Eclipse error message for jvnet maven-jaxb2-plugin version 0.13.0

Question

I am trying the sample JAXB Maven project with jvnet maven-jaxb2-plugin from GitHub https://github.com/highsource/maven-jaxb2-plugin/releases . I am using the latest version 0.13.0 and downloaded maven-jaxb2-plugin-sample-jaxbplugins-0.13.0-maven-src.zip

I am successful in running the mvn clean install via command line. But when I import it into Eclipse Luna, I got an error message like this:

Execution default of goal org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb2-plugin:0.13.0:generate failed: A required class was missing while executing org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb2-plugin:0.13.0:generate: com/sun/xml/bind/api/ErrorListener

It is interesting that I can still use the Maven tool to run as Maven install and get the generated classes. But the error message is there annoying me. Is that some Eclipse bug or what? Please help.

This is the core part of the pom.xml

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.11</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb2-basics-runtime</artifactId>
        <version>0.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
    <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
    <plugins>
    <plugin>
        <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.13.0</version>
        <executions>
            <execution>
                <goals>
                    <goal>generate</goal>
                </goals>
                <configuration>
                    <args>
                    <arg>-XtoString</arg>
                    <arg>-Xequals</arg>
                    <arg>-XhashCode</arg>
                    <arg>-Xcopyable</arg>
                    </args>
                    <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons</groupId>
                    <artifactId>jaxb2-basics</artifactId>
                    <version>0.9.0</version>
                    </plugin>
                    </plugins>
                </configuration>
            </execution>
        </executions>
    </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Answer 1

I was able to get rid of those "Problems" by adding the following line into my eclipse ini like described in:

http://diggingthroughcode.blogspot.de/2016/05/trouble-with-maven-jaxb2-plugin-and.html

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92\bin\javaw.exe

after pressing Alt+F5 (Update Project) everything was ok.

my setup java: 1.8.0_92 / eclipse: Luna SR2 (4.4.2) = STS 3.7.0

Answer 2

Please do a Run as > Maven build... > Goals: clean generate-resources > Debug Output > Run and post the full log (pastebin or whatever).

I suspect you have some outdated JDK but it's hard to tell. I can't reproduce this with Ecliplse Luna 4.4.0 and Java 1.7.0_51.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of the maven-jaxb2-plugin .

Answer 3

I had this issue on the CLI after installing JDK 9; setting JAVA_HOME to JDK 8 before running mvn clean jaxb2:generate worked in that case:

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_91.jdk/Contents/Home/