Getting cxf-codegen-plugin working on Java 9

Question

I've been trying to get cxf-codegen-plugin working on Java 9 with some resistance. So far I've added java.se.ee to the runtime modules and added the necessary dependencies to maven.

However, when I try to build my sources I get the following error:

DefaultValidationEventHandler: [ERROR]: unexpected element (uri:"http://cxf.apache.org/tools/plugin", local:"databinding"). Expected elements are <{}databinding>,<{}frontend> 
 Location:  node: [databinding: null]
apr. 21, 2018 8:23:57 EM org.apache.cxf.tools.wsdlto.core.PluginLoader loadPlugin
ALLVARLIG: Tools plugin jar:file:/C:/Users/Daniel/.m2/repository/org/apache/cxf/cxf-tools-wsdlto-core/3.2.4/cxf-tools-wsdlto-core-3.2.4.jar!/META-INF/tools-plugin.xml load failed

Any ideas what might be causing this or how to fix it?

Answer 1

Run into the same issue, I ended up changing the plugin configuration and adding the required modules explicitly:

 <plugin>
     <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
     <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId>
     <version>3.2.4</version>
     <configuration>
         <additionalJvmArgs>--add-modules java.xml.bind,java.xml.ws</additionalJvmArgs>
         <fork>once</fork>
     </configuration>
 </plugin>

It seems to work for Java 9/10 but certainly not going to work for Java 11.