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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Error: Could not find or load main class com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder

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Emma Carr-Gardner

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Issue

  • After switching to JDK11 I'm unable to build my project.
  • Build failed with an exception that lists a path to my java version.
Error: Could not find or load main class com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.liferay.css.builder.CSSBuilder

 

Environment

  • Liferay Workspace

Resolution

  • After switching to JDK11, the CSS Builder dependency needs to be updated from 3.x.x to 3.1.5 to complete the build process.
cssBuilder group: "com.liferay", name: "com.liferay.css.builder", version: "3.1.5"

 

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