[BEANUTILS-492] IndexedPropertyDescriptor not supported for List in Java 8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.9.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.3
• Component/s: Bean / Property Utils

Environment

maven:3.3-jdk8

• Assignee: Stian Soiland-Reyes
• Reporter: Stian Soiland-Reyes
• Created: 06/Jun/16 15:48
• Updated: 25/Sep/16 22:12
• Resolved: 12/Sep/16 15:37

Description

With MAven 3.3 and JDK 8, Common Beanutils fails:

https://builds.apache.org/view/Apache%20Commons/job/Commons%20Beanutils%20docker/4/console

Failed tests: 
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testArrayListIndexedPropertyDescriptor:175 Not IndexedPropertyDescriptor expected:<class java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor> but was:<class java.beans.PropertyDescriptor>
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testArrayListReadMethod:316 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testArrayListWriteMethod:330 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testListIndexedPropertyDescriptor:156 Not IndexedPropertyDescriptor expected:<class java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor> but was:<class java.beans.PropertyDescriptor>
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testListIndexedReadMethod:288 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testListIndexedWriteMethod:302 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testListReadMethod:256 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  IndexedPropertyTestCase.testListWriteMethod:274 Threw exception java.lang.ClassCastException: java.beans.PropertyDescriptor cannot be cast to java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor
  Jira422TestCase.testRootBean:36 expected:<java.[lang.String]> but was:<java.[util.List]>
  Jira422TestCase.testSecondChildBean:42 expected:<java.[lang.String]> but was:<java.[util.List]>

It seems some assumptions about java.beans.PropertyDescriptor implementation are no longer true in JDK 8.

Issue Links

• blocks: CONFIGURATION-627 BeanHelper exception on XMLConfiguration builder.getConfiguration()
• duplicates: BEANUTILS-491 Tests fail on Oracle and IBM Java 8