[NETBEANS-4716] Netbeans source will not build under Java 13+ (Ambigous reference)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 12.0, 12.1
• Fix Version/s: ?
• Component/s: platform - Other
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Austin Stephens
• Created: 14/Aug/20 16:22
• Updated: 15/Nov/23 08:14
• Resolved: 15/Nov/23 08:14

Description

When attempting to build from netbeans source, I get a compile error when it goes to build langtools. Here are the details:

D:\netbeans\incubator-netbeans\nbbuild\build\langtools\src\jdk.compiler\share\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\file\JavacFileManager.java:519: error: reference to newFileSystem is ambiguous
                this.fileSystem = FileSystems.newFileSystem(archivePath, null);
  both method newFileSystem(Path,ClassLoader) in FileSystems and method newFileSystem(Path,Map<String,?>) in FileSystems match
D:\netbeans\incubator-netbeans\nbbuild\build\langtools\src\jdk.compiler\share\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\file\Locations.java:383: error: reference to newFileSystem is ambiguous
                            FileSystems.newFileSystem(file, null).close();
  both method newFileSystem(Path,ClassLoader) in FileSystems and method newFileSystem(Path,Map<String,?>) in FileSystems match
D:\netbeans\incubator-netbeans\nbbuild\build\langtools\src\jdk.compiler\share\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\platform\JDKPlatformProvider.java:80: error: reference to newFileSystem is ambiguous
            try (FileSystem fs = FileSystems.newFileSystem(ctSymFile, null);
  both method newFileSystem(Path,ClassLoader) in FileSystems and method newFileSystem(Path,Map<String,?>) in FileSystems match
D:\netbeans\incubator-netbeans\nbbuild\build\langtools\src\jdk.compiler\share\classes\com\sun\tools\javac\platform\JDKPlatformProvider.java:120: error: reference to newFileSystem is ambiguous
                        ctSym2FileSystem.put(file, fs = FileSystems.newFileSystem(file, null));
  both method newFileSystem(Path,ClassLoader) in FileSystems and method newFileSystem(Path,Map<String,?>) in FileSystems match