I upgraded the Kotest version from lt kotest version gt 4 6

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I upgraded the Kotest version from lt kotest version gt 4 6 4 lt kotest version gt to lt kotest version gt 5 1 0 lt kotest version gt in my maven pom and now I m getting the following error this is a spring boot project with 100 Kotlin

Rajkumar Singh · Answer

I also have following plugin in my pom

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lt plugin gt lt groupId gt org jetbrains kotlin lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotlin maven plugin lt artifactId gt lt executions gt lt execution gt lt id gt compile lt id gt lt configuration gt lt sourceDirs gt lt sourceDir gt $ project basedir src main kotlin lt sourceDir gt lt sourceDirs gt lt configuration gt lt execution gt lt execution gt lt id gt test compile lt id gt lt configuration gt lt sourceDirs gt lt sourceDir gt $ project basedir src test kotlin lt sourceDir gt lt sourceDirs gt lt configuration gt lt execution gt lt executions gt lt configuration gt lt compilerPlugins gt lt plugin gt all open lt plugin gt lt plugin gt spring lt plugin gt lt compilerPlugins gt lt args gt lt arg gt Xjsr305=strict lt arg gt lt args gt lt configuration gt lt dependencies gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt org jetbrains kotlin lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotlin maven noarg lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotlin version lt version gt lt dependency gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt org jetbrains kotlin lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotlin maven allopen lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotlin version lt version gt lt dependency gt lt dependencies gt lt plugin gt

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getting following error

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INFO Running ComponentTestBadFlightReturned io kotest engine spec SpecInstantiationException Could not create instance of class ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Specs must have a public zero arg constructor at io kotest engine spec InstantiateSpecKt javaReflectNewInstance instantiateSpec kt 46 at io kotest engine spec InstantiateSpecKt createAndInitializeSpec instantiateSpec kt 30 at io kotest engine spec InstantiateSpecKt instantiate instantiateSpec kt 11 at io kotest engine spec SpecRefKt instance SpecRef kt 14 lt lt intermediate calls ommitted gt gt at io kotest common RunBlockingKt runBlocking runBlocking kt 3 at io kotest engine TestEngineLauncher launch TestEngineLauncher kt 194 at io kotest runner junit platform KotestJunitPlatformTestEngine execute KotestJunitPlatformTestEngine kt 80 at io kotest runner junit platform KotestJunitPlatformTestEngine execute KotestJunitPlatformTestEngine kt 44 at org junit platform launcher core EngineExecutionOrchestrator execute EngineExecutionOrchestrator java 107 at org junit platform launcher core EngineExecutionOrchestrator execute EngineExecutionOrchestrator java 88 at org junit platform launcher core EngineExecutionOrchestrator lambda$execute$0 EngineExecutionOrchestrator java 54 at org junit platform launcher core EngineExecutionOrchestrator withInterceptedStreams EngineExecutionOrchestrator java 67 at org junit platform launcher core EngineExecutionOrchestrator execute EngineExecutionOrchestrator java 52 at org junit platform launcher core DefaultLauncher execute DefaultLauncher java 114 at org junit platform launcher core DefaultLauncher execute DefaultLauncher java 86 at org junit platform launcher core DefaultLauncherSession$DelegatingLauncher execute DefaultLauncherSession java 86 at org junit platform launcher core SessionPerRequestLauncher execute SessionPerRequestLauncher java 53 at org apache maven surefire junitplatform JUnitPlatformProvider invokeAllTests JUnitPlatformProvider java 150 at org apache maven surefire junitplatform JUnitPlatformProvider invoke JUnitPlatformProvider java 124 at org apache maven surefire booter ForkedBooter invokeProviderInSameClassLoader ForkedBooter java 384 at org apache maven surefire booter ForkedBooter runSuitesInProcess ForkedBooter java 345 at org apache maven surefire booter ForkedBooter execute ForkedBooter java 126 at org apache maven surefire booter ForkedBooter main ForkedBooter java 418 ERROR Tests run 2 Failures 0 Errors 2 Skipped 0 Time elapsed 0 019 s lt lt lt FAILURE in ComponentTestBadFlightReturned ERROR SpecInstantiationException Time elapsed 0 s lt lt lt ERROR io kotest engine spec SpecInstantiationException Could not create instance of class ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Specs must have a public zero arg constructor ERROR ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Time elapsed 0 s lt lt lt ERROR io kotest engine spec SpecInstantiationException Could not create instance of class ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Caused by io kotest engine spec SpecInstantiationException Could not create instance of ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Specs must have a public zero arg constructor INFO INFO Results INFO ERROR Errors ERROR ComponentTestBadFlightReturned SpecInstantiation Could not create instance o ERROR ComponentTestBadFlightReturned SpecInstantiation Could not create instance o

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and following is the test code snippet

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TestConfiguration class TestConfig MockBean private lateinit var confidentialClientApplication ConfidentialClientApplication MockBean private lateinit var authenticationResult IAuthenticationResult RestClientTest SomeService class ContextConfiguration classes = TestConfig class Configuration class class ComponentTestBadFlightReturned Autowired constructor private val consumer Consumer restTemplate RestTemplate confidentialClientApplication ConfidentialClientApplication authenticationResult IAuthenticationResult BehaviorSpec override fun listeners = listOf SpringListener Value $ service agt ssms accessScope private lateinit var accessScope String private var mockRestServer = MockRestServiceServer createServer restTemplate init Mockito `when` confidentialClientApplication acquireToken any ClientCredentialParameters class java thenReturn CompletableFuture completedFuture authenticationResult Given somethig is given lt code stmts here gt mockRestServer expectInitializationCommands When when is here mockRestServer setUpMocked404NoneListedException GET Then something happened mockRestServer expectSSMSConnectionToBeClosed consumer consume SimpleMessage $ UUID randomUUID getId false toJsonString jsonDateFormat mockRestServer verify mockRestServer reset

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spring boot version used

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``` lt parent gt lt groupId gt org springframework boot lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt spring boot starter parent lt artifactId gt lt version gt 2 6 2 lt version gt lt parent gt ```

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Kotlin version used

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``` lt kotest version gt 5 1 0 lt kotest version gt lt kotlin coroutines version gt 1 6 0 lt kotlin coroutines version gt lt kotlin code style gt official lt kotlin code style gt lt kotlin compiler incremental gt true lt kotlin compiler incremental gt lt kotlin version gt 1 6 10 lt kotlin version gt ```

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other Kotest related dependencies

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``` lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest runner junit5 jvm lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotest version lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest assertions core jvm lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotest version lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest assertions json jvm lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotest version lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest property jvm lt artifactId gt lt version gt $ kotest version lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest extensions spring jvm lt artifactId gt lt version gt 4 4 3 lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt ```

thanksforallthefish · Answer

extensions moved I think you should use ``` lt dependency gt lt groupId gt io kotest extensions lt groupId gt lt artifactId gt kotest extensions spring artifactId gt lt version gt 1 1 0 lt version gt lt scope gt test lt scope gt lt dependency gt ``` instead of `kotest extensions spring jvm`

Rajkumar Singh · Answer

yes this one worked thanks < thanksforallthefish>