Sorry, this fell out of my inbox. I’m using 2.3.0 and JDK 1.8 and maven. If I change the target to 1.8 from 1.7, I get:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at org.apache.xbean.asm4.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xbean.asm4.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xbean.asm4.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.AsmAdaptor.toJava7ByteArray(AsmAdaptor.java:93) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.AsmAdaptor.writeJava7(AsmAdaptor.java:84) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.AsmAdaptor.write(AsmAdaptor.java:54) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.PCEnhancer.record(PCEnhancer.java:633) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.PCEnhancer.record(PCEnhancer.java:619) at org.apache.openjpa.enhance.PCEnhancer.run(PCEnhancer.java:4900) at org.apache.openjpa.ant.PCEnhancerTask.executeOn(PCEnhancerTask.java:89) at org.apache.openjpa.lib.ant.AbstractTask.execute(AbstractTask.java:184) at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:291) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:106) at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:390) at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:411) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1399) at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1368) at org.apache.maven.plugin.antrun.AntRunMojo.execute(AntRunMojo.java:327) at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:133) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:108) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:76) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51) at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:116) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:361) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:155) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:584) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:213) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:157) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) > On Mar 9, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Rick Curtis <curti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hal - > > What are you seeing for problems? We've done some amount of testing Entity > enhancement when using java 8 language features. > > Thanks, > Rick > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Hal Hildebrand <hal.hildebr...@me.com> > wrote: > >> No. >> >>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Boblitz John <john.bobl...@bertschi.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Does the Byte Code Enhancement work when compiled for 1.8? >>> >>> Thanks & Regards, >>> >>> John Boblitz >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Hal Hildebrand [mailto:hal.hildebr...@me.com] >>>> Sent: Montag, 9. März 2015 16:21 >>>> To: users@openjpa.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Java 8/Java 7 end of life >>>> >>>> I can certainly confirm that OpenJPA runs on java 8. And even compiles >>>> when using source 1.7, target 1.7. Byte code enhancement works fine on >> the >>>> code when compiled in that fashion. >>>> >>>>> On Mar 9, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Rick Curtis <curti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> OpenJPA 2.3.x and trunk should be functional with java8, but I don't >>>>> think you can build OpenJPA with java8. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Henno Vermeulen >>>>> <he...@huizemolenaar.nl> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> AFAIK, OpenJPA still doesn't work with Java 8. Are there any plans of >>>>>> fixing this soon? Perhaps OpenJPA committers could give this some >>>>>> more priority? >>>>>> >>>>>> Oracle public support for Java 7 will end after April this year, see >>>>>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/eol-135779.html >>>>>> If I understand well, this means that security issues in Oracle's >>>>>> Java 7 runtime will no longer be fixed so that an application using >>>>>> OpenJPA on Java 7 will become more and more vulnerable over time. >>>>>> >>>>>> The ticket for Java 8 was last updated in October 2014: >>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-2386 >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Henno Vermeulen >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Rick Curtis* >>> >> >> > > > -- > *Rick Curtis*