[CXF-8889] Compilation of CXF fails due to a "jakarta..." vs. "javax..." issue.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.3
• Component/s: Build system

Environment

Environments

The issue appeared on two machines in different networks:

1. Windows 10
   Java: 11.0.15, Eclipse Adoptium
   apache-maven-3.8.5
2. Windows 11
   Java: 11.0.14.9-hotspot, Eclipse Adoptium
   apache-maven-3.6.1

• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Flags: Patch, Important
• Assignee: Andriy Redko
• Reporter: Mark Kahl
• Created: 22/Jun/23 13:11
• Updated: 18/Sep/23 18:48
• Resolved: 22/Jun/23 16:28

Description

Issue

When cloning CXF fresh from Github and building it:

• mvn clean package verify

The following Error is signaled:

• [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.11.0:compile (default-compile) on project cxf-rt-transports-http: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
  [ERROR] /C:/Users/bleh/Documents/Projekte/cxf/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/servlet/CXFServlet.java:[55,60] cannot access javax.servlet.ServletContext
  [ERROR] class file for javax.servlet.ServletContext not found
  [ERROR] /C:/Users/bleh/Documents/Projekte/cxf/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/servlet/CXFServlet.java:[137,13] cannot access javax.servlet.ServletConfig
  [ERROR] class file for javax.servlet.ServletConfig not found

Reason

The reason is that in the method:

• org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet/CXFServle#loadBus

the call to:

• WebApplicationContextUtils.            getWebApplicationContext(servletConfig.getServletContext());

is required to return a:

• jakarta.servlet.ServletContext

however the method return value stems from:

• org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#getRequiredWebApplicationContext (spring-web-5.3.24)

which delivers a:

• javax.servlet.ServletContext

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1316