Java 9 deprecates some APIs (I think around SAX?) that a lot of things
need, so this is not surprising. It also breaks some S3 libs.
On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 2:55 PM, Jerry Malcolm
wrote:
> James has been working for months untouched.=C2=A0 This morning I needed
> to=
> =20
> reboot the server for other reasons.=C2=A0 When it came back, James would
> n=
> ot=20
> start.=C2=A0 It was giving me errors saying camel xml file had syntax
> error=
> s=20
> and couldn't parse, etc.=C2=A0 This really blindsided me.=C2=A0 I hadn't
> do=
> ne a=20
> thing to change anything.=C2=A0=C2=A0 The root cause of the error was
> somet=
> hing=20
> like some jaxb exception class couldn't be found.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I did some
> go=
> ogling=20
> and found that jaxb is removed from java SE 9+ (and moved to EE).=C2=A0 I=
> =20
> checked my java paths, and they still show java 8.=C2=A0 So that "couldn't
> =
> be=20
> the problem" Then I remembered a week or so ago, java started=20
> yelling at me that it was out of date.=C2=A0 I never auto upgrade if
> things=
> =20
> are working.=C2=A0 But when I thought I was dismissing the popup, it said=
> =20
> something about old files removed.=C2=A0 Bottom line is java apparently=20
> upgraded me to java 9 inside the java 8 folder. Maybe not fully... but=20
> in any case, jaxb was no longer there.=C2=A0 And it didn't show up until I=
> =20
> rebooted.
>
> In the forum research someone said that the jaxb files are still there=20
> in 9, but you have to call them out.=C2=A0 Add an additional argument:=20
> "--add-modules java.xml.bind" on the java command makes them available.
>
> So... I don't really know what the java update did under the covers.=C2=A0=
> =20
> But it broke james.=C2=A0 Finally, after adding the above arg to the java=
> =20
> command line, things started working again.=C2=A0 So if you are using
> Java9=
> =20
> or higher, or if java appears to have updated you against your wishes,=20
> this java command line arg should fix james.
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