What is this net.bytebuddy java.lang.NoSuchMethodError and why ?

[vnuta9]

My project utilizing JDK 17.0.7, Appium2.0.0.-beta71, Java-Client 8.5.1 was running fine in the intelliJ IDEA CE and then I updated some of the cucumber-java, cucumber-testng dependencies to the latest versions. This resulted in this error, while compilation is just fine.

Given launch the app                       # stepdef.ActivationStepDef.launchTheApp()
      java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatcher$Junction net.bytebuddy.matcher.ElementMatchers.namedOneOf(java.lang.String[])'
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:80)
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.utils.ProxyFactory.getEnhancedProxy(ProxyFactory.java:60)
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.proxyForAnElement(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:209)
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.access$000(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:61)
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator$1.proxyForLocator(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:100)
	at org.openqa.selenium.support.pagefactory.DefaultFieldDecorator.decorate(DefaultFieldDecorator.java:61)
	at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator.decorate(AppiumFieldDecorator.java:147)
	at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.proxyFields(PageFactory.java:109)
	at org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory.initElements(PageFactory.java:101)
	at pages.BasePage.<init>(BasePage.java:70)
	at pages.ActivationPage.<init>(ActivationPage.java:194)
	at stepdef.ActivationStepDef.launchTheApp(ActivationStepDef.java:275)
	at ✽.launch the app(file:///Users/venkatanutalapati/dev/IntelliJWorkspace/zips5Automation/src/test/resources/features/Dashboard.feature:4)

My complete pom.xml file is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>org.zimperium</groupId>
    <artifactId>zMTD</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
        <jvm.options>--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED</jvm.options>
    </properties>
    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.11.0</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <source>17</source>
                        <target>17</target>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                    <configuration>
                            <argLine>${jvm.options}</argLine>
                        <suiteXmlFiles>
                            <suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
                        </suiteXmlFiles>
                    </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>

       <dependencies>


                   <dependency>
                       <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
                       <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
                       <version>8.5.1</version>
                   </dependency>

                              <dependency>
                                  <groupId>org.json</groupId>
                                  <artifactId>json</artifactId>
                                  <version>20230227</version>
                              </dependency>

                                        <dependency>
                                            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                                            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
                                            <version>2.20.0</version>
                                        </dependency>

                                                   <dependency>
                                                       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                                                       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
                                                       <version>2.20.0</version>
                                                   </dependency>

                                                             <dependency>
                                                                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                                                                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
                                                                 <version>1.15</version>
                                                             </dependency>

                                                             <dependency>
                                                                 <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
                                                                 <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
                                                                 <version>5.1.1</version>
                                                                 <scope>test</scope>
                                                             </dependency>

                                                             <dependency>
                                                                 <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
                                                                 <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
                                                                 <version>5.1.1</version>
                                                                 <scope>test</scope>
                                                             </dependency>

                                                             <dependency>
                                                                 <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
                                                                 <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
                                                                 <version>1.1.4</version>
                                                             </dependency>

                                                                        <dependency>
                                                                            <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
                                                                            <artifactId>core</artifactId>
                                                                            <version>3.5.0</version>
                                                                        </dependency>

                                                                        <dependency>
                                                                            <groupId>com.google.zxing</groupId>
                                                                            <artifactId>javase</artifactId>
                                                                            <version>3.5.0</version>
                                                                        </dependency>
                               <dependency>
                                   <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
                                   <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
                                   <version>7.12.1</version>
                                   <exclusions>
                                       <exclusion>
                                           <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
                                           <artifactId>messages</artifactId>
                                       </exclusion>
                                   </exclusions>
                               </dependency>

                                       <dependency>
                                           <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
                                           <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
                                           <version>7.12.1</version>
                                       </dependency>

                                                                        <dependency>
                                                                            <groupId>me.jvt.cucumber</groupId>
                                                                            <artifactId>reporting-plugin</artifactId>
                                                                            <version>7.11.0</version>
                                                                        </dependency>

                                                                                   <dependency>
                                                                                       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
                                                                                       <artifactId>selenium-server</artifactId>
                                                                                       <version>3.141.59</version>
                                                                                   </dependency>

                                                                                   <dependency>
                                                                                       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
                                                                                       <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
                                                                                       <version>4.9.1</version>
                                                                                   </dependency>

                                                                                   <dependency>
                                                                                       <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
                                                                                       <artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
                                                                                       <version>19</version>
                                                                                   </dependency>

                                                                                              <dependency>
                                                                                                  <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
                                                                                                  <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
                                                                                                  <version>7.8.0</version>
                                                                                                  <scope>test</scope>
                                                                                              </dependency>

                                                                                              <dependency>
                                                                                                  <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
                                                                                                  <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
                                                                                                  <version>2.0</version>
                                                                                              </dependency>

    </dependencies>

</project>



From googling net.bytebuddy is a Byte Buddy is a code generation and manipulation library for creating and modifying Java classes during the runtime of a Java application, which I don't know any thing about, as I inherited this framework.

Please help me, if I have to add it's maven dependency or adjust any other dependency version ?

[vnuta9]

I could able to resolve the issue by adding the latest maven dependency of the bytebuddy in the pom.xml file.