[jira] [Created] (SLING-2757) Support Java 8 as a platform

["Carsten Ziegeler (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Carsten Ziegeler created SLING-2757:
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             Summary: Support Java 8 as a platform
                 Key: SLING-2757
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2757
             Project: Sling
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Launchpad
    Affects Versions: Launchpad Base 2.4.0
            Reporter: Felix Meschberger
             Fix For: Launchpad Base 2.5.0, Launchpad Base 2.5.2


The Sling launchpad currently has Java platform definitions for Java 5, 6, and 7 but is lacking them for Java 8. As a consequence the framework fails to start on Java 8 platforms with exceptions such as:

26.11.2012 18:13:10.171 *ERROR* [main] ERROR: Error parsing system bundle export statement: org.osgi.framework; version=1.6, org.osgi.framework.hooks.bundle; version=1.0, org.osgi.framework.hooks.resolver; version=1.0, org.osgi.framework.hooks.service; version=1.1, org.osgi.framework.hooks.weaving; version=1.0, org.osgi.framework.launch; version=1.0, org.osgi.framework.startlevel; version=1.0, org.osgi.framework.wiring; version=1.0, org.osgi.service.packageadmin; version=1.2, org.osgi.service.startlevel; version=1.1, org.osgi.service.url; version=1.0, org.osgi.util.tracker;version="1.5", org.apache.sling.launchpad.api;version=1.1.0,   (org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exported package names cannot be zero length.)
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exported package names cannot be zero length.
	at org.apache.felix.framework.util.manifestparser.ManifestParser.normalizeExportClauses(ManifestParser.java:729)
	at org.apache.felix.framework.util.manifestparser.ManifestParser.<init>(ManifestParser.java:191)
	at org.apache.felix.framework.ExtensionManager.<init>(ExtensionManager.java:221)
	at org.apache.felix.framework.Felix.<init>(Felix.java:374)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.base.impl.SlingFelix.<init>(SlingFelix.java:45)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.base.impl.Sling.createFramework(Sling.java:343)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.base.impl.Sling.<init>(Sling.java:212)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.base.app.MainDelegate$1.<init>(MainDelegate.java:183)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.base.app.MainDelegate.start(MainDelegate.java:183)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.app.Main.doStart(Main.java:386)
	at org.apache.sling.launchpad.app.Main.doStart(Main.java:322)


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