[WW-4402] JDK 8: build fails due to missing apt tool

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.16.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.5
• Component/s: Build Management
• Labels: jdk8

Environment

JDK 8

• Assignee: Lukasz Lenart
• Reporter: René Gielen
• Created: 12/Sep/14 07:09
• Updated: 12/Oct/16 14:27
• Resolved: 06/Oct/15 06:44

Description

The generation of Struts Taglib TLD files relies on annotation processing with the apt tool, wrapped by maven-apt-plugin.
In JDK 7 apt has been deprecated in favor of JSR 269. In JDK 8 apt tool has been removed completely.
In effect, Struts core and all tag library projects relying on the struts-annotation helper library won't build any longer under JDK 8. A major effort is needed to introduce a compatible replacement.