Will Not Run as Configured in JAVA v11+

[mjzwick]

I am not a Java programmer, but I do use ODL Studio to support our scout troop with our annual mulch delivery sale - it has been a real help in delivering 7,000 to 10,000 bags of mulch. The sale was postponed in 2021 due to COVID. Since then I have updated my Java installation on my Mac to:

java 17.0.2 2022-01-18 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.2+8-LTS-86)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.2+8-LTS-86, mixed mode, sharing)

When I try to run the jar file for v1.4.1, I get errors associated with the program not being able to find the JAXB library. If I understand correctly, this library was moved out of JAVA SE to JAVA EE and is therefore no longer visible. A sample of the dump below:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.scripts.list.ScriptsTree.setFiles(ScriptsTree.java:326)
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.scripts.list.ScriptsTree.(ScriptsTree.java:221)
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.scripts.list.ScriptsPanel.(ScriptsPanel.java:149)
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.appframe.AppFrame.(AppFrame.java:214)
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.appframe.AppFrame.(AppFrame.java:179)
at com.opendoorlogistics.studio.appframe.AppFrame.main(AppFrame.java:123)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBContext
at com.opendoorlogistics.core.scripts.io.ScriptIO.(ScriptIO.java:73)
at com.opendoorlogistics.core.scripts.io.ScriptIO.(ScriptIO.java:78)
at com.opendoorlogistics.core.scripts.io.ScriptIO.(ScriptIO.java:50)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBContext
at com.opendoorlogistics.core.scripts.io.ScriptIO.(ScriptIO.java:70)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
... 9 more

I suppose I need to revert back to JAVA SE 10 for now if that is possible. However, this seems like something that should be updated in ODL Studio. I don't really have the chops to do this!

[PGWelch]

Hi Morris,

it's good to hear what your scouts are doing with ODL Studio! At the moment yes your only option is to downgrade. ODL Studio actually works for Java 8 so I'm surprised you got it working with Java 10 before. Java has had a lot of releases recently, but java 8 is still really popular among developers. This site - https://adoptium.net/ - lets you download older versions of the java software development kit (JDK) which has a java runtime embedded within it, so if you have trouble downgrading try there.