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Migration spring boot 1.5.10 to spring boot 2.0.3

I'm migrating a project from spring boot 1.5.10 to spring boot 2.0.3, I installed the dependency "spring-boot-properties-migrator", it told me that properties change and everything is fine, but now I have this error and I do not know how fix it, I tried everything.
Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaConfiguration.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor.getProperties()Ljava/util/Properties;
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaConfiguration.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor.getProperties()Ljava/util/Properties;
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor.getProperties()Ljava/util/Properties;
config.properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test
spring.datasource.username=test
spring.datasource.password=test
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.naming_strategy=org.hibernate.cfg.ImprovedNamingStrategy
pom.xml
<?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>com.example</groupId>
<artifactId>hello</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>hello</name>
<description>hello website</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.0.3.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-properties-migrator</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- hot swapping, disable cache for template, enable live reload -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time-jsptags</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time-hibernate</artifactId>
<version>1.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jadira.usertype</groupId>
<artifactId>usertype.core</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0.GA</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.4</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity4</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
<artifactId>pdfbox</artifactId>
<version>2.0.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
<artifactId>pdfbox-tools</artifactId>
<version>2.0.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets</groupId>
<artifactId>tesseract-platform</artifactId>
<version>3.05.01-1.4.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mailjet</groupId>
<artifactId>mailjet-client</artifactId>
<version>4.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-amqp</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.8.5</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
[INFO] com.example:hello:jar:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-properties-migrator:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-metadata:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:runtime
[INFO] | \- com.vaadin.external.google:android-json:jar:0.0.20131108.vaadin1:runtime
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | +- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.2.3:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.2.3:compile
[INFO] | | | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-to-slf4j:jar:2.10.0:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.10.0:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.25:compile
[INFO] | | +- javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.3.2:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.19:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.zaxxer:HikariCP:jar:2.7.9:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:5.2.17.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.3.2.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.2.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.22.0-GA:compile
[INFO] | | +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jboss:jandex:jar:2.0.3.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.3.4:compile
[INFO] | | +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:5.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:jar:2.0.8.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:2.0.8.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-aspects:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring5:jar:3.0.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:jar:3.0.9.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.attoparser:attoparser:jar:2.0.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.unbescape:unbescape:jar:1.1.5.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-java8time:jar:3.0.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-config:jar:5.0.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:5.0.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.security:spring-security-web:jar:5.0.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile (optional)
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-json:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.9.6:compile
[INFO] | | | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.9.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:jar:2.9.6:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:jar:2.9.6:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-parameter-names:jar:2.9.6:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:jar:8.5.31:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:jar:8.5.31:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:jar:8.5.31:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate.validator:hibernate-validator:jar:6.0.10.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:2.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-mail:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-context-support:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- com.sun.mail:javax.mail:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | \- javax.activation:activation:jar:1.1:compile
[INFO] +- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.9.9:compile
[INFO] +- joda-time:joda-time-jsptags:jar:1.1.1:compile
[INFO] +- joda-time:joda-time-hibernate:jar:1.4:compile
[INFO] +- org.jadira.usertype:usertype.core:jar:5.0.0.GA:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:5.2.17.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:jar:1.7.11:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec:jar:1.0.1.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.25:compile
[INFO] | \- org.jadira.usertype:usertype.spi:jar:5.0.0.GA:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.4:compile
[INFO] +- mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:5.1.46:runtime
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:test
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-test:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:test
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-test-autoconfigure:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:test
[INFO] | +- com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:jar:2.4.0:test
[INFO] | | \- net.minidev:json-smart:jar:2.3:test
[INFO] | | \- net.minidev:accessors-smart:jar:1.2:test
[INFO] | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:5.0.4:test
[INFO] | +- junit:junit:jar:4.12:compile
[INFO] | +- org.assertj:assertj-core:jar:3.9.1:test
[INFO] | +- org.mockito:mockito-core:jar:2.15.0:test
[INFO] | | +- net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:jar:1.7.11:test
[INFO] | | \- org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:2.6:test
[INFO] | +- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:jar:1.3:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:jar:1.3:test
[INFO] | +- org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:jar:1.5.0:test
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-test:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:test
[INFO] | \- org.xmlunit:xmlunit-core:jar:2.5.1:test
[INFO] +- org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity4:jar:3.0.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:jar:2.0.9:compile
[INFO] | +- org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:jar:2.0.9:compile
[INFO] | \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-tools:jar:2.0.9:compile
[INFO] | \- org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-debugger:jar:2.0.9:compile
[INFO] +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract-platform:jar:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica-platform:jar:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:android-arm:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:android-arm64:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:android-x86:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:android-x86_64:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:linux-x86:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:linux-x86_64:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:linux-armhf:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:linux-ppc64le:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:macosx-x86_64:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:windows-x86:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:leptonica:jar:windows-x86_64:1.75.3-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.bytedeco:javacpp:jar:1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:android-arm:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:android-arm64:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:android-x86:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:android-x86_64:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:linux-x86:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:linux-x86_64:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:linux-armhf:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:linux-ppc64le:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:macosx-x86_64:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:windows-x86:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] | \- org.bytedeco.javacpp-presets:tesseract:jar:windows-x86_64:3.05.01-1.4.1:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.8.13:compile
[INFO] +- com.mailjet:mailjet-client:jar:4.1.1:compile
[INFO] | +- com.turbomanage.basic-http-client:http-client-java:jar:0.89:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.9.6:compile
[INFO] | \- org.json:json:jar:20140107:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:jar:2.0.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-messaging:jar:5.0.7.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit:jar:2.0.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.amqp:spring-amqp:jar:2.0.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:jar:5.1.2:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.retry:spring-retry:jar:1.2.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] \- com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.8.5:compile

