How to resolve AnnotationExceptions encountered during startup when updating 7.0 to de-67+ while using WebSphere
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Isaac Wilson
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Issue
Using WebSphere FP 11 as our application server, we are unable to start up a 7.0 deployment after patching to de-67, and are receiving an AnnotationException in the log, as follows:
Annotation processing failed with the following error: com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationException: Annotation processing failed for class: META-INF/versions/9/javax/xml/bind/ModuleUtil.class at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.getAnnotationData(AnnotationConfigReader.java:883) ... Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
Environment
Liferay DXP 7.0
WebSphere 8.5.5 patched to Fix Pack 11-13
Resolution
Since the WebSphere 8.5.5 application server does not recognize multi-release .jars until FP 14, it is necessary to update the fix pack of the WebSphere Application Server to FP 14+ in order to successfully launch a Liferay 7.0 deployment patched to de-67+.
Once the WebSphere fix pack is updated and the application server is restarted, the Liferay server will be able to start without further necessary action.
Additional Information
This is necessary due to the changes added to resolve LPS-85610, which allows a portal compiled on JDK 8 to be started while using JDK 11.
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