Error When Using Geb, Selenium And Spock For Functional Testing in Grails 1.3.7

Question

I'm trying to run functional tests using Grails 1.3.7, Geb, Spock, and Selenium. Here's my BuildConfig.groovy file:

         def seleniumVersion = "2.21.0"

    grails.project.dependency.resolution = {
    // inherit Grails' default dependencies
    inherits("global")
    log "warn" // log level of Ivy resolver, either 'error', 'warn', 'info', 'debug' or 'verbose'
    test("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:$seleniumVersion")
    test("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-firefox-driver:$seleniumVersion")
    test "org.codehaus.geb:geb-spock:0.6.0"
}

plugins {
    test(":spock:0.5-groovy-1.7")
}

The test code is like this:

LoginPage.groovy:

package pages

import geb.Page

class LoginPage extends Page
{

static url = 'login'

static at = { title.endsWith("Login")}
}

GeneralSpec.groovy:

import geb.spock.GebReportingSpec
import spock.lang.*
import pages.*

@Stepwise
class GeneralSpec extends GebReportingSpec
{

    def "I can access the login page"()
    {
        when: "I open the login page"
        to LoginPage

        then: "I'll be at the login page"
        at LoginPage
    }

}

Now, when trying to run this test with the FirefoxDriver, I get this error:

org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme.<init>(Ljava/lang/String;ILorg/apache/http/conn/scheme/SchemeSocketFactory;)V
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme.<init>(Ljava/lang/String;ILorg/apache/http/conn/scheme/SchemeSocketFactory;)V
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.HttpClientFactory.getClientConnectionManager(HttpClientFactory.java:59)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.HttpClientFactory.<init>(HttpClientFactory.java:48)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<init>(HttpCommandExecutor.java:111)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:78)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:200)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:94)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:147)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:85)
    at geb.driver.NameBasedDriverFactory.getDriver(NameBasedDriverFactory.groovy:42)
    at geb.driver.CachingDriverFactory.getDriver(CachingDriverFactory.groovy:36)
    at geb.Configuration.createDriver(Configuration.groovy:210)
    at geb.Configuration.getDriver(Configuration.groovy:199)
    at geb.Browser.getDriver(Browser.groovy:100)
    at geb.Browser.go(Browser.groovy:300)
    at geb.Page.to(Page.groovy:157)
    at geb.Browser.to(Browser.groovy:333)
    at geb.Browser.to(Browser.groovy:323)
    at geb.Browser.to(Browser.groovy:313)
    at geb.spock.GebSpec.methodMissing(GebSpec.groovy:51)
    at GeneralSpec.I can access the login page(GeneralSpec.groovy:12)
org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme.<init>(Ljava/lang/String;ILorg/apache/http/conn/scheme/SchemeSocketFactory;)V
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme.<init>(Ljava/lang/String;ILorg/apache/http/conn/scheme/SchemeSocketFactory;)V
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.HttpClientFactory.getClientConnectionManager(HttpClientFactory.java:59)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.HttpClientFactory.<init>(HttpClientFactory.java:48)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.<init>(HttpCommandExecutor.java:111)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:78)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:200)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:94)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:147)
    at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:85)
    at geb.driver.NameBasedDriverFactory.getDriver(NameBasedDriverFactory.groovy:42)
    at geb.driver.CachingDriverFactory.getDriver(CachingDriverFactory.groovy:36)
    at geb.Configuration.createDriver(Configuration.groovy:210)
    at geb.Configuration.getDriver(Configuration.groovy:199)
    at geb.Browser.getDriver(Browser.groovy:100)
    at geb.report.PageSourceReporter.getPageSource(PageSourceReporter.groovy:39)
    at geb.report.PageSourceReporter.writePageSource(PageSourceReporter.groovy:35)
    at geb.report.PageSourceReporter.writeReport(PageSourceReporter.groovy:27)
    at geb.report.ScreenshotAndPageSourceReporter.writeReport(ScreenshotAndPageSourceReporter.groovy:31)
    at geb.Browser.report(Browser.groovy:453)
    at geb.spock.GebReportingSpec.report(GebReportingSpec.groovy:43)
    at geb.spock.GebReportingSpec.cleanup(GebReportingSpec.groovy:39)

I've been trying to run this simple test for a week, however, all these versions and exceptions have me very much confused. I'd appreciate it a lot if anyone could help.

Thanks

Answer 1

This can be caused by an incorrect version of http-client being included. For me, this was pulled in by the Grails Release Plugin. If it's coming from a plugin, you can disable it in BuildConfig:

plguins {
    build ":release:$grailsVersion" {
        excludes = 'http-client'
    }
}