How can I fix the issue as: "Receiver class does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method supportsSourceType()?

I'm working on the provided project.

And I'm struggling with the runtime issue as:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Receiver class org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener does not define or inherit an implementation of the resolved method 'abstract boolean supportsSourceType(java.lang.Class)' of interface org.springframework.context.event.SmartApplicationListener.

Full stacktrace.

My current POM version.

My current html version. HTML file is related to xml logic.

Based on it, my question is the following:

if I tried to change versions of Spring in POM as:

<spring-boot.version>2.6.3</spring-boot.version>, it didn't change the overall situation.

also I tried to clean the project using the command in the Run configurations in the following format as:

clean install -U

What can be else the cause of the issue?

Thank you in advance for any advices/ideas/smart thoughts/adequate propositions on my question, if I find on my own the cause, I'll update this question.

If you need more details from me, please, let me know.

Solution

You have mismatching dependencies.

Your Spring Boot, Spring Framework and Spring Context versions all should match.

I've managed to run your project by using these versions:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
    <version>2.7.0</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>5.3.29</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
    <version>5.3.20</version> <!-- Use a version 5.0 or higher -->
</dependency>

Spring Boot 2.7.0 is meant to ship with Spring Framework 5.3.29, and at the time that came out, Spring Context 5.3.20 was the latest version.