[HOP-3941] Missing javax libraries in mail/pop functionality

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: Actions, API, Build, Transforms
• Assignee: Matt Casters
• Reporter: Matt Casters
• Created: 16/May/22 14:36
• Updated: 19/May/22 14:41
• Resolved: 19/May/22 14:41

Description

When opening a workflow this error is seen:

 

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/activation/DataSource
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:3137)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3342)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:556)
    at org.apache.hop.core.plugins.PluginRegistry.loadClass(PluginRegistry.java:450)
    at org.apache.hop.workflow.action.ActionMeta.<init>(ActionMeta.java:104)
    at org.apache.hop.workflow.WorkflowMeta.loadXml(WorkflowMeta.java:541)
    at org.apache.hop.workflow.WorkflowMeta.<init>(WorkflowMeta.java:422)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.file.workflow.HopWorkflowFileType.openFile(HopWorkflowFileType.java:133)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.delegates.HopGuiFileDelegate.fileOpen(HopGuiFileDelegate.java:107)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.delegates.HopGuiAuditDelegate.openLastFiles(HopGuiAuditDelegate.java:108)
    at org.apache.hop.projects.gui.ProjectsGuiPlugin.enableHopGuiProject(ProjectsGuiPlugin.java:759)
    at org.apache.hop.projects.xp.HopGuiStartProjectLoad.callExtensionPoint(HopGuiStartProjectLoad.java:121)
    at org.apache.hop.core.extension.ExtensionPointMap.callExtensionPoint(ExtensionPointMap.java:149)
    at org.apache.hop.core.extension.ExtensionPointHandler.callExtensionPoint(ExtensionPointHandler.java:41)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.HopGui.lambda$open$0(HopGui.java:353)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:185)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4320)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3943)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.HopGui.open(HopGui.java:380)
    at org.apache.hop.ui.hopgui.HopGui.main(HopGui.java:300)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Unable to load class 'javax.activation.DataSource' in this classloader or in the parent
    at org.apache.hop.core.plugins.HopURLClassLoader.loadClass(HopURLClassLoader.java:96)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)
    ... 22 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.activation.DataSource
    at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:476)
    at org.apache.hop.core.plugins.HopURLClassLoader.loadClassFromThisLoader(HopURLClassLoader.java:66)
    at org.apache.hop.core.plugins.HopURLClassLoader.loadClass(HopURLClassLoader.java:91)
    ... 23 more Edited 

We need to move from javax.activation to jakarta.activation and to jakarta.mail:

https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.sun.mail/jakarta.mail/2.0.1