I am using Jadira 5.0 which, AFAIK, only supports Hibernate 5.0. Boot 2.0 requires Hibernate 5.2.

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError when connecting to Firebase from Java

I'm trying to connect my Java web project to Firebase, so I'll be able to store my data in Firestore. I'm using Java Admin SDK, following official guide: FirebaseAdminSDK. Sadly, I'm getting exceptions when FirebaseAp is being initialized:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState(ZLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.checkNotDeleted(FirebaseApp.java:352)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.getOptions(FirebaseApp.java:267)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp$TokenRefresher.<init>(FirebaseApp.java:434)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp$TokenRefresher$Factory.create(FirebaseApp.java:535)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.<init>(FirebaseApp.java:113)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:201)
at com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp.initializeApp(FirebaseApp.java:188)
Now, I read here and there, that it's problem with guava project and it is recommended to use different versions of guava library. I tried all versions starting from 18.
Then, I read that it can be caused by multiple guava libraries referenced by different libraries in my classpath in defferent versions fighting each other. So, I checked maven dependency tree to see if there are multiple dependencies on guava. Nope.
Then, I unpacked .WAR file to see what exact jars are being deployed to glassfish with my app. Only one guava jar is there (the one pointed by my pom.xml file).
To be honest, I've run out of ideas. Please help. You can see pom.xml and generated maven dependency tree appended below.
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.greenstudio</groupId>
<artifactId>trekking-project</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>trekking-project</name>
<properties>
<endorsed.dir>${project.build.directory}/endorsed</endorsed.dir>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.firebase</groupId>
<artifactId>firebase-admin</artifactId>
<version>5.6.0</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>21.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
<version>2.9.9</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>eclipselink</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.modelgen.processor</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
<version>4.3.3</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
<version>4.3.6</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>primefaces</groupId>
<artifactId>primefaces</artifactId>
<version>5.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>primefaces.blacktie</groupId>
<artifactId>primefaces.blacktie</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>bootstrap</groupId>
<artifactId>bootstrap</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidatororg.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator</groupId>
<artifactId>org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator</artifactId>
<version>1.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.7</source>
<target>1.7</target>
<compilerArguments>
<endorseddirs>${endorsed.dir}</endorseddirs>
</compilerArguments>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.8</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>validate</phase>
<goals>
<goal>copy</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<outputDirectory>${endorsed.dir}</outputDirectory>
<silent>true</silent>
<artifactItems>
<artifactItem>
<groupId>javax</groupId>
<artifactId>javaee-endorsed-api</artifactId>
<version>7.0</version>
<type>jar</type>
</artifactItem>
</artifactItems>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
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[INFO] +- com.google.firebase:firebase-admin:jar:5.6.0:compile
[INFO] | +- com.google.api-client:google-api-client:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.google.oauth-client:google-oauth-client:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson2:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.1.3:compile
[INFO] | +- com.google.api-client:google-api-client-gson:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.google.http-client:google-http-client-gson:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.1:compile
[INFO] | +- com.google.http-client:google-http-client:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:jar:1.3.9:compile
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[INFO] | | \- com.google.auth:google-auth-library-credentials:jar:0.8.0:compile
