# Java API Client Conflict? java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions$Builder.setHttpAsyncResponseConsumerFactory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-client-conflict-java-lang-nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-client-requestoptions-builder-sethttpasyncresponseconsumerfactory/363367>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** language-clients\
**Created:** [July 18, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-client-conflict-java-lang-nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-client-requestoptions-builder-sethttpasyncresponseconsumerfactory/363367 "2024-07-18T16:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![linusField](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/linusfield/32/143376_2.png) [@linusField](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/linusField)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-client-conflict-java-lang-nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-client-requestoptions-builder-sethttpasyncresponseconsumerfactory/363367/1 "2024-07-18T16:55:29Z")

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Hi!

We are trying to upgrade from Elastic Search 7 to 8. We have been using the Rest High Level Client 7.17.22 and want to upgrade it to 8.14.3.

As suggested by the migration guide, we should be able to have both versions of the clients running together:

> **[Migrating from the High Level Rest Client | Elasticsearch Java API Client...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api-client/current/migrate-hlrc.html)**

However, when we try to initialize the version 8 RestApiClient, we are getting the following exception

```auto
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler dispatch failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class co.elastic.clients.transport.rest_client.SafeResponseConsumer
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1087)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:965)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:529)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:623)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:51)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:239)
	net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter.doFilter(MonitoringFilter.java:215)
	org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenEntityManagerInViewFilter.java:186)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	com.arkplatforms.arkit.web.servlet.filter.CacheHeaderFilter.doFilter(CacheHeaderFilter.java:49)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267)
	com.arkplatforms.arkit.web.servlet.filter.JsonpCallbackFilter.doFilter(JsonpCallbackFilter.java:69)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267)
	com.arkplatforms.arkit.web.servlet.filter.CustomSecurityRedirectFilter.doFilter(CustomSecurityRedirectFilter.java:44)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:352)
	org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:126)
	org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:120)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:131)
	org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:85)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:100)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:164)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:168)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:227)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:221)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:107)
	org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:93)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.web.filter.CorsFilter.doFilterInternal(CorsFilter.java:91)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doHeadersAfter(HeaderWriterFilter.java:90)
	org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:75)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:62)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:151)
	org.springframework.security.web.session.ConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(ConcurrentSessionFilter.java:129)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:87)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.session.DisableEncodeUrlFilter.doFilterInternal(DisableEncodeUrlFilter.java:42)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:117)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:361)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:225)
	org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:190)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:354)
	org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:267)
	org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
	org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
	org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92)
	org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:394)

```

We were also able to dig up an old issue around this, which seems to have to do with library conflict issues between 7 and 8, so not sure if it is related:

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java/issues/752>
>
> \### Java API client version
> 
> 8.12.1
> 
> \### Java version
> 
> 21
> 
> \### Elasticse…arch Version
> 
> 8.12.1
> 
> \### Problem description
> 
> I'm trying to use Elasticsearch 8.12.1 with both the 7.17.18 HighLevelRestClient and the new 8.12.1 JavaClient.
> 
> I am using the 7.17.18 artifacts for all the org.elasticsearch and org.elasticsearch.client artifacts and the 8.12.1 version for the co.elastic.clients elasticsearch-java artifact.
> 
> When I try to connect I get the following error:
> \`\`\`
> java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions$Builder org.elasticsearch.client.RequestOptions$Builder.setHttpAsyncResponseConsumerFactory(org.elasticsearch.client.HttpAsyncResponseConsumerFactory)'
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.SafeResponseConsumer.\<clinit\>(SafeResponseConsumer.java:52)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientOptions.initialOptions(RestClientOptions.java:191)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientOptions.of(RestClientOptions.java:52)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientHttpClient.createOptions(RestClientHttpClient.java:84)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientHttpClient.createOptions(RestClientHttpClient.java:48)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.ElasticsearchTransportBase.\<init\>(ElasticsearchTransportBase.java:109)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientTransport.\<init\>(RestClientTransport.java:36)
> at co.elastic.clients.transport.rest\_client.RestClientTransport.\<init\>(RestClientTransport.java:32)
> at com.bynubian.elasticsearch.ByNeuronElasticSearch.connect(ByNeuronElasticSearch.java:191)
> ...
> 
> \`\`\`
> When I downgrade for the JavaClient to 8.11.4 I can connect without any problem.
> All 8.12.x versions produce the NoSuchMethodError
> 
> Am i doing something wrong?
> 
> I also saw that for all the org.elasticsearch and org.elasticsearch.client artifacts there are now 8.12.1 versions except for the elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client. Am I supposed to use these versions together with the elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client 7.17.18 version?
> I tried that out but when I use the 8.12.1 versions there are a lot of changes/omissions in the aggregations. AutoDateHistogramBuilder is not present, movingFuncton and normalize is missing... 
> Even when doing a simple connect I get an error stating that the class org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.flush.SyncedFlushRequest is not found.
> Is this a work in progress?
> 
> All help is welcome

