javax.annotation classes and Java 11 JDK

For me the problem was in a conflict between libs: javax.annotations-api^1.3.2 and jsr250-api:1.0. There is a javax.annotation.@Resource annotation in jsr250-api WITHOUT lookup() method! On some running environments jsr250's @Resorse was loaded first, on others - javax.annotations-api's. In the first case my error took place:

Post-processing of merged bean definition failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.annotation.Resource.lookup()Ljava/lang/String;

Solving: get rid of one of libs using maven exclusion.

When migrating up ahead 3 releases of Java, the first thing one should consider is to update all the major dependencies.

maven-compiler-plugin -> current version is 3.8.1,

2.5.1 is 7 years old.

Try the following to resolve this error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.annotation.Resource.lookup()Ljava/lang/String;

Keep the dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
    <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.1</version>
</dependency>

And explicitly add it as a module:

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.8.1</version>
    <configuration>
        <release>11</release>
        <compilerArgs>
            <arg>--add-modules</arg>
            <arg>java.xml.ws.annotation</arg>
        </compilerArgs>
    </configuration>
</plugin>