java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger

Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

* java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V*

This was my second time to write blog on CSDN.
This was a maven-webapp project.

I was getting this error.

五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
信息: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: D:\Program\MyEclipse\MyEclipse Professional 2014\binary\com.sun.java.jdk7.win32.x86_64_1.7.0.u45\bin;D:\Program\MyEclipse\MyEclipse Professional 2014\plugins\com.genuitec.eclipse.easie.tomcat7.myeclipse_11.5.0.me201310302042\tomcat\bin
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
信息: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
信息: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
信息: Initialization processed in 801 ms
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
信息: Starting service Catalina
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
信息: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.30
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
信息: Deploying web application directory D:\Program\MyEclipse\workspace\.metadata\.me_tcat7\webapps\PhotoPK
五月 01, 2017 8:16:09 下午 org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader validateJarFile
信息: validateJarFile(D:\Program\MyEclipse\workspace\.metadata\.me_tcat7\webapps\PhotoPK\WEB-INF\lib\javax.servlet-api-3.0.1.jar) - jar not loaded. See Servlet Spec 2.3, section 9.7.2. Offending class: javax/servlet/Servlet.class
SLF4J: The requested version 1.7.16 by your slf4j binding is not compatible with [1.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.7, 1.5.8]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#version_mismatch for further details.
五月 01, 2017 8:16:17 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
信息: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
五月 01, 2017 8:16:17 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
严重: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger.log(Lorg/slf4j/Marker;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
    at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLocationAwareLog.info(SLF4JLocationAwareLog.java:155)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:187)
    at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:47)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4791)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5285)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:901)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:877)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:618)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirectory(HostConfig.java:1100)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployDirectory.run(HostConfig.java:1618)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
五月 01, 2017 8:16:17 下午 com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener contextInitialized
信息: 初始化上下文 '/PhotoPK' 的 Mojarra 2.2.6 ( 20140304-1537 https://svn.java.net/svn/mojarra~svn/tags/2.2.6@12949)
五月 01, 2017 8:16:17 下午 com.sun.faces.spi.InjectionProviderFactory createInstance
信息: JSF1048：有 PostConstruct/PreDestroy 注释。标有这些注释的 ManagedBeans 方法将表示注释已处理。
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
严重: Error listenerStart
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
严重: Context [/PhotoPK] startup failed due to previous errors
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
信息: Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
信息: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
信息: Starting ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8009"]
五月 01, 2017 8:16:18 下午 org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
信息: Server startup in 9097 ms

In short：

 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.spi.LocationAwareLogger

It was not a serious problem to slove.

You could easily googled and find out that is because of the version of class “slf4j” including class “slf4j-api” and class “slf4j-log4j12”.
Taken examples by:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12926899/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-slf4j-loggerfactory
https://yq.aliyun.com/articles/70779

Setting the same version of the above two class was OK.

In my project, it should work:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.8</version>
</dependency>

Find the right version for your project plz.