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[INFO] | | | +- com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:jar:0.1.20:compile
[INFO] | | | \- com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-iam-v1:jar:0.1.20:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core-http:jar:1.7.0:compile
[INFO] | | | +- com.google.http-client:google-http-client-appengine:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | | \- com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson:jar:1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-core-asl:jar:1.9.11:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage:jar:v1-rev108-1.22.0:compile
[INFO] | +- com.google.cloud:google-cloud-firestore:jar:0.25.0-beta:compile
[INFO] | | +- io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:jar:2.0.3.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.google.cloud:google-cloud-core-grpc:jar:1.7.0:compile
[INFO] | | | +- com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:jar:3.3.1:compile
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[INFO] | | | \- io.grpc:grpc-context:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.google.api:gax-grpc:jar:0.25.1:compile
[INFO] | | | +- com.google.auto.value:auto-value:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.threeten:threetenbp:jar:1.3.3:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-cloud-firestore-v1beta1:jar:0.1.20:compile
[INFO] | | +- io.grpc:grpc-netty:jar:1.6.1:compile
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[INFO] | | | | +- com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:jar:2.0.19:compile
[INFO] | | | | +- com.google.instrumentation:instrumentation-api:jar:0.4.3:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- io.opencensus:opencensus-api:jar:0.5.1:compile
[INFO] | | | +- io.netty:netty-codec-http2:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile (version selected from constraint [4.1.14.Final,4.1.14.Final])
[INFO] | | | \- io.netty:netty-handler-proxy:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | | | \- io.netty:netty-codec-socks:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- io.grpc:grpc-stub:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- io.grpc:grpc-auth:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.json:json:jar:20160810:compile
[INFO] | +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.25:compile
[INFO] | +- io.netty:netty-codec-http:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- io.netty:netty-codec:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- io.netty:netty-handler:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- io.netty:netty-buffer:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- io.netty:netty-common:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | \- io.netty:netty-transport:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] | \- io.netty:netty-resolver:jar:4.1.14.Final:compile
[INFO] +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:21.0:compile
[INFO] +- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.9.9:compile
[INFO] +- org.eclipse.persistence:eclipselink:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:jar:2.1.0:provided
[INFO] | \- org.eclipse.persistence:commonj.sdo:jar:2.1.1:provided
[INFO] +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.modelgen.processor:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.core:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.asm:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | \- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.antlr:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] | \- org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql:jar:2.5.2:provided
[INFO] +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.3.3:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.3.6:compile
[INFO] | +- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] | \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.6:compile
[INFO] +- primefaces:primefaces:jar:5.3:compile
[INFO] +- primefaces.blacktie:primefaces.blacktie:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] +- bootstrap:bootstrap:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] +- org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidatororg.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator:org.apache.commons.validator.routines.EmailValidator:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] \- javax:javaee-web-api:jar:7.0:provided
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I even downloaded github repository of google firebase sdk and got rid of all guava code references there, but then I'm getting similar errors when trying to read/write Firestore. It seems that some other google libraries depend on that crappy little jar as well.

