[JCLOUDS-1101] JDK 9 compatibility

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: jclouds-core
• Assignee: Andrew Gaul
• Reporter: Andrew Gaul
• Created: 29/Mar/16 00:29
• Updated: 17/Jan/18 20:39

Description

Compiling with JDK 9 build 111 yields:

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : 
[ERROR] /home/gaul/work/jclouds/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/internal/NamingStrategies.java:[264,36] incompatible types: com.google.common.base.Predicate<capture#1 of ? extends java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>> cannot be converted to com.google.common.base.Predicate<? super java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>>
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project jclouds-core: Compilation failure
[ERROR] /home/gaul/work/jclouds/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/json/internal/NamingStrategies.java:[264,36] incompatible types: com.google.common.base.Predicate<capture#1 of ? extends java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>> cannot be converted to com.google.common.base.Predicate<? super java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>>

Apparently our code is incorrect:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8075793