[MARMOTTA-479] Compilation Fails with JDK8

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0
• Component/s: Build Environment
• Assignee: Sergio Fernández
• Reporter: Sebastian Schaffert
• Created: 28/Mar/14 15:11
• Updated: 16/Dec/14 09:59
• Resolved: 19/Sep/14 12:15

Description

Compilation of the Marmotta source tree fails when using JDK8. The reason is that JAXRSDoclet (used for the REST API documentation) is using internal Java classes which no longer exist or are exposed differently. Error message:

[ERROR] java.lang.NullPointerException
[ERROR] at com.lunatech.doclets.jax.jaxrs.JAXRSDoclet.<init>(JAXRSDoclet.java:84)
[ERROR] at com.lunatech.doclets.jax.jaxrs.JAXRSDoclet.start(JAXRSDoclet.java:78)
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
[ERROR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
[ERROR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.invoke(DocletInvoker.java:310)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.DocletInvoker.start(DocletInvoker.java:189)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.parseAndExecute(Start.java:366)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:219)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Start.begin(Start.java:205)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.execute(Main.java:64)
[ERROR] at com.sun.tools.javadoc.Main.main(Main.java:54)