I had the same problem with Guava versions in different dependencies.
I resolved this in Gradle like this :
configurations.all {
resolutionStrategy {
force 'com.google.guava:guava:17.0'
}
}
There should be a Maven way, otherwise exclude Guava from all your dependencies and add it explicitly with your version.
It enforces Guava version globally. Fortunatelly for me, version 17 was compatible with all my dependencies. Neither 16- nor 18+ were... Sad thing these are using Guava.
Hope it helps,
Regards

How to find out and exclude an implicit dependency with Maven3?

I have a pom.xml file with several dependencies, one of them being c3p0-0.9.5.1.jar. However, when deploying the webapp with Tomcat7, the WEB-INF/lib subdirectory contains two versions for the same dependency:
c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar
c3p0-0.9.5.1.jar
I want to exclude version 0.9.1.1. I run:
mvn dependency:tree
However, only version 0.9.5.1 appears, the other jar file is not listed here. I need to exclude that version because it's causing a library conflict and currently my ugly workaround is manually removing the 0.9.1.1 version via rm and restarting Tomcat7.
I also tried adding an <exclude> block on each dependency but the file is still placed in the WEB-INF/lib subdirectory of the Tomcat7 webapp subdirectory.
Maven version is 3.0.5-1.
How can I find out what dependency is generating that old version and how can I forcibly exclude it?
This is the full pom.xml file:
<?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>com.login.cas</groupId>
<artifactId>local-cas-management</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>4.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<warName>cas-management</warName>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
<artifactId>cas-management-webapp</artifactId>
<version>${cas.version}</version>
<type>war</type>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>${mysql.connector.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
<artifactId>cas-server-support-jdbc</artifactId>
<version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jasig.cas</groupId>
<artifactId>cas-server-support-ldap</artifactId>
<version>${cas.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
<artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
<version>${xml.apis.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.mchange</groupId>
<artifactId>c3p0</artifactId>
<version>${c3p0.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<properties>
<commons.dbcp.version>2.0</commons.dbcp.version>
<cas.version>4.1.1</cas.version>
<hibernate.version>4.3.10.Final</hibernate.version>
<mysql.connector.version>5.1.6</mysql.connector.version>
<xml.apis.version>1.4.01</xml.apis.version>
<c3p0.version>0.9.5.1</c3p0.version>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>ja-sig</id>
<url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/ </url>
</repository>
</repositories>
</project>
This would be the associated dependency:tree. As you can see, there's no version 0.9.1.1.
[INFO] com.login.cas:local-cas-management:war:4.1.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] +- org.jasig.cas:cas-management-webapp:war:4.1.1:runtime
[INFO] +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:4.3.10.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.1.3.GA:compile
[INFO] | +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging-annotations:jar:1.2.0.Beta1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.2_spec:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:4.0.5.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.18.1-GA:compile
[INFO] | +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
[INFO] | \- org.jboss:jandex:jar:1.1.0.Final:compile
[INFO] +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:4.3.10.Final:compile
[INFO] +- mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:5.1.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.jasig.cas:cas-server-support-jdbc:jar:4.1.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.jasig.cas:cas-server-core:jar:4.1.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jasig.cas:cas-server-core-api:jar:4.1.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jasig.inspektr:inspektr-audit:jar:1.2.GA:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.jasig.inspektr:inspektr-common:jar:1.2.GA:compile
