renatsaf opened a new pull request, #9446: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/9446
### What When running a Jakarta EE **application client** against a registered GlassFish server, the run fails immediately because the spawned JVM cannot be created: ``` -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/Applications/glassfish7/glassfish/lib/endorsed:/Applications/glassfish7/glassfish/modules/endorsed is not supported. ... Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. ``` The deploy succeeds; only the client JVM launch fails, every time. ### Root cause `Hk2JavaEEPlatformImpl.getToolProperty(TOOL_APP_CLIENT_RUNTIME, TOOL_PROP_JVM_OPTS)` always prepended `-Djava.endorsed.dirs=<root>/lib/endorsed:<root>/modules/endorsed` to the app-client container JVM options. This value ends up in the generated `build-impl.xml` via `j2ee.appclient.tool.jvmoptions` and is passed as a `<jvmarg>` to the `run-appclient` macro. The endorsed-standards mechanism was **removed in JDK 9 (JEP 220)**, and HotSpot deliberately aborts at startup when `java.endorsed.dirs` is set. GlassFish 7 requires JDK 11+ and ships no `endorsed` directories at all, so the option is both invalid and pointing at non-existent paths. ### Fix Build `-Djava.endorsed.dirs` only from the `lib/endorsed` / `modules/endorsed` directories that actually exist, and omit the option entirely when neither is present. This lets app clients run on JDK 9+ (modern GlassFish), while preserving behavior for legacy servers on JDK 8 that still ship those directories. ### Notes - The Payara plugin (`payara.jakartaee`) carries the same forked code; left out of this PR to keep it focused on the reported GlassFish case, but it should get the same treatment in a follow-up. Fixes #6270 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
