Thanks for the information. The compilation problem has already been 
resolved. thanks, Jenny

On Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 8:32:20 AM UTC-5 RobW wrote:

> I can't comment on the Eclipse plugin side of things, because we don't use 
> those. But I can confirm that basic GWT 2.9/2.10 compilation works fine 
> under Java 11 - that's our main Java platform now. I do recall some 
> migration notes in the GWT 2.9 or 2.10 release notes we had to take care 
> over, but I don't think those were Java version specific. More a case of 
> changes in GWT packaging.
>
> On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 23:47:37 UTC+1 Ying Jin wrote:
>
>> Ralph, thanks very much for your suggestion. I'll look into more of the 
>> approach to convert our gwt project to maven project.
>>
>> BTW, I've found the solution to make the GWT plugin work again in my 
>> laptop to compile the GWT project.
>>
>> I came across the following post when searching for the error related to 
>> webappcreator. 
>>
>> After I removed the "classpath" system variable from my new laptop and 
>> moved the GWT SDK to the top of the build path, the GWT Compiler starts 
>> working to compile the GWT project. 
>>
>>
>> https://topic.alibabacloud.com/a/exception-invocation-of-font-colorredcomfont-font-colorredgooglefont-gwt-user-font-colorredtoolsfont-webappcreator-failed-see-the-error-log-for-more-details_8_8_31771273.html
>>
>> Cheers ,
>> Jenny
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 12:45:24 PM UTC-5 Ralph Fiergolla wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It should not be that hard actually: you probably have separated client, 
>>> shared and server side classes following the standard package naming 
>>> convention. That is, basically it will be sufficient to copy your source 
>>> code to the according client/shared/server sub projects and you are done. 
>>> Okay, devil is in the details, but I did the same with some legacy project 
>>> and happily live ever after. Give it a try. Definitely better than spending 
>>> more time on installing different eclipse versions and plug-ins.
>>> Cheers
>>> Ralph 
>>> On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 6:51:11 PM UTC+2 Ying Jin wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ralph,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your suggestion. However, one of our GWT project in 
>>>> production was developed long time ago and has very big codebase. I'm not 
>>>> sure how hard to convert it to Maven oriented project. It seems that we 
>>>> have to do lots of code refactoring 
>>>> in order to separate client side and server side code and other 
>>>> configuraitons. 
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Jenny
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 11:59:01 PM UTC-5 Ralph Fiergolla wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jenny!
>>>>> With all these issues related to out-dated Eclipse plug-ins I would 
>>>>> strongly suggest switching to the new GWT Maven plug-in instead. Follow 
>>>>> the 
>>>>> instructions https://github.com/tbroyer/gwt-maven-archetypes/ to 
>>>>> create a project that you can easily import into the most recent Eclipse 
>>>>> (or any other IDE) subsequently. I don’t see much support for Eclipse 
>>>>> plug-ins coming… I learned it the hard way too but am now happily working 
>>>>> the Maven way. 
>>>>> Bon courage!
>>>>> Ralph 
>>>>> On Monday, July 10, 2023 at 7:25:41 PM UTC+2 Ying Jin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Colin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I posted this issue on the gwt plugin site below, but there is no 
>>>>>> reply yet.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/gwt-plugins/gwt-eclipse-plugin/issues/470
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In addition, I've tried to install other version of Eclipse such as 
>>>>>> Eclipse 4.18 (2020-12) with a new workspace. After I installed GWT 
>>>>>> plugin 3 
>>>>>> from market place and tried to create a sample gwt web application 
>>>>>> project 
>>>>>> as described below in gwt site, I got the error " Invocation of 
>>>>>> com.google.gwt.user.tools.WebAppCreator failed. See the error log for 
>>>>>> more 
>>>>>> details."  It seems to me this current market place gwt plugin didn't 
>>>>>> work 
>>>>>> as I didn't use our project at all
>>>>>> and followed the tutorial below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.gwtproject.org/usingeclipse.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a way to get a working GWT plugin for Eclipse which can work 
>>>>>> with JDK 11?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your help is much appreciated!
>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at 12:43:05 PM UTC-5 Colin Alworth wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If the class can't be found, something is wrong with your gwt-dev, 
>>>>>>> or the gwt-dev isn't on the classpath, or more details from the error 
>>>>>>> message will indicate why the Compiler class couldn't be loaded. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please file a bug with more details (logs, full error message, other 
>>>>>>> details about differences between the working computer and non-working 
>>>>>>> computer) at https://github.com/gwt-plugins/gwt-eclipse-plugin/ so 
>>>>>>> contributors there can take a closer look?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 2:28:44 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried to reinstall Eclipse again and GWT 3 plugin again from 
>>>>>>>> Eclipse market, downloaded and reinstalled gwt 2.9 for the project, 
>>>>>>>> however, I still encountered the error below.
>>>>>>>> It is so weird, the project configuration in eclipse works in my 
>>>>>>>> old laptop, not in the new one though it both has windows 10 installed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Error: Could not find or load main class com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> eclipse-jee-2020-06-R-win32-x86_64
>>>>>>>> GWT Plugin 3.0
>>>>>>>> gwt-2.9.0
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please see attached for the java build path dialog in eclipse.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any idea about resolving this error? Please help shed some light on 
>>>>>>>> this problem.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your help is much appreciated!
>>>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 3:25:42 PM UTC-5 Ying Jin wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your reply. Please see attached for the GWT lib 
>>>>>>>>> specified in the java build path in Eclipse. I tried to compile it 
>>>>>>>>> with JDK 
>>>>>>>>> 8 and it didn't work either. 
>>>>>>>>> The same project configuration in Eclipse worked in my old laptop, 
>>>>>>>>> but not in my new laptop. The Eclipse in the new laptop is a copy of 
>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>> Eclipse installed in the old laptop.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In addition, I also tried to  copy the "gwt-dev.jar" from the old 
>>>>>>>>> laptop to the new one, but the compilation still gave me the 
>>>>>>>>> following 
>>>>>>>>> error.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Error: Could not find or load main class 
>>>>>>>>> com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The project was compiled by using GWT->Compile option provided by 
>>>>>>>>> the GWT Plugin installed in Eclipse.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Version: 2020-06 (4.16.0)
>>>>>>>>> GWT Plugin version: 3.0
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your help is greatly appreciated!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>>>>> On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 12:33:18 PM UTC-5 Colin Alworth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> GWT 2.9 should support running on Java 11, both running on JDK 11 
>>>>>>>>>> and compiling Java 11 sources.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Without other information, it sounds like there is a problem with 
>>>>>>>>>> your copy of gwt-dev.jar - the jar might be corrupt, or somehow not 
>>>>>>>>>> on your 
>>>>>>>>>> classpath? 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you verify that the jar is present and correct, and share 
>>>>>>>>>> more specifics of how you are building?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 6:00:43 PM UTC-5 [email protected] 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I tried to compile our GWT 2.9 project with JDK 11, but 
>>>>>>>>>>> encountered the following error:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Error: Could not find or load main class 
>>>>>>>>>>> com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: 
>>>>>>>>>>> com.google.gwt.dev.Compiler
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> BTW, the Eclipse version is  Version: 2020-06 (4.16.0). 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please help shed some lights on this issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Jenny
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>

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