[UIMA-4300] Java 8 support in maven-uimafit-plugin

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0uimaFIT
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0uimaFIT
• Component/s: uimaFIT-Maven-Plugin
• Assignee: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
• Created: 22/Mar/15 21:12
• Updated: 18/Mar/16 18:37
• Resolved: 24/May/15 00:42

Description

uimafit-maven-plugin chokes on some Java 8 constructions:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal
org.apache.uima:uimafit-maven-plugin:2.1.0:enhance (default) on project
de.tudarmstadt.ukp.dkpro.core.mallet-asl: Execution default of goal
org.apache.uima:uimafit-maven-plugin:2.1.0:enhance failed:
java.io.IOException: invalid constant type: 18 at 291 -> [Help 1]

Upgrading to a new javassist version helps.

Workaround right now:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.apache.uima</groupId>
  <artifactId>uimafit-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.0</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
      <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
      <version>3.19.0-GA</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</plugin>