Browse All Data Throws NoSuchMethodError with org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.format

Problem

While browsing all data with an artifact, it resulted in the following error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter.format(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;
    at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter.info(Log4jLoggerAdapter.java:318)
    at org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetOutputFormat.getRecordWriter(ParquetOutputFormat.java:329)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.hadoop.TaskSideSingleRecordWriter$ParquetFileSink.<init>(TaskSideSingleRecordWriter.java:219)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.hadoop.TaskSideSingleRecordWriter.<init>(TaskSideSingleRecordWriter.java:90)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.ProcessingContext.openTaskLocalRecordWriter(ProcessingContext.java:415)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.consumer.DatameerFileWriter.openRecordWriter(DatameerFileWriter.java:112)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.consumer.DatameerFileWriter.consumeRecord(DatameerFileWriter.java:100)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.RecordSequences.consumeRecord(RecordSequences.java:120)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.RecordSequences$1.accept(RecordSequences.java:81)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.RecordSequences$1.accept(RecordSequences.java:78)
    at datameer.dap.sdk.sequence.Sequence$14.computeNext(Sequence.java:631)
    at datameer.dap.sdk.sequence.Sequence$Simple.moveToNext(Sequence.java:153)
    at datameer.dap.sdk.sequence.Sequence$13.moveToNext(Sequence.java:585)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.local.LocalClusterJob.runImpl(LocalClusterJob.java:296)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.local.LocalClusterJob.runImpl(LocalClusterJob.java:69)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.ClusterJob.run(ClusterJob.java:115)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.ClusterSession.execute(ClusterSession.java:230)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.ClusterSession.runAllClusterJobs(ClusterSession.java:347)
    at datameer.dap.common.graphv2.JobExecutionPlanRunner.run(JobExecutionPlanRunner.java:122)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
    at datameer.dap.common.security.DatameerSecurityService.runAsUser(DatameerSecurityService.java:125)
    at datameer.dap.common.security.DatameerSecurityService.runAsUser(DatameerSecurityService.java:202)
    at datameer.dap.common.security.RunAsThread$1.run(RunAsThread.java:34)
    at datameer.dap.common.security.RunAsThread$1.run(RunAsThread.java:30)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1920)
    at datameer.dap.common.impersonation.ClusterAwareUgiImpersonator.doAs(ClusterAwareUgiImpersonator.java:43)
    at datameer.dap.common.impersonation.ConfigurableImpersonator.doAs(ConfigurableImpersonator.java:34)
    at datameer.dap.common.security.RunAsThread.run(RunAsThread.java:30)

Cause

In this case an older version of slf4j JAR file such as slf4j-api-1.5.11.jar was copied into <Datameer_Installation_Directory>/etc/custom-jars directory where as the underlying Datameer package bundled newer version: slf4j-api-1.7.5.jar

The method being referenced i..e format has changed across versions. The application couldn't find the expected one, hence resulting in the error.

Solution

By switching to proper JAR file, the error has gone and the underlying data displayed properly.