Lambda - ClassNotFoundException

Question

Here is what my code looks like, and it is unclear how/why executorService.submit(work::get) would throw a ClassNotFoundException on the anonymous class in question. It does not happen all the time, but once this exception is encountered, it does not seem to recover - subsequent requests are then met with the same exceptions. Anyone know what could be causing this to occur?

EDIT: I can confirm that either all calls to this method work, or none does, in a VM session - it is not like some succeed while others fail due to the said exception.

Further edit: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8148560 is the exactly the bug I am experiencing, but that one was closed since it was not reproducible and/or the reporter did not respond. It somehow looks like the anonymous type resulting from the lambda expression is garbage collected before the executor gets to execute the expression, but obviously not always. The jdk in use is openjdk1.8.0_221.

package com.ab.cde.ct.service.impl;

@Service
public class IngestionService {
    @Autowired private TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate;
    @Autowired private AsyncTaskExecutor executorService;

    @Transactional
    public void ingest(Data data) {
        Supplier<Optional<String>> work = () -> transactionTemplate.execute(s -> {
            // actual work on the data object, enclosed in a try/catch/finally
        });
        executorService.submit(work::get); // this is where the exception gets thrown
    }
}

Here is what the exception stacktrace looks like (line nos. won't correspond since the code above is only a prototype):

2019-10-23 19:11:35,267|[http-apr-26001-exec-10]|[B6AC864143092042BBB4A0876BB51EB6.1]|[]|[ERROR] web.error.ErrorServlet  [line:142] org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ab/cde/ct/service/impl/IngestionService$$Lambda$53
org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Handler processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ab/cde/ct/service/impl/IngestionService$$Lambda$53
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.triggerAfterCompletionWithError(DispatcherServlet.java:1275)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:951)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:867)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:951)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:853)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:661)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:827)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ab/cde/ct/service/impl/IngestionService$$Lambda$53
    at com.ab.cde.ct.service.impl.IngestionService$$Lambda$53/812375226.get$Lambda(Unknown Source)
    at com.ab.cde.ct.service.impl.IngestionService.ingest(IngestionService.java:264)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:317)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:183)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:150)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor$1.proceedWithInvocation(TransactionInterceptor.java:96)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:260)
    at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:94)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:172)
    at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy252.ingest(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ab.cde.ct.service.impl.IngestionService$$Lambda$53
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1364)
    at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoaderBase.loadClass(WebappClassLoaderBase.java:1185)
    ... 115 more

Answer 1

This is the case of synthetic method generated by lambda which is unable to find the required class (i.e. TransactionCallback) and thus the below error

Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/ab/cde/ct/service/impl/IngestionService$$Lambda$53 at com.ab.cde.ct.service.impl.IngestionService$$Lambda$53/812375226.get$Lambda(Unknown Source)

The particular code which causes this issue is

Supplier<Optional<String>> work = () -> transactionTemplate.execute(s -> {
        // actual work on the data object, enclosed in a try/catch/finally
});

To get past this modify the code as below

TransactionCallback<Optional<String>> callback = transactionStatus -> {
      // your processing goes here  
      return Optional.of("some value"); 
};

Supplier<Optional<String>> work = () -> transactionTemplate.execute(callback);

If above still doesn't work use below workaround

Object callback = (TransactionCallback<Optional<String>>)transactionStatus -> {
     // your processing goes here     
     return Optional.of("some value");
};

Supplier<Optional<String>> work = () -> transactionTemplate.execute((TransactionCallback<Optional<String>>)callback);

Do let know in comments if any more information is required.

P.S.: There is no need for @Transactional if transactionTemplate is being used as both essentially serves the same purpose.

References:

1. Lambda compilation here and here
2. Synthetic methods in java