[INFO] | | +- io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:jar:3.1.2:compile
[INFO] | | +- io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-annotation:jar:3.1.2:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jasig.service.persondir:person-directory-impl:jar:1.7.0:compile
[INFO] | | | +- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] | | | +- com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:jar:2.2.7:compile
[INFO] | | | | +- com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:jar:2.2.7:compile
[INFO] | | | | | +- javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar:2.2.7:compile
[INFO] | | | | | \- com.sun.istack:istack-commons-runtime:jar:2.16:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- com.sun.xml.fastinfoset:FastInfoset:jar:1.2.12:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- javax.xml.bind:jsr173_api:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.jasig.service.persondir:person-directory-api:jar:1.7.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.10:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-context-support:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:jar:4.0.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- commons-jexl:commons-jexl:jar:1.1:runtime
[INFO] | | +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.4:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.reflections:reflections:jar:0.9.10:compile
[INFO] | | | \- com.google.code.findbugs:annotations:jar:2.0.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | | +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | | \- commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] | | +- javax.cache:cache-api:jar:1.0.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jsr107.ri:cache-ri-impl:jar:1.0.0:runtime
[INFO] | | | \- javax.enterprise:cdi-api:jar:1.0-SP4:runtime
[INFO] | | | +- org.jboss.spec.javax.interceptor:jboss-interceptors-api_1.1_spec:jar:1.0.0.Beta1:runtime
[INFO] | | | +- javax.annotation:jsr250-api:jar:1.0:runtime
[INFO] | | | \- javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1:runtime
[INFO] | | +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:18.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j:jar:0.4.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:jar:4.0:compile
[INFO] | +- org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.4:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.apache.shiro:shiro-core:jar:1.2.3:compile
[INFO] | | \- commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.8.3:compile
[INFO] | +- org.aspectj:aspectjrt:jar:1.8.6:compile
[INFO] | +- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.8.6:compile
[INFO] | +- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:1.1.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | +- org.glassfish.web:javax.el:jar:2.2.6:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] | +- org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.12:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.3:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar:2.3:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:jar:2.3:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jcl:jar:2.3:runtime
[INFO] | \- org.jasig.inspektr:inspektr-aspects:jar:1.2.GA:compile
[INFO] +- org.jasig.cas:cas-server-support-ldap:jar:4.1.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.webflow:spring-webflow:jar:2.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- opensymphony:ognl:jar:2.6.11:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.webflow:spring-binding:jar:2.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework.webflow:spring-js:jar:2.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework.webflow:spring-js-resources:jar:2.4.1.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.ldaptive:ldaptive:jar:1.0.7:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:4.1.6.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.8.1:compile
[INFO] | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.5.3:compile
[INFO] | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.5.0:compile
[INFO] | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.5.3:compile
[INFO] +- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.4.01:compile
[INFO] \- com.mchange:c3p0:jar:0.9.5.1:compile
[INFO] \- com.mchange:mchange-commons-java:jar:0.2.10:compile

