I fixed the problem by upgrading to Groovy 4.0.28 On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am trying to run an app that runs fine under Java 21 but will not run > under Java 25. > The problem appears to be Groovy. > > Sure appreciate any help. > > > I am running the following: > > Groovy: 4.0.26 > Java: 25 > Apache tomcat: 11.0.8 > > I get the error when trying to run a .groovy file. So, it isn't a .class > file. The Groovy file has not been compiled. Again, this code works fine > under Java 8, 11, 17, and 21. > > The error under Java 25: > > 09-Oct-2025 16:27:47.947 SEVERE [main] > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending > context initialized event to listener instance of class > [org.kissweb.restServer.StartupListener] > BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit > '/drive1/ROOT/home/blake/Stack360/Kiss/src/main/backend/KissInit.groovy' > Unsupported class file major version 69 > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$ISourceUnitOperation.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:901) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:692) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:666) > at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:365) > at > groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.lambda$parseClass$2(GroovyClassLoader.java:314) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize.StampedCommonCache.compute(StampedCommonCache.java:163) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.memoize.StampedCommonCache.getAndPut(StampedCommonCache.java:154) > at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:314) > at org.kissweb.restServer.GroovyClass.<init>(GroovyClass.java:59) > at > org.kissweb.restServer.GroovyService.loadGroovyClass(GroovyService.java:400) > at > org.kissweb.restServer.GroovyService.internalGroovy(GroovyService.java:265) > at > org.kissweb.restServer.MainServlet.initializeSystem(MainServlet.java:352) > at > org.kissweb.restServer.StartupListener.contextInitialized(StartupListener.java:37) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4015) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:4438) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164) > at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:566) > at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:652) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:926) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig$DeployWar.run(HostConfig.java:1842) > at > java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:545) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:328) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) > at > java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:125) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWARs(HostConfig.java:730) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:381) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostConfig.java:1582) > at > org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:265) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:109) > at > org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setStateInternal(LifecycleBase.java:389) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.setState(LifecycleBase.java:336) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:743) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.startInternal(StandardHost.java:769) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1164) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1160) > at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:328) > at > org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.InlineExecutorService.execute(InlineExecutorService.java:75) > at > java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:149) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.startInternal(ContainerBase.java:716) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.startInternal(StandardEngine.java:203) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.startInternal(StandardService.java:412) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164) > at > org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.startInternal(StandardServer.java:866) > at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:164) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:759) > at > java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104) > at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:565) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:342) > at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:473) > Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file > major version 69 > at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:200) > at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:180) > at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:166) > at groovyjarjarasm.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:288) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.ast.decompiled.AsmDecompiler.parseClass(AsmDecompiler.java:83) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.findDecompiled(ClassNodeResolver.java:255) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.tryAsLoaderClassOrScript(ClassNodeResolver.java:193) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.findClassNode(ClassNodeResolver.java:175) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ClassNodeResolver.resolveName(ClassNodeResolver.java:129) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolveToOuter(ResolveVisitor.java:782) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.resolve(ResolveVisitor.java:423) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.visitClass(ResolveVisitor.java:1240) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.ResolveVisitor.startResolving(ResolveVisitor.java:258) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.lambda$addPhaseOperations$3(CompilationUnit.java:207) > at > org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$ISourceUnitOperation.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:897) > ... 50 more >
