I have almost same contract tests same class name imports pr

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I have almost same contract tests same class name imports provider consumer names etc and mvn test works in one simpler repo and fails on a bigger repo with errors below I have compared pom xml for libraries s versions jdk 17 etc I run out of clues Hope some one ahs seen the errors java lang IncompatibleClassChangeError Expected static method java lang Object dius pact core support expressions ExpressionParser parseExpression java lang String dius pact core support expressions DataType at dius pact consumer junit MessagePactProviderRule parsePacts MessagePactProviderRule java 192 at dius pact consumer junit MessagePactProviderRule$1 evaluate MessagePactProviderRule java 96 at org junit rules RunRules evaluate RunRules java 20 at org junit runners ParentRunner runLeaf ParentRunner java 325 at org junit runners BlockJUnit4ClassRunner runChild BlockJUnit4ClassRunner java 78 at org junit runners BlockJUnit4ClassRunner runChild BlockJUnit4ClassRunner java 57 at org junit runners ParentRunner$3 run ParentRunner java 290 at org junit runners ParentRunner$1 schedule ParentRunner java 71 at org junit runners ParentRunner runChildren ParentRunner java 288 at org junit runners ParentRunner access$000 ParentRunner java 58 at org junit runners ParentRunner$2 evaluate ParentRunner java 268 at org junit runners ParentRunner run ParentRunner java 363 at org junit runner JUnitCore run JUnitCore java 137 at com intellij junit4 JUnit4IdeaTestRunner startRunnerWithArgs JUnit4IdeaTestRunner java 69 at com intellij rt junit IdeaTestRunner$Repeater$1 execute IdeaTestRunner java 38 at com intellij rt execution junit TestsRepeater repeat TestsRepeater java 11 at com intellij rt junit IdeaTestRunner$Repeater startRunnerWithArgs IdeaTestRunner java 35 at com intellij rt junit JUnitStarter prepareStreamsAndStart JUnitStarter java 235 at com intellij rt junit JUnitStarter main JUnitStarter java 54 Process finished with exit code 255 import dius pact consumer MessagePactBuilder import dius pact consumer dsl DslPart import dius pact consumer dsl PactDslJsonBody import dius pact consumer junit MessagePactProviderRule import dius pact consumer junit PactVerification import dius pact core model annotations Pact import dius pact core model messaging MessagePact import com google protobuf TextFormat import org junit Assert import org junit Rule import org junit Test import InputStreamReader import java nio charset StandardCharsets import java util Base64 import java util Map public class ApStateConsumerMessagePactTest Rule public MessagePactProviderRule mockProvider = new MessagePactProviderRule producer message this

uglyog · Answer

This means you have a mismatch in the versions of the Pact JVM libraries You need to make sure all the Pact JVM libraries you use have the same major and minor versions