Invocation problem in java.lang.Exception

[Sten Roger Sandvik]

Hi.

I have a strange problem using Java 1.8. Everything works great for Karaf 2.4.0 
and Karaf 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT, except the following code:

public final class ExceptionProblem
{
    public static void testException()
        throws Exception
    {
        throw new ProblematicException( new RuntimeException() );
    }

    public static final class ProblematicException
        extends Exception
    {
        public ProblematicException( final Throwable cause )
        {
            super( "Exception message!", cause, false, false );
        }
    }
}

Here it's using a protected constructor in RuntimeException with <String, 
Throwable, Boolean, Boolean> signature. In Karaf 2.4.0 and Karaf 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT 
(and also Karaf 3.0.1 with newer ASM) it fails with 
"java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.lang.Exception: method 
<init>(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Throwable;ZZ)V not found" exception. 

I have ensured that Java 8 is running so it's not that it's running a different 
VM. Have also tried Felix 4.4.1 directly and here it works. Seems to me that 
this is a Karaf (or related Karaf bundles) problem. I could just use another 
constructor here, but this code is actually deep inside Nashorn so it's no 
option to actually change the code.

Also, this is actually not a problem if it extends Throwable instead of 
Exception.

Anyone that can give me some pointers to where to look or tweek?


BR,
Sten Roger