Resolved: ABCL doesn't current work beyond Java 8 (was Re: build failure)

[Mark Evenson]

> > On Jan 15, 2019, at 16:14, Stephen Varey <srvarey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I downloaded the source and built in netbeans where i get this error
> > 
> > JAVA-EXCEPTION: Java exception 'java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: No applicable method named getURLs found in java.lang.ClassLoader or jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader'.
> > C:\git\abcl\etc\ant\netbeans-build.xml:15: The following error occurred while executing this line:
> > C:\git\abcl\build.xml:280: The following error occurred while executing this line:
> > C:\git\abcl\build.xml:299: Java returned: -1
> > BUILD FAILED (total time: 13 seconds)
> > 
> > Can you help?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > stephen
> > 

> On Jan 16, 2019, at 10:23, Stephen Varey <srvarey at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> Thanks for replying
> I just this minute found a thread saying there was a problem with java 10 - which is the default for netbeans.
> Just finished compiling with java 8 and that was ok

That the ABCL build mechanism doesn’t emit a meaningful diagnostic (or better works beyond Java 8) has been [filed as a ticket][1].

[1]: https://abcl.org/trac/ticket/46


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