If you want to proceed in a clean way, I strongly suggest you use Eclipse to check your dependency hierarchy. The Maven integration plugin provides for pom.xml files a Dependency Hierarchy view that lets you view which dependencies refer to one another.
In this view, you can manually exclude a given artifact by right-clicking it and selecting Exclude Maven Artifact... from the context menu.
You will be shown a dialog asking where to place dependency exclusion. Usually you shouldn't have to change the selection. Click OK and the <exclude> element will be automatically placed into the pom.xml file for you. If you are comfortable with the modified pom.xml file, don't forget to save it before you rebuild your project.
Apart from adjusting your pom.xml file, run a mvn clean package command to make sure no stale dependencies remain in your target folder.

Try this
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6</version>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/c3p0-0.9.1.1.jar</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>

Maven adding jars to war which are not present in dependency:tree

I've recently prepared spring-boot configuration to work properly on a standalone jetty.
I've encountered a strange behavior from maven. It adds jars to my .war archive which are not present in mvn dependency:tree. I've worked around the problem by adding this to my pom.xml:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/tomcat-*.jar</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
But that's obviously an ugly solution.
pom.xml:
<?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>com.pretius</groupId>
<artifactId>springBootJettyExample</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>Spring-Boot jetty example app</name>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-jdbc</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>spbj-example</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/lib/tomcat-*.jar</packagingExcludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>spring-snapshots</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>spring-milestones</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<id>spring-snapshots</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
</pluginRepository>
<pluginRepository>
<id>spring-milestones</id>
<url>http://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
</project>
mvn dependency:tree:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Spring-Boot jetty example app 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-dependency-plugin:2.10:tree (default-cli) # springBootJettyExample ---
[INFO] com.pretius:springBootJettyExample:war:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | | +- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.1.3:compile
[INFO] | | | +- org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.16:runtime
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:jar:8.0.26:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:jar:5.2.1.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- javax.validation:validation-api:jar:1.1.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.fasterxml:classmate:jar:1.1.0:compile
[INFO] | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | +- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | \- com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.6.1:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-web:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | | \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-webmvc:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jetty:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-continuation:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-io:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-xml:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-common:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-api:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-servlet:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | \- javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.1.0:provided
[INFO] | \- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:javax-websocket-server-impl:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-annotations:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-plus:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-jndi:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | | +- javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:5.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm-commons:jar:5.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:jar:5.0.1:provided
[INFO] | +- org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:javax-websocket-client-impl:jar:9.2.13.v20150730:provided
[INFO] | \- javax.websocket:javax.websocket-api:jar:1.0:provided
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.aspectj:aspectjrt:jar:1.8.6:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:jar:1.8.6:compile
[INFO] | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:jar:4.3.11.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.1.3.GA:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging-annotations:jar:1.2.0.Beta1:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.hibernate:hibernate-core:jar:4.3.11.Final:compile
[INFO] | | | +- antlr:antlr:jar:2.7.7:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.jboss:jandex:jar:1.1.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- dom4j:dom4j:jar:1.6.1:compile
[INFO] | | | \- xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.0.b2:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.hibernate.common:hibernate-commons-annotations:jar:4.0.5.Final:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.hibernate.javax.persistence:hibernate-jpa-2.1-api:jar:1.0.0.Final:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.javassist:javassist:jar:3.18.1-GA:compile
[INFO] | +- javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:jar:1.2:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-jpa:jar:1.9.0.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:1.11.0.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-orm:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-aspects:jar:4.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-actuator:jar:1.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT:compile
[INFO] +- org.hsqldb:hsqldb:jar:2.3.3:runtime
[INFO] \- org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.12:compile
[INFO] \- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.17:compile
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2.746 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-10-05T09:36:47+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 21M/309M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Yes, there is one tomcat lib in the tree, but there are several added to .war)
Unwanted jars:
tomcat-embed-core-8.0.26.jar
tomcat-embed-logging-juli-8.0.26.jar
tomcat-embed-websocket-8.0.26.jar
tomcat-jdbc-8.0.26.jar
tomcat-juli-8.0.26.jar
Here's a link to the sample application.
What is adding the tomcat* jars to my .war? How can I stop it doing so?

Well when I run maven package this pom produces two war files one named "spbj-example.war" for running with
org.springframework.boot.loader.WarLauncher
and another one named "spbj-example.war.original".
You should use the second war which doesn't contain anything related to servers.
The first one contains a lib directory in which you have jar files to run a server like "jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar" and lots of others.
So most likey problem is related to your dirty "target" directory.
You should use
mvn clean package/install

Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings, log back-classic and log4j

