Re: Maven plugin fails when a class compiled for Java 9 is present in a jar running in Java 8.

I spoke too soon. It appears my java9 classes are not being found in the multi-release jar so I still don’t know if it fixes the problem with the scanner. Ralph > On Jun 15, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: > > FWIW, building the jar as a multi-release jar did

Re: Maven plugin fails when a class compiled for Java 9 is present in a jar running in Java 8.

FWIW, building the jar as a multi-release jar did fix this problem, but building a multi-release jar with Maven is a bear to do. I have to invoke the compiler plugin first to compile the pre-java9 classes using the java 7 or 8 compiler, call the maven-bundle-plugin, call the maven-helper-plugin

Maven plugin fails when a class compiled for Java 9 is present in a jar running in Java 8.

I have a plugin that uses a jar that doesn’t have any Maven plugin annotations in it but does have classes compiled for Java 9 in it that are only used when executing on Java 9. Loading of the plugin is failing because the annotation scanner can’t read the class. What do I need to do to prevent