Ugly error message when JDK 1.3 is set for JAVA_HOME

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • Affects Version/s: 1.1-beta-1
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: cli
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    JAVA_HOME set to a 1.3 JDK

Description

Is there some nicer message that can be produced than this?

C:\source\wsad\workspace\Deployment>maven XXXX
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/apache/maven/cli/App (Unsupported major.minor version 48.0)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:488)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:106)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:243)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:51)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:190)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:183)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:250)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:310)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:190)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.setupEntry(Forehead.java:298)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.config(Forehead.java:256)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.config(Forehead.java:131)
at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:579)

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Brett Porter added a comment -

maybe a modification to forehead (and for m2, classworlds) to do this check and ensure it is targetted to 1.3?

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Brett Porter added a comment - maybe a modification to forehead (and for m2, classworlds) to do this check and ensure it is targetted to 1.3?
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dion gillard added a comment -

Either that or check java -version in the shell scripts/batch file, as long as the end-user has a better experience.

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dion gillard added a comment - Either that or check java -version in the shell scripts/batch file, as long as the end-user has a better experience.
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Brett Porter added a comment -

while I considered the shell/batch solution, it would slow general startup and be a royal pain to implement in a batch file.

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Brett Porter added a comment - while I considered the shell/batch solution, it would slow general startup and be a royal pain to implement in a batch file.
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Lukas Theussl added a comment -

M11 requires jdk 1.4.

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Lukas Theussl added a comment - M11 requires jdk 1.4.

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  • Assignee:
    Lukas Theussl
    Reporter:
    dion gillard
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