I still get the same error. This is my toolchains.xml now:
<toolchains>
<!-- JDK toolchains -->
<toolchain>
<type>jdk</type>
<provides>
<version>14</version>
<vendor>sun</vendor>
</provides>
<configuration>
<jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-14.0.1</jdkHome>
</configuration>
</toolchain>
<toolchain>
<type>jdk</type>
<provides>
<version>9</version>
<vendor>sun</vendor>
</provides>
<configuration>
<jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-14.0.1</jdkHome>
</configuration>
</toolchain>
<toolchain>
<type>jdk</type>
<provides>
<version>8</version>
<vendor>eclipse</vendor>
</provides>
<configuration>
<jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.322.6-hotspot</jdkHome>
</configuration>
</toolchain>
<toolchain>
<type>jdk</type>
<provides>
<version>1.8</version>
<vendor>eclipse</vendor>
</provides>
<configuration>
<jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.322.6-hotspot</jdkHome>
</configuration>
</toolchain>
<!-- other toolchains -->
</toolchains>
I also get these warning:
[WARNING] Unable to autodetect 'javac' path, using 'javac' from the
environment.
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] COMPILATION WARNING :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[WARNING] [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with
-source 8
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 8:34 PM Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote:
> What I've done in my own toolchains file before is setting a version
> of Java for both "1.8" and "8" along with an entry for version "9"
> (but pointing to Java 11) and "11".
>
> In the master branch, this test was since updated to stop referring to
> the removed class as that branch requires Java 11 as the base anyways.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 12:29 PM Mohammed B <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I replaced the tool chain of 14 with 8 and the build fails on the "API
> Java
> > 9 support" project. If I added both toolchains, I get the same error as
> > before.
> >
> > Here's how my toolchain.xml looks like now:
> >
> > <toolchains>
> > <!-- JDK toolchains -->
> > <toolchain>
> > <type>jdk</type>
> > <provides>
> > <version>14</version>
> > <vendor>sun</vendor>
> > </provides>
> > <configuration>
> > <jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-14.0.1</jdkHome>
> > </configuration>
> > </toolchain>
> > <toolchain>
> > <type>jdk</type>
> > <provides>
> > <version>8</version>
> > <vendor>eclipse</vendor>
> > </provides>
> > <configuration>
> > <jdkHome>C:\Program Files\Eclipse
> Adoptium\jdk-8.0.322.6-hotspot</jdkHome>
> > </configuration>
> > </toolchain>
> >
> >
> > <!-- other toolchains -->
> > </toolchains>
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 8:20 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Use Java 8 means just that so yes you have to download it ;-)
> > >
> > > Gary
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 12:57 Mohammed Barayyan <[email protected]
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does that mean I have to install JDK 8? or can I modify the
> toolchains or
> > > > the pom.xml to achieve that?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 7:56 PM Gary Gregory <[email protected]
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Use Java 8, not 14.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gary
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 12:35 Mohammed Barayyan <
> [email protected]
> > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any advice on the issue please.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm trying to test and build branch 2.x from source but I get an
> > > error:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > error: cannot find symbol
> > > > > > [ERROR] symbol: class Reflection
> > > > > > [ERROR] location: package sun.reflect
> > > > > >
> > > > > > More details about my question in:
> > > > > > stackoverflow question <Hello, I'm trying to test and build
> branch
> > > 2.x
> > > > > from
> > > > > > source but I get an error: error: cannot find symbol [ERROR]
> symbol:
> > > > > class
> > > > > > Reflection [ERROR] location: package sun.reflect More details
> about
> > > my
> > > > > > question in:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71957458/building-and-testing-log4j2-from-source-fails-cannot-find-symbol-symbol-clas
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
