I have a number of internal projects which use aspectj-maven-plugin-1.7 + java 8. they work with c-m-p-2.6, but fail with 2.7 ( note I am not actively using cobertura in our build)
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.codehaus.mojo:aspectj-maven-plugin:1.7:test-compile (default) on project logging-logg er: AJC compiler errors: [ERROR] abort ABORT -- (RuntimeException) Problem processing attributes in XXXX\logger\lo gging-logger\target\generated-classes\cobertura\XXX\logging\aop\AopLogger.class [ERROR] Problem processing attributes in XXXX\logger\logging-logger\target\generated-clas ses\cobertura\XXXX\logging\aop\AopLogger.class [ERROR] java.lang.RuntimeException: Problem processing attributes in XXXX\logger\logging- logger\target\generated-classes\cobertura\XXX\logging\aop\AopLogger.class [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelObjectType.ensureAspectJAttributesUnpacked(BcelObjectType.java:387) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelObjectType.<init>(BcelObjectType.java:162) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWorld.buildBcelDelegate(BcelWorld.java:410) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWorld.addSourceObjectType(BcelWorld.java:490) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWorld.addSourceObjectType(BcelWorld.java:456) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.isAspect(BcelWeaver.java:317) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.addAspectsFromDirectory(BcelWeaver.java:296) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.addLibraryJarFile(BcelWeaver.java:234) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.core.builder.AjBuildManager.initBcelWorld(AjBuildManager.java:874) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.core.builder.AjBuildManager.performBuild(AjBuildManager.java:249) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.ajdt.internal.core.builder.AjBuildManager.batchBuild(AjBuildManager.java:185) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.ajdt.ajc.AjdtCommand.doCommand(AjdtCommand.java:112) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.ajdt.ajc.AjdtCommand.runCommand(AjdtCommand.java:60) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.tools.ajc.Main.run(Main.java:371) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.tools.ajc.Main.runMain(Main.java:248) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.mojo.aspectj.AbstractAjcCompiler.execute(AbstractAjcCompiler.java:524) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:132) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.executeForkedExecutions(MojoExecutor.java:364) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:198) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:116) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:80) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder. java:51) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:120) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:355) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:597) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:227) [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:170) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) [ERROR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [ERROR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) [ERROR] Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantInteger cannot be cast to org .aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantUtf8 [ERROR] at org.aspectj.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantPool.getConstantUtf8(ConstantPool.java:276) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelConstantPoolReader.readUtf8(BcelConstantPoolReader.java:31) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.VersionedDataInputStream.readUtf8(VersionedDataInputStream.java:61) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.VersionedDataInputStream.readSignatureAsUnresolvedType(VersionedDataInputStream.java:81) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.ExactTypePattern.readTypePattern150(ExactTypePattern.java:271) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.ExactTypePattern.read(ExactTypePattern.java:260) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.TypePattern.read(TypePattern.java:310) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.SignaturePattern.read(SignaturePattern.java:909) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.KindedPointcut.read(KindedPointcut.java:330) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.Pointcut.read(Pointcut.java:279) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.NotPointcut.read(NotPointcut.java:95) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.Pointcut.read(Pointcut.java:297) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.AndPointcut.read(AndPointcut.java:95) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.Pointcut.read(Pointcut.java:291) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.AndPointcut.read(AndPointcut.java:95) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.Pointcut.read(Pointcut.java:291) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.AndPointcut.read(AndPointcut.java:95) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.Pointcut.read(Pointcut.java:291) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedPointcutDefinition.read(ResolvedPointcutDefinition.java:59) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.AjAttribute.read(AjAttribute.java:113) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.Utility.readAjAttributes(Utility.java:101) [ERROR] at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelObjectType.ensureAspectJAttributesUnpacked(BcelObjectType.java:383) [ERROR] ... 40 more [ERROR] -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionExcepti
