java.lang.NoSuchMethodError -- dependency conflict with jdi-dark-bdd breaks Cucumber Step Reporter

[n524922]

Describe the bug When I run this test:

@RunWith(Cucumber.class)
@CucumberOptions(plugin = { "pretty", "com.epam.reportportal.cucumber.StepReporter" })
public class RunTests {
}

I get the following error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.util.Optional io.cucumber.core.gherkin.FeatureParser.parse(java.net.URI, java.io.InputStream, java.util.function.Supplier)'

The reason seems to be the transitive dependency of io.cucumber:cucumber-gherkin that comes into conflict with jdi-dark-bdd and overrides it. Here's the relevant output from mvn dependency:tree:

[INFO] +- com.epam.reportportal:agent-java-cucumber6:jar:5.1.3:compile
...
[INFO] |  +- io.cucumber:cucumber-gherkin:jar:7.3.4:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- io.cucumber:cucumber-plugin:jar:7.3.4:compile
...

and:

[INFO] +- com.epam.jdi:jdi-dark-bdd:jar:1.1.13:compile
[INFO] |  +- com.epam.jdi:jdi-dark:jar:1.1.13:compile
...
[INFO] |  +- io.cucumber:cucumber-java:jar:7.10.1:compile
[INFO] |  +- io.cucumber:gherkin:jar:26.0.2:compile
[INFO] |  |  \- io.cucumber:messages:jar:19.1.4:compile (version selected from constraint [19.1.4,22.0.0))
...

Steps to Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use both com.epam.jdi:jdi-dark-bdd and com.epam.reportportal:agent-java-cucumber6 with cucumber version >= 7.10.1
2. Try to launch a test

Expected behavior The test should launch.

Actual behavior The test does not launch and the execution ends with NoSuchMethodError.

Dependency versions Included above.

Additional context I was able to solve the issue by excluding the transitive dependency like this:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.epam.reportportal</groupId>
    <artifactId>agent-java-cucumber6</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.3</version>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
            <artifactId>cucumber-gherkin</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>

[HardNorth]

@n524922 Dependency conflicts are usually user's area of responsibility.