[CAY-2721] Platform builds of CayenneModeler don't work with Java 17

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.1.1, 4.2.B1
• Environment: CayenneModeler 4.0.x, 4.1.x, 4.2.x
• Assignee: Nikita Timofeev
• Reporter: Andrus Adamchik
• Created: 27/Sep/21 07:43
• Updated: 24/Nov/21 12:54
• Resolved: 24/Nov/21 12:54

Description

Native versions of CayenneModeler (Mac, Windows) can't start with Java 17. The problem was first reported here: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6576791ff65f9da0265a8e06d544ba7f57d680848a2e997c891429eb%40%3Cdev.cayenne.apache.org%3E

On MacOS this is a problem, because after installing Java 17, it becomes the default desktop JVM.

Workarounds:

• Use cross-platform Modeler. Start it from CLI as "java -jar CayenneModeler.jar" (works on Java 17)
• (On MacOS) start native CayenneModeler from CLI using Java 11:

  export CLASSPATH=`find ./CayenneModeler.app/Contents/Java -name '*.jar' \
     |perl -ne 'chomp; print "$_:"'`
  java -Xmx500m -Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -cp $CLASSPATH \
     org.apache.cayenne.modeler.osx.OSXMain
  

Issue Links

• is related to: CAY-2711 JDK 17 compatibility