TestNG: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.aventstack.extentreports.ExtentTest.assignCategory([Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/aventstack/extentreports/ExtentTest

[jamarante89]

TestNG Version

Note: only the latest version is supported
7.8.0

ExtentReport Version

Note: only the latest version is supported
3.3.0

Expected behavior

Should be able to execute test in parallel with testNG attributes groups and dependsOnGroups

Actual behavior

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.aventstack.extentreports.ExtentTest.assignCategory([Ljava/lang/String;)Lcom/aventstack/extentreports/ExtentTest;

	at com.vimalselvam.testng.listener.ExtentTestNgFormatter.afterInvocation(ExtentTestNgFormatter.java:193)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.InvokedMethodListenerInvoker$InvokeAfterInvocationWithoutContextStrategy.callMethod(InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.java:100)
	at org.testng.internal.invokers.InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.invokeListener(InvokedMethodListenerInvoker.java:62)
	at org.testng.internal.Invoker.runInvokedMethodListeners(Invoker.java:566)
	at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:713)
	at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:869)
	at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1193)
	at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:126)
	at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

Is the issue reproducible on runner?

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Test case sample

Please, share the test case (as small as possible) which shows the issue

ReportsTest.java

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class ReportsTest extends GenericTest {
    private GenericController genericController;
    private ReportsController reportsController;

    @BeforeMethod
    public void beforeMethodReports(){
        genericController = new GenericController(selDriver);
        reportsController = new ReportsController(selDriver);
    }

    @Test(dataProvider = "testA", dataProviderClass = DataProviderCustom.class, groups = {"Reports"})
    public void testA(String dataTestCaseName, ReportModel reportModel){
        try {
            // Setup

            // Trigger

            // Assertion

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Utilities.printUnexpectedPageErrors(selDriver, dataTestCaseName, ex);
        }
    }

}

FileUploadTest.java

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class ReportsTest extends GenericTest {
    private GenericController genericController;
    private ReportsController reportsController;

    @BeforeMethod
    public void beforeMethodReports(){
        genericController = new GenericController(selDriver);
        reportsController = new ReportsController(selDriver);
    }

    @Test(dataProvider = "testB", dataProviderClass = DataProviderCustom.class, groups = {"FileUpload"}, dependsOnGroups = {"Reports"})
    public void testB(String dataTestCaseName, ReportModel reportModel){
        try {
            // Setup

            // Trigger

            // Assertion

        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Utilities.printUnexpectedPageErrors(selDriver, dataTestCaseName, ex);
        }
    }

}

suite.xml

<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="Selenium Webdriver Test" parallel="classes" thread-count="3">
    <listeners>
        <listener class-name="com.vimalselvam.testng.listener.ExtentTestNgFormatter" />
    </listeners>
    <test name="Test in FF">
        <classes>
            <class name="com.sample.test.FileUploadTest">
                <methods>
                    <include name="testA"/>
                </methods>
            </class>
            <class name="com.sample.test.ReportsTest">
                <methods>
                    <include name="testA" />
                </methods>
            </class>
        </classes>
    </test>
</suite>