java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap error when trying to execute tests using Chromedriver and Maven

Question

I am new to selenium tests and I am currently watching some youtube videos using maven.

Today I tried a few codes and worked fine but when accessing one store page and trying to search a product it gives me "Access Denied" message So I tried a few ways to open chrome instead of chromedriver.

But I gave up and was willing to try another webpage. But now chromedriver wont open (gives error message). operadriver, geckodriver and etc will immediately close after launch.

I am getting this error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap.of(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)'

I tried looking in a lot of places but most said it was guava version, I dont use guava, even though I tried adding it to dependencies...

My code is this:

public class TestYoutubeClass {
    WebDriver driver;
    @Before
    public void runDriver(){
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
        driver.get("http://www.kabum.com.br");

I tried starting from the beginning and nothing worked. I am using IntelliJ On pom.xml I added: junit; selenium-java and webdrivermanager.

Every help is really appreciated.

Answer 1

The issue comes from conflicting Guava (transitive dependency) versions.

It should be fixed with the WebDriverManager version 5.1.0.

As an alternative, you can also use the <dependencyManagement> section of your pom.xml to force a resolution of the latest Guava version:

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
      <version>31.0.1-jre</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

or exclude the Guava dependency from the WebDriverManager (no longer required for >= 5.1.0):

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
    <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
    <version>5.0.3</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

PS: To ensure dependency convergence for your Maven project, consider adding the Maven Enforcer Plugin to detect multiple versions of the transitive dependency early on.