[mojo-dev] [jira] (MANIMALSNIFFER-55) Plugin requires Java 7 to report errors

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SebbASF created an issue   Mojo's Animal Sniffer / MANIMALSNIFFER-55 Plugin requires Java 7 to report errors Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Stephen Connolly Created: 15/Jan/15 6:29 PM Priority: Major Reporter: SebbASF [This is a replacement for MANIMALSNIFFER-52] When using Java 5 or 6 to run Animal Sniffer, the plugin works fine so long as it does not have to report any API violations. However when trying to report a violation, it tries to use a method signature that requires Java 7: [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-maven-plugin:1.13:check (checkAPIcompat) on project commons-net: Execution checkAPIcompat of goal org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-maven-plugin:1.13:check failed: An API incompatibility was encountered while executing org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-maven-plugin:1.13:check: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.nio.CharBuffer.subSequence(II)Ljava/nio/CharBuffer; [ERROR] ----------------------------------------------------- [ERROR] realm = plugin>org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-maven-plugin:1.13 Note that the following method cannot be found: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.nio.CharBuffer.subSequence(II)Ljava/nio/CharBuffer; This appears to be due to http://bugs.java.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6733145 which changed the return type of the method from CharSequence to CharBuffer. Compare the following: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/nio/CharBuffer.html#subSequence%28int,%20int%29 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/nio/CharBuffer.html#subSequence%28int,%20int%29 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/CharBuffer.html#subSequence%28int,%20int%29 As far as I can tell, one solution is to ensure the plugin is built with Java 5 or 6. [And of course to use Animal Sniffer to check that its own code is compatible with Java 5!] Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162-sha1:7af547c) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email