getting below error when i try to run unit test in my java project:
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/me/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-log4j12/1.5.8/slf4j-log4j12-1.5.8.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/me/.m2/repository/ch/qos/logback/logback-classic/1.0.6/logback-classic-1.0.6.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See slf4j.org/… for an explanation.
My pom.xml does have these dependencies:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
</dependency>
My mvn dependency tree:
[INFO] +- junit:junit:jar:4.8.1:test
[INFO] +- storm:storm:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | +- storm:storm-console-logging:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | +- storm:storm-core:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:clojure:jar:1.4.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:1.4:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.commons:commons-exec:jar:1.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:libthrift7:jar:0.7.0-2:provided
[INFO] | | | +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.5:provided
[INFO] | | | \- javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.5:provided
[INFO] | | +- clj-time:clj-time:jar:0.4.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.netflix.curator:curator-framework:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.netflix.curator:curator-client:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:jar:3.3.3:provided
[INFO] | | | \- jline:jline:jar:0.9.94:provided
[INFO] | | +- backtype:jzmq:jar:2.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:jar:1.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- compojure:compojure:jar:1.1.3:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.clojure:core.incubator:jar:0.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.clojure:tools.macro:jar:0.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- clout:clout:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- ring:ring-core:jar:1.1.5:provided
[INFO] | | | \- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.2.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- hiccup:hiccup:jar:0.3.6:provided
[INFO] | | +- ring:ring-devel:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | \- clj-stacktrace:clj-stacktrace:jar:0.2.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- ring:ring-jetty-adapter:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | +- ring:ring-servlet:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty:jar:6.1.26:provided
[INFO] | | | | \- org.mortbay.jetty:servlet-api:jar:2.5-20081211:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-util:jar:6.1.26:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:tools.logging:jar:0.2.3:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:math.numeric-tower:jar:0.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:carbonite:jar:1.5.0:provided
[INFO] | | | \- com.esotericsoftware.kryo:kryo:jar:2.17:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.esotericsoftware.reflectasm:reflectasm:jar:shaded:1.07:provided
[INFO] | | | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:4.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.esotericsoftware.minlog:minlog:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.11:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.1.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:tools.cli:jar:0.2.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.googlecode.disruptor:disruptor:jar:2.10.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:jgrapht:jar:0.8.3:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:13.0:provided
[INFO] | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.0.6:provided
[INFO] | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.0.6:provided
[INFO] | \- storm:storm-netty:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | \- io.netty:netty:jar:3.6.3.Final:provided
[INFO] +- com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:jar:3.2.2:compile
[INFO] +- org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver:jar:2.11.3:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb:jar:1.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:1.6.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.6:compile
[INFO] +- org.mockito:mockito-all:jar:1.9.0:test
[INFO] +- org.easytesting:fest-assert-core:jar:2.0M8:test
[INFO] | \- org.easytesting:fest-util:jar:1.2.3:test
[INFO] +- com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.2.4:compile
[INFO] \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.8:compile
Edit 1:
After removing log4j dependency tree
+- junit:junit:jar:4.8.1:test
[INFO] +- storm:storm:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | +- storm:storm-console-logging:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | +- storm:storm-core:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:clojure:jar:1.4.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- commons-io:commons-io:jar:1.4:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.commons:commons-exec:jar:1.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:libthrift7:jar:0.7.0-2:provided
[INFO] | | | +- commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.5:provided
[INFO] | | | \- javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.5:provided
[INFO] | | +- clj-time:clj-time:jar:0.4.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.netflix.curator:curator-framework:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.netflix.curator:curator-client:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:jar:3.3.3:provided
[INFO] | | | \- jline:jline:jar:0.9.94:provided
[INFO] | | +- backtype:jzmq:jar:2.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:jar:1.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- compojure:compojure:jar:1.1.3:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.clojure:core.incubator:jar:0.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.clojure:tools.macro:jar:0.1.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- clout:clout:jar:1.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- ring:ring-core:jar:1.1.5:provided
[INFO] | | | \- commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.2.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- hiccup:hiccup:jar:0.3.6:provided
[INFO] | | +- ring:ring-devel:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | \- clj-stacktrace:clj-stacktrace:jar:0.2.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- ring:ring-jetty-adapter:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | +- ring:ring-servlet:jar:0.3.11:provided
