[MPLUGIN-346] plugin:descriptor sometimes fails with java.util.NoSuchElementException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.6.1
• Component/s: Plugin Plugin
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Robert Scholte
• Created: 21/Dec/18 16:41
• Updated: 06/Jun/20 08:00
• Resolved: 21/Dec/18 20:48

Description

Sometimes the maven-plugin-plugin fails to write the plugin descriptor and exits with the exception below.
Root cause seems to be JDK7 related and has been fixed in plexus-utils 3.1.1 https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/51

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.5.2:descriptor (default-descriptor) on project maven-javadoc-plugin: Execution default-descriptor of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.5.2:descriptor failed. NoSuchElementException -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.5.2:descriptor (default-descriptor) on project maven-javadoc-plugin: Execution default-descriptor of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugin-plugin:3.5.2:descriptor failed
Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException
    at java.util.LinkedList.removeLast (LinkedList.java:281)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter.endElement (PrettyPrintXMLWriter.java:297)
    at org.apache.maven.tools.plugin.generator.PluginDescriptorGenerator.writeDescriptor (PluginDescriptorGenerator.java:175)

Issue Links

• links to: #51 Plexus Utils