[SLING-11923] Sling Events does not Build on Java 17

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Event 4.3.12
• Fix Version/s: Event 4.3.14
• Component/s: Event
• Assignee: Rishabh Daim
• Reporter: Dan Klco
• Created: 30/Jun/23 18:09
• Updated: 01/Mar/24 15:27
• Resolved: 22/Jul/23 05:50

Description

Attempting to build Sling Events with Java 17 fails with:

[main] INFO org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.index.IndexUpdate - Reindexing completed
[ERROR] Tests run: 4, Failures: 0, Errors: 4, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 1.935 s <<< FAILURE! - in org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.TestTopicHalting
[ERROR] org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.TestTopicHalting.testUnhalting  Time elapsed: 1.506 s  <<< ERROR!
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/security/acl/Group
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1012)
	at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:150)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.defineClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:862)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.findClassOnClassPathOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:760)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClassOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:681)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:639) 

This class is deprecated for removal in Java 11: https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/security/acl/Group.html

Issue Links

• is cloned by: SLING-12260 Sling Events does not build on Java 21
• relates to: SLING-11894 jcr-contentloader: Fix paxexam Integration Tests with Java 17
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #32