java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DEFAULT_INCOMPATIBLE_IMPROVEMENTS

Question

Kindly anyone let me know How to solve this error,

I'm using spring-webmvc.3.2.17 and freemarker.2.3.16

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'freemarkerConfig' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: DEFAULT_INCOMPATIBLE_IMPROVEMENTS
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1578)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:545)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:482)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:351)
    ... 51 more

Here is my bean

<bean id="freemarkerConfig"
    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer">
    <property name="templateLoaderPath" value="/" />
    <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
    <property name="freemarkerSettings">
        <props>
            <prop key="date_format">dd MMM yyyy</prop>
            <prop key="datetime_format">yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</prop>
            <prop key="number_format">########</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

Answer 1

spring-webmvc.3.2.17 requires freemarker:2.3.20 or higher.
see https://www.versioneye.com/java/org.springframework:spring-webmvc/3.2.17.RELEASE