javac compilation error for package-info.java containing package annotation

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Open Open
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
  • Fix Version/s: backlog
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Windows XP SP2
    JDK 1.5.0_15

Description

The package-info.java files can not be compiled in Maven 2 if the 2.0.2 maven-compiler-plugin is used. package-info.java files can be compiled by earlier versions of the maven-compiler-plugin (I have tried 2.0 and 2.0.1). Newer snapshot versions does not work also and it fails in the same error (I have tried version 2.1-snapshot).

This problem can be caused by an unusual behavior of the javac from jdk 1.5. This behavior is as follows:
You can not use '/' file separator during compiling package-info.java (for instance "javac sk/forro/package-info.java"). You must use '\' separator (for instance "javac sk\forro\package-info.java"). If you use the '/' separator you get the the compilation error reported by this bug (package annotations should be in file package-info.java). This is javac 'feature' has been removed in jdk 6 and in jdk 6 you can use either '/' or '\' - it does not matter.

It looks like the maven-compiler-plugin or one of its components (I mean plexus-x artefacts used by maven-compiler-plugin) uses '/' instead of the '\' in the MS Windows environment.

I have attached a log file of an unsuccessful build (generated by mvn install -X)

A possible workaround to solve this problem temporarily:
The compilation successes if I use either an older version of maven-compiler-plugin or jdk 6 or do not use package-info.java files at all.

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Rishabh Chandra added a comment -

I have faced this issue myself. I tried both 2.0 and 2.0.1 and they did not work.
Then i used the excludes and got the code to compile. As the package-info file is only for javadoc I just ignored it. This is the only solution i could get to work.
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<fork>true</fork>
<meminitial>128m</meminitial>
<maxmem>512m</maxmem>
<source>1.5</source>
<target>1.5</target>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>

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Rishabh Chandra added a comment - I have faced this issue myself. I tried both 2.0 and 2.0.1 and they did not work. Then i used the excludes and got the code to compile. As the package-info file is only for javadoc I just ignored it. This is the only solution i could get to work. <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <fork>true</fork> <meminitial>128m</meminitial> <maxmem>512m</maxmem> <source>1.5</source> <target>1.5</target> <excludes> <exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude> </excludes> </configuration> </plugin>
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Justin Edelson added a comment -

package-info.java is not just for javadoc.

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Justin Edelson added a comment - package-info.java is not just for javadoc.
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Stephen Connolly added a comment -

line 622 of the above diff is one of the offending lines

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Stephen Connolly added a comment - line 622 of the above diff is one of the offending lines
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Ivan Bogouchev added a comment -

We experience the same problem and it seems this is a bug in javac 1.5 :

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6198196

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Ivan Bogouchev added a comment - We experience the same problem and it seems this is a bug in javac 1.5 : http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6198196
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John Casey added a comment -

I think I've got the offending lines fixed in 2.2-SNAPSHOT (or rather, in plexus-compiler-javac-1.7: http://svn.codehaus.org/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java).

Can someone please take a look to make sure? Even better: if you have a test case, and can specify where it will fail (for instance, does it fail on linux?) that would be great to include.

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John Casey added a comment - I think I've got the offending lines fixed in 2.2-SNAPSHOT (or rather, in plexus-compiler-javac-1.7: http://svn.codehaus.org/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java). Can someone please take a look to make sure? Even better: if you have a test case, and can specify where it will fail (for instance, does it fail on linux?) that would be great to include.
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John Casey added a comment - - edited

Okay, had to roll that change back. That wasn't the best way to go about things; it fails miserably.

FWIW, the failed commit is revId: 8627

http://fisheye.codehaus.org/browse/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java?r1=8626&r2=8627

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John Casey added a comment - - edited Okay, had to roll that change back. That wasn't the best way to go about things; it fails miserably. FWIW, the failed commit is revId: 8627 http://fisheye.codehaus.org/browse/plexus/plexus-components/trunk/plexus-compiler/plexus-compilers/plexus-compiler-javac/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/compiler/javac/JavacCompiler.java?r1=8626&r2=8627
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Luca De Petrillo added a comment -

FYI: Using jdk 1.5.0_22, package-info.java files are compiled correctly.

I don't know exactly from what jdk version it started working, but I tried also with jdk 1.5.0_16 and seems to not works.

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Luca De Petrillo added a comment - FYI: Using jdk 1.5.0_22, package-info.java files are compiled correctly. I don't know exactly from what jdk version it started working, but I tried also with jdk 1.5.0_16 and seems to not works.

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  • Assignee:
    John Casey
    Reporter:
    Gabriel Forro
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