.<init>(Ljavax/net/ssl/SSLContext;Ljavax/net/ssl/HostnameVerifier;)V
at com.amazonaws.http.conn.ssl.SdkTLSSocketFactory.<init>(SdkTLSSocketFactory.java:56)
at com.amazonaws.http.apache.client.impl.ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.getPreferredSocketFactory(ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.java:87)
at com.amazonaws.http.apache.client.impl.ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.create(ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.java:65)
at com.amazonaws.http.apache.client.impl.ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.create(ApacheConnectionManagerFactory.java:58)
at com.amazonaws.http.apache.client.impl.ApacheHttpClientFactory.create(ApacheHttpClientFactory.java:50)
at com.amazonaws.http.apache.client.impl.ApacheHttpClientFactory.create(ApacheHttpClientFactory.java:38)
at com.amazonaws.http.AmazonHttpClient.<init>(AmazonHttpClient.java:253)
at com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceClient.<init>(AmazonWebServiceClient.java:145)
at com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceClient.<init>(AmazonWebServiceClient.java:136)
at com.amazonaws.AmazonWebServiceClient.<init>(AmazonWebServiceClient.java:121)
at com.amazonaws.services.elasticmapreduce.AmazonElasticMapReduceClient.<init>(AmazonElasticMapReduceClient.java:175)
at com.amazonaws.services.elasticmapreduce.AmazonElasticMapReduceClient.<init>(AmazonElasticMapReduceClient.java:155)
at ExtractRelatedPairs.main(ExtractRelatedPairs.java:30)

Visual description which illustrates all the added jars (on the left) and their version for inspection.

Despite the fact that all needed jars are added, tried all the different jars and versions, even tried to change project's settings to work with 1.6 1.7 instead of 1.8...

Any ideas?

Tessietessier

Please add the error message instead of using an image. – Knavish

@Knavish Done, thanks for the feedback – Tessietessier

Much better, thanks! – Knavish

evaluate this while debugging - org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getPath(). it will give you the currently used httpclient jar version, make sure it is above 4.5.3 and maintain only one jar. – Dopester

In case you are using gradle and maven, I followed this approach: https://mcmap.net/q/472482/-caused-by-java-lang-nosuchmethoderror-org-apache-http-conn-ssl-sslconnectionsocketfactory – Pastelist

Answer 1

Assuming your project is built with Maven, adding this to your pom.xml should take care of that issue:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
  <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
  <version>4.5.2</version>
</dependency>

Moldboard

Thanks for the tip. Could you explain what exactly this solves and what the root issue was? – Contravention

@YuChen The class in an older jar does not have the required constructor. – Seiden

Or better look through dependency hierarchy for conflicting dependency and add an exclusion. – Alfaro

can you explain what's a pom? – Tooley

@Tooley a pom is an XML file for managing various aspects of your project, including dependencies. You'll want to look into Maven for more information: maven.apache.org/pom.html – Monamonachal

@RobertVažan could you please explain a bit on where I can find dependency hierarchy or finding conflicting dependency? Or if you could point me to a source to learn related concept that'd be awesome. Thanks! – Flap

@RandomCertainty Dependency hierarchy is a tab in Eclipse's view of pom.xml. I don't know about other IDEs/tools. – Alfaro