[THRIFT-5400] Java library does not export the .annotation package

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 0.14.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Component/s: Java - Library
• Assignee: Antonio Garcia Dominguez
• Reporter: Antonio Garcia Dominguez
• Created: 18/Apr/21 17:24
• Updated: 11/Sep/21 12:31
• Resolved: 06/May/21 20:32

Description

We use the Java Thrift library as an OSGi bundle, taking advantage of the existing Export-Package and Import-Package annotations.

After moving to the Thrift 0.13.0 library, we tried using the Thrift 0.13.0 compiler to produce up-to-date Java code, and our builds are now failing with this error message:

Access restriction: The type 'Nullable' is not API (restriction on required library '/home/antonio/workspaces/eclipse-hawk/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.pde.core/.bundle_pool/plugins/org.apache.thrift_0.13.0.jar')

This appears to be due to the fact that the Java library does not list the .annotation package that contains the Nullable annotation in the Export-Package line of the JAR manifest, but still uses it all over the place in the generated code.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2378