[FELIX-1728] Karaf itest fail on IBM JDK due to Pax Exam annotations not found

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: karaf-1.0.0
• Fix Version/s: karaf-1.2.0
• Component/s: Karaf
• Assignee: Gert Vanthienen
• Reporter: Gert Vanthienen
• Created: 09/Oct/09 10:38
• Updated: 25/Nov/09 12:20
• Resolved: 09/Oct/09 10:41

Description

Due to a difference in the way the IBM JDK handles annotations (it fails on annotations not on the classpath instead of ignoring them), the following tests fail:
org.apache.felix.karaf.shell.itests.FeaturesTest.testFeatures [equinox]
org.apache.felix.karaf.shell.itests.CoreTest.testHelp [equinox]
org.apache.felix.karaf.shell.itests.CoreTest.testInstallCommand [equinox]

Cfr. http://lists.ops4j.org/pipermail/general/2009q4/003296.html for background information

the error looks like this:

java.lang.TypeNotPresentException: Type org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.Configuration not present
at com.ibm.oti.reflect.AnnotationHelper.getAnnotation(AnnotationHelper.java:38)
at com.ibm.oti.reflect.AnnotationHelper.getDeclaredAnnotations(AnnotationHelper.java:50)
at com.ibm.oti.reflect.Method.getDeclaredAnnotations(Method.java:31)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.getDeclaredAnnotations(Method.java:722)
at java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.getAnnotations(AccessibleObject.java:191)
at com.ibm.oti.reflect.Method.getAnnotation(Method.java:20)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.getAnnotation(Method.java:711)
at org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.extender.impl.internal.CallableTestMethodImpl.getAnnotatedMethods(CallableTestMethodImpl.java:295)
at org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.extender.impl.internal.CallableTestMethodImpl.runBefores(CallableTestMethodImpl.java:162)
at org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.extender.impl.internal.CallableTestMethodImpl.injectContextAndInvoke(CallableTestMethodImpl.java:124)
at org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.extender.impl.internal.CallableTestMethodImpl.call(CallableTestMethodImpl.java:101)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at org.ops4j.pax.exam.rbc.internal.RemoteBundleContextImpl.remoteCall(RemoteBundleContextImpl.java:80)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:618)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:309)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:168)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:279)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:164)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:506)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.handleRequest(TCPTransport.java:838)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:912)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:810)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ops4j.pax.exam.junit.Configuration
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:163)
at com.ibm.oti.reflect.AnnotationHelper.getAnnotation(AnnotationHelper.java:33)
... 27 more

The test launches okay, but the pax Configuration annotation class cannot be found. Adding the jar that contains the class, pax-exam-junit as a bundle in the test when we detect that we are using the ibm jdk allows the test to pass.