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=== Solution === | === Solution === | ||
| − | Do not use Oracle's Java - stay with Version 8 | + | Do not use Oracle's incompatible Java versions - stay with Version 8 |
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml | diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml | ||
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== Crashing Eclipse == | == Crashing Eclipse == | ||
=== Problem === | === Problem === | ||
Revision as of 08:50, 23 January 2020
Why Java 8 is not dead
- Because Java 9 breaks things
- Because Java 10 breaks more things
- Because Java 11 breaks even more things
- Because Java >=12 will surely break more of the stuff that has been working perfectly for years
And the cost/benefit relation of moving along Oracle's ideas seems not worthwile.
Examples
Mediawiki-Japi
Problem
Mediawiki-Japi/src/main/java/com/bitplan/mediawiki/japi/api/Page.java:[34,33] package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
Diagnosis
Oracle decided to remove APIs
Solution
Do not use Oracle's incompatible Java versions - stay with Version 8
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
# this is a java project using maven
language: java
+# make sure things keep working see http://wiki.bitplan.com/index.php/Java8
+jdk: openjdk8
Crashing Eclipse
Problem
Trying to start Eclipse oxygen leads to multiple ClassNotFoundExceptions
Diagnosis
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=533390
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48349760/how-do-i-change-my-eclipse-ides-launch-jvm
Therapy
Surprise - stay with Java 8 ... Search it:
/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home
and add it to your eclipse.ini (make sure using two lines as below ...
-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java