Migrate Jersey project to use Java 17 results in java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.

Question

I am migrating my maven based java project from jdk8 to jdk17. Now I am facing the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
    at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:171)
    at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:153)
    at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:425)
    at org.glassfish.jersey.server.internal.scanning.AnnotationAcceptingListener.process(AnnotationAcceptingListener.java:170)
    at io.dropwizard.hibernate.ScanningHibernateBundle.findEntityClassesFromDirectory(ScanningHibernateBundle.java:48)
    at io.dropwizard.hibernate.ScanningHibernateBundle.<init>(ScanningHibernateBundle.java:30)
    at io.dropwizard.hibernate.ScanningHibernateBundle.<init>(ScanningHibernateBundle.java:26)
    at io.dropwizard.hibernate.ScanningHibernateBundle.<init>(ScanningHibernateBundle.java:22)
    at com.flipkart.accounting.illuminati.IlluminatiApplication$1.<init>(IlluminatiApplication.java:27)
    at com.flipkart.accounting.illuminati.IlluminatiApplication.initialize(IlluminatiApplication.java:27)
    at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:88)
    at com.flipkart.accounting.illuminati.IlluminatiApplication.main(IlluminatiApplication.java:75)

I tried bumping the jersey verion as mentioned here: Migrate Jersey project to use Java 10 results in java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.media</groupId>
            <artifactId>jersey-media-multipart</artifactId>
            <version>2.27</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
            <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
            <version>2.27</version>
        </dependency>

But it didnt work for me. Please help me find the issue

What was good enough for Java 10 in the year 2018 is still too old for Java 17 in 2023. How about going to the *latest* version of Jersey instead of copying an arbitrary version number from the Internet? — Holger, Jun 30 '23 at 18:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '23 at 07:59

Seems like the best place to find a Jersey version that supports a certain version of Java / the JDK, is this road map page: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jersey/wiki/Road-Map

As per this page, Jersey 2.35 is the first version to fully support JDK 17. The currently latest version 2.40 supports JDK 21.

Migrate Jersey project to use Java 17 results in java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at jersey.repackaged.org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.

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