There have been some changes [1,2] to make it (at least partially) work with a Java 9 VM; you can try HEAD-SNAPSHOT (from https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/google-snapshots/) until we release 2.8.2 with the changes.
[1] https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/commit/87f27659af55d7d549521405ef10889e8dfe3f3a [2] https://github.com/gwtproject/gwt/commit/5b7560c4bb6376e997981387e4f2feee1816e1dc On Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 9:49:20 AM UTC+2, Pratik Parikh wrote: > > does anyone have an update on this sissu? I am running into the same > problem, so an update would help. > > On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 12:08:29 PM UTC-4, James Nelson wrote: >> >> Hi. >> >> I am currently very busy this week, but can try to schedule a push to >> maven central this weekend (I have other people waiting on it to use >> various other tools I dabble in as well). >> >> Please remind me if I don't post links back here by next Monday. >> >> Worst case scenario, I can just upload jars to github and push a gist of >> the pom I used, with some instructions on how to set the system properties >> to make it work. >> >> I used the IDE to handle vm args, as standard maven plugins are less >> amenable to hacking / debugging (though I'm sure it must be possible, I did >> not have enough free time to get that far on it). >> >> I'll probably update to latest java 9 spec, since the module system has >> undergone another iteration since I tried these hacks. >> >> Please keep in mind, however, that my fork has diverged from mainline for >> quite a while, and does not undergo the same rigorous testing that you >> might expect. >> In particular, if you start using any of the other features I've added >> (reflection, arbitrary magic method injection), it can break incremental >> recompilations. >> It's a known issue I'm avoiding looking at, since most of the 2.X stack >> is going to go away, and I have to migrate all my magic into apt-generators >> to run as a pre-gwtc stage. >> >> While I might be able to help you get something that works as a proof of >> concept, I would urge you to hold off on using it in production, as I am >> not (yet) ready to offer fulltime support. >> A couple colleagues and I are playing with the idea of offering fulltime >> support and maintenance of 2.X around mid-September (barring a funding >> miracle for our current money-source). >> >> So, please take this caveats to heart; I can probably get you up and >> compiling, but this should all be viewed as experimental and not-production >> ready for a while yet. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
