[MSITE-794] Cannot run site goal with Java 9

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
• Component/s: site:stage(-deploy)
• Assignee: Robert Scholte
• Reporter: Russell Gold
• Created: 16/Aug/17 17:12
• Updated: 16/Aug/17 21:00
• Resolved: 16/Aug/17 21:00

Description

Running the site goal with Java 9 (without the -ea designator) fails:

org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site (default-site) on project pfl-basic: Execution default-site of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site failed: An API incompatibility was encountered while executing org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.3:site: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
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using the -X gives the stack trace:

Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at org.apache.maven.plugin.javadoc.AbstractJavadocMojo.<clinit>(AbstractJavadocMojo.java:195)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)

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	... 21 more
Caused by: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: begin 0, end 3, length 1
	at java.base/java.lang.String.checkBoundsBeginEnd(String.java:3116)
	at java.base/java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1885)
	at org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils.getJavaVersionAsFloat(SystemUtils.java:1133)
	at org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils.<clinit>(SystemUtils.java:818)
	... 63 more