[INFO] | | | +- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty:jar:6.1.26:provided
[INFO] | | | | \- org.mortbay.jetty:servlet-api:jar:2.5-20081211:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty-util:jar:6.1.26:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:tools.logging:jar:0.2.3:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.clojure:math.numeric-tower:jar:0.0.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:carbonite:jar:1.5.0:provided
[INFO] | | | \- com.esotericsoftware.kryo:kryo:jar:2.17:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.esotericsoftware.reflectasm:reflectasm:jar:shaded:1.07:provided
[INFO] | | | | \- org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:4.0:provided
[INFO] | | | +- com.esotericsoftware.minlog:minlog:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:1.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.11:provided
[INFO] | | +- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.1.1:provided
[INFO] | | | \- org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:tools.cli:jar:0.2.2:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.googlecode.disruptor:disruptor:jar:2.10.1:provided
[INFO] | | +- storm:jgrapht:jar:0.8.3:provided
[INFO] | | +- com.google.guava:guava:jar:13.0:provided
[INFO] | | +- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.0.6:provided
[INFO] | | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.0.6:provided
[INFO] | | \- org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:jar:1.6.6:provided
[INFO] | \- storm:storm-netty:jar:0.9.0.1:provided
[INFO] | \- io.netty:netty:jar:3.6.3.Final:provided
[INFO] +- com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:jar:3.2.2:compile
[INFO] +- org.mongodb:mongo-java-driver:jar:2.11.3:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-mongodb:jar:1.3.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- aopalliance:aopalliance:jar:1.0:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:3.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:jar:1.6.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.1:compile
[INFO] | \- org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.1:runtime
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:3.2.3.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.mockito:mockito-all:jar:1.9.0:test
[INFO] +- org.easytesting:fest-assert-core:jar:2.0M8:test
[INFO] | \- org.easytesting:fest-util:jar:1.2.3:test
[INFO] +- com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.2.4:compile
[INFO] \- commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.8:compile
And pom.xml
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<spring.version>3.2.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>clojars.org</id>
<url>http://clojars.org/repo</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Storm library -->
<dependency>
<groupId>storm</groupId>
<artifactId>storm</artifactId>
<version>0.9.0.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- RabbitMQ Driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
<artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
<version>3.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- mongodb java driver -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
<version>2.11.3</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring data mongodb -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
<version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>${spring.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Log4j -->
<!-- Unit Testing Tools -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
<version>1.9.0</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.easytesting</groupId>
<artifactId>fest-assert-core</artifactId>
<version>2.0M8</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- dependency> <groupId>org.testng</groupId> <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.8</version> <scope>test</scope> </dependency> -->
<!-- Google JSON serialization -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.2.4</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Encoder -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>local</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
</activation>
<properties>
<build.profile.id>local</build.profile.id>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>dev</id>
<properties>
<build.profile.id>dev</build.profile.id>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>stage</id>
<properties>
<build.profile.id>stage</build.profile.id>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>prod</id>
<properties>
<build.profile.id>prod</build.profile.id>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<phase>clean</phase>
<goals>
<goal>run</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<tasks>
<delete file="src/main/resources/application.properties" />
<copy file="profiles/application.${build.profile.id}.properties"
tofile="src/main/resources/application.properties" />
</tasks>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.madisonlogic.conscriptor.topology.ConscriptorTopology</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.16</version>
<configuration>
<includes>
<include>**/*Test.java</include>
</includes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- Used to Correct slf4j errors with log4j -->
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>enforce-banned-dependencies</id>
<goals>
<goal>enforce</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<rules>
<bannedDependencies>
<searchTransitive>true</searchTransitive>
<excludes>
<exclude>commons-logging</exclude>
<exclude>org.slf4j:1.5*</exclude>
<exclude>org.slf4j:1.6*</exclude>
<exclude>org.springframework:2.*</exclude>
<exclude>org.springframework:3.0.*</exclude>
</excludes>
</bannedDependencies>
</rules>
<fail>true</fail>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Edit 2 Updated pom.xml
<!-- Log4j -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8</version>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>

Found the problem. It was in /.classpath. I compared the class path file with a working project and deleted any additional references. And it worked.
The bad class path had alot of jar specific references like below
<classpathentry kind="var" path="M2_REPO...
Below is a diff b/t bad class path file on left, and correct class path file on right.
I have no idea on how those class path entry got in.