Question

I am learning to use Spring and gradle by downloading the spring source using git. I have downloaded it using
git clone git://github.com/SpringSource/spring-framework.git
Also I have setup gradle in my local.

While I am trying to execute

gradle build

I am getting compilation error as follows:

C:\Users\mahendran\spring-framework>gradle build
:spring-core:asmRepackJar
:spring-core:cglibRepackJar
:spring-core:compileJava
C:\Users\mahendran\spring-framework\spring-core\src\main\java\org\springframework\util\xml\StaxUtils.java:318: 
cannot find symbol symbol : method newFactory()
location: class javax.xml.stream.XMLEventFactory
            return new XMLEventStreamWriter(eventWriter, XMLEventFactory.newFactory());
                                                                        ^
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
1 error
:spring-core:compileJava FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':spring-core:compileJava'.
Compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details.

* Try:
Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 1 mins 5.58 secs

Answer 1

This looks like version skew – I think you need to update your JDK. AFAICT, newFactory() was added in JDK6 version 1.6.0.18.