Here is our pom.xml:

```auto
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <parent>
        <artifactId>parent-pom</artifactId>
        <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
        <version>1.0</version>
    </parent>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
    <artifactId>search</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Arkplatforms commons -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <scope>compile</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Elasticsearch Java Client -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
            <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
            <version>7.17.22</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>co.elastic.clients</groupId>
            <artifactId>elasticsearch-java</artifactId>
            <version>8.14.3</version>
        </dependency>

        <!--elasticsearch stuff for geo-queries -->
        <!--see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-api/current/java-geo-queries.html-->

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.locationtech.spatial4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>spatial4j</artifactId>
            <version>0.7</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.locationtech.jts</groupId>
            <artifactId>jts-core</artifactId>
            <version>1.15.0</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                    <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
</project>

```

And here is the client code:

```auto
private ElasticsearchClient initializeRestClient() {
        
        RestClientBuilder builder = RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(url, port, protocol));

        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(username)) {
            final CredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
            credentialsProvider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY,
                    new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password));

            builder.setHttpClientConfigCallback(httpClientBuilder -> httpClientBuilder.setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider));
        }
        RestClient restClient = builder.build();

        ElasticsearchTransport transport = new RestClientTransport(
                restClient, new JacksonJsonpMapper());

        // And create the API client
        return new ElasticsearchClient(transport);
    }

    @Override
    public Boolean indexExists(String indexName) {
        Boolean result;
        String actualIndexName = arkitTarget + "_" + indexName;

        ElasticsearchClient restClient = initializeRestClient();

        try {
            BooleanResponse exists = restClient.indices().exists(ExistsRequest.of(e -> e.index(indexName)));
            result = exists.value();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.error("Error when initializing search index " + actualIndexName, e);
            return null;
        } finally {
            closeClient(restClient);
        }

        return result;
    }

    private void closeClient(final ElasticsearchClient restClient) {
        try {
            restClient._transport().close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.error("ElasticSearch client did not close properly", e);
        }
    }

```

Is there something that we are missing or is there some way that we are not initializing the client correctly?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ltrotta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ltrotta/32/124003_2.png) [@ltrotta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ltrotta)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-api-client-conflict-java-lang-nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-client-requestoptions-builder-sethttpasyncresponseconsumerfactory/363367/2 "2024-07-19T09:22:08Z")

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Hello!  
I have created a minimal project using the pom and code provided, and I didn't manage to reproduce the error - with only the two elasticsearch dependencies + jackson + the spring bom everything works fine.

`SafeResponseConsumer` is a class in found in version 8 of the client which extends `HttpAsyncResponseConsumer` from apache httpcore-nio, I suspect there could be some dependency clashing with other imported libraries (spring security for example) that resolves to the project using a non compatible version of the apache library.

I suggest following the [guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-12-1-with-highlevelrestclient-javaclient-not-working/353888/2) provided in the old thread, because the problem seems to be similar.