Servlet throws error on compilation

[ken4ward]

Please I am getting this error when I try to compile a web application in Eclipse. what am i doing wrong? kindly share your professional advice. Thanks. as a newbie to Spring-hibernate application i am following this tutorial - <a href = "http://viralpatel.net/blogs/spring3-mvc-hibernate-maven-tutorial-eclipse-example/?replytocom=42097#respond">Viralpatel- Spring-Hibernate</a>

type Exception report

message Servlet.init() for servlet spring threw exception

description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception 

javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet.init() for servlet spring threw exception
	org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
	org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
	org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
	org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
	java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)


root cause 

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor.<init>(Lorg/springframework/core/io/ResourceLoader;Lorg/springframework/core/env/PropertyResolver;)V
	org.springframework.web.servlet.HttpServletBean.init(HttpServletBean.java:126)
	javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:160)
	org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
	org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
	org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
	org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1002)
	org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:585)
	org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:310)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
	java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)


note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/7.0.30 logs.