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Identify any issues with Plugin development in Java 21 and strategy for Customers to update
Note: I updated plugin examples to use maven/java 11 in this branch: https://github.com/dotCMS/plugin-seeds/tree/release-23.10.24-maven
I created a branch introducing a parent pom to simplify the building process. https://github.com/dotCMS/plugin-seeds/pull/97/files
They all compile with no problem, whatsoever.
I tried deploying them in the demo server (compiled in Java 11); some are currently broken.
I also tried deploying them in my local Tomcat compiling them in Java 21.
The following are the Broken plugin examples And their status compared they status in demo vs my local environment running Java 21
| Name | Exception | Note |
|---|---|---|
| com.dotcms.osgi-portlets-example | Unresolved requirements: [[com.dotcms.osgi-portlets-example [8](R 8.0)] osgi.wiring.package; (osgi.wiring.package=com.dotcms.repackage.javax.portlet) | |
| visitor-ip-conditionlet-0.2 | osgi.wiring.package=com.dotcms.repackage.com.google.common.base)] | Works fine in demo |
| override-class-example-0.2 | Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: class redefinition failed: attempted to change the schema (add/remove fields) at java.instrument/sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.retransformClasses0(Native Method) at net.bytebuddy.dynamic.DynamicType$Default$Unloaded.load(DynamicType.java:6325) at com.dotmarketing.osgi.GenericBundleActivator.overrideClass(GenericBundleActivator.java:333) | Also Broken in demo |
| com.dotcms.osgi-pp-event-listener-example | java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/dotcms/pushpublish/listener/AddToQueueSubscriber | Works fine on demo but broken locally |
| app-and-secrets-example-0.3.jar | Unresolved requirements: [[com.dotcms.app.and-secrets-example [23](R 23.0)] osgi.wiring.package; (&(osgi.wiring.package=com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation)(version>=2.4.0)(!(version>=3.0.0)))] | Also Broken in demo |
| osgi-third-party-lib-example | ClassNotFoundException: hirondelle.date4j.DateTime not found by com.dotcms.osgi-third-party-lib-example [26] at com.dotmarketing.osgi.external.Examples.currentDateTime(Examples.java:40) ~[?:?] | Also Broken in demo |
All in all, I don't think it'll be too difficult to migrate these to Java 25
it looks like we still have some old repackage.javax dependencies here and there to clean up @spbolton
