Maven Build Failure - Compiler Plugin

Question

I am trying to build a project in Maven and am experiencing the following error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.0:compile (default-compile) on project webgoat-container: Fatal error compiling: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: Unable to make field private com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment$DiscoveredProcessors com.sun.tools.javac.processing.JavacProcessingEnvironment.discoveredProcs accessible: module jdk.compiler does not "opens com.sun.tools.javac.processing" to unnamed module @5d01a2eb -> [Help 1]

The pom.xml of the project is:

<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.owasp.webgoat</groupId>
<artifactId>webgoat-parent</artifactId>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<version>8.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

<name>WebGoat Parent Pom</name>
<description>Parent Pom for the WebGoat Project. A deliberately insecure Web Application</description>
<inceptionYear>2006</inceptionYear>
<url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat</url>

<organization>
    <name>OWASP</name>
    <url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/</url>
</organization>

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.4.3</version>
</parent>

<licenses>
    <license>
        <name>GNU General Public License, version 2</name>
        <url>https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt</url>
    </license>
</licenses>

<developers>
    <developer>
        <id>mayhew64</id>
        <name>Bruce Mayhew</name>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
        <organization>OWASP</organization>
        <organizationUrl>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat</organizationUrl>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>nbaars</id>
        <name>Nanne Baars</name>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
        <organizationUrl>https://github.com/nbaars</organizationUrl>
        <timezone>Europe/Amsterdam</timezone>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>misfir3</id>
        <name>Jason White</name>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>zubcevic</id>
        <name>René Zubcevic</name>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>jwayman</id>
        <name>Jeff Wayman</name>
        <email/>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>dcowden</id>
        <name>Dave Cowden</name>
        <email/>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>lawson89</id>
        <name>Richard Lawson</name>
        <email/>
    </developer>
    <developer>
        <id>dougmorato</id>
        <name>Doug Morato</name>
        <email>[email protected]</email>
        <organization>OWASP</organization>
        <organizationUrl>https://github.com/dougmorato</organizationUrl>
        <timezone>America/New_York</timezone>
        <properties>
            <picUrl>https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/9654?v=3&amp;s=150</picUrl>
        </properties>
    </developer>
</developers>

<mailingLists>
    <mailingList>
        <name>OWASP WebGoat Mailing List</name>
        <subscribe>https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-webgoat</subscribe>
        <unsubscribe>[email protected]</unsubscribe>
        <post>[email protected]</post>
        <archive>http://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-webgoat/</archive>
    </mailingList>
</mailingLists>

<scm>
    <url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat</url>
    <connection>scm:git:[email protected]:WebGoat/WebGoat.git</connection>
    <developerConnection>scm:git:[email protected]:WebGoat/WebGoat.git</developerConnection>
    <tag>HEAD</tag>
</scm>

<issueManagement>
    <system>Github Issues</system>
    <url>https://github.com/WebGoat/WebGoat/issues</url>
</issueManagement>

<ciManagement>
    <system>Travis CI</system>
    <url>https://travis-ci.org/WebGoat/WebGoat</url>
</ciManagement>

<properties>
    <!-- Use UTF-8 Encoding -->
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>

    <!-- This build number will be ubdated by Travis-CI -->
    <build.number>build</build.number>

    <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
    <activation.version>1.1.1</activation.version>
    <commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
    <commons-lang3.version>3.4</commons-lang3.version>
    <commons-io.version>2.6</commons-io.version>
    <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
    <lombok.version>1.18.4</lombok.version>
    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
    <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
    <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
    <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
    <maven-source-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
    <revision>8.2.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
</properties>

<modules>
    <module>webgoat-container</module>
    <module>webgoat-lessons</module>
    <module>webgoat-server</module>
    <module>webwolf</module>
    <module>webgoat-integration-tests</module>
    <module>docker</module><!-- copy required jars in preparation of docker all-in-one build -->
</modules>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
        <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
        <scope>provided</scope>
        <optional>true</optional>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-exec</artifactId>
        <version>1.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
            <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.2.5</version>
            <configuration>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>flatten</id>
                    <phase>process-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>flatten</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <source>11</source>
                <target>11</target>
                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                <configLocation>config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                <suppressionsLocation>config/checkstyle/suppressions.xml</suppressionsLocation>
                <suppressionsFileExpression>checkstyle.suppressions.file</suppressionsFileExpression>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.14.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <targetJdk>11</targetJdk>
                <failurePriority>1</failurePriority><!-- 5 means fail even on the lowest priority, 0 means never fail -->
                <rulesets>
                    <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
                    <ruleset>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/config/pmd/pmd-ruleset.xml</ruleset>
                </rulesets>
                <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>check</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

<profiles>
    <profile>
        <id>owasp</id>
        <activation>
            <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
        <build>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                    <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
                    <version>5.3.2</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <failBuildOnCVSS>7</failBuildOnCVSS>
                        <skipProvidedScope>true</skipProvidedScope>
                        <skipRuntimeScope>true</skipRuntimeScope>
                        <suppressionFiles>
                            <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
                            <suppressionFile>
                                ${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/config/dependency-check/project-suppression.xml
                            </suppressionFile>
                        </suppressionFiles>
                    </configuration>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>check</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </build>
    </profile>
</profiles>

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>central</id>
        <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
    <pluginRepository>
        <id>central</id>
        <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
        <snapshots>
            <enabled>false</enabled>
        </snapshots>
    </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>

mvn -v output:

Maven home: /Users/tom/apache-maven-3.6.3
Java version: 16, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-16.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.15.7", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

And my $JAVA_HOME is set to:

% echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-16.jdk/Contents/Home

I believe that there is an issue with Maven not knowing where my correct javac is, but I'm not sure what I need to edit/add in the pom.xml file to make sure that it does know. I verified that javac is version 16.

Answer 1

Steps to resolve :

1. Do mvn --version : Maven home: /Applications/apache-maven-3.8.1 Java version: 1.16.0_291, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_291.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.15.7", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

2. If your Java version if different from what is project expecting like in my case 1.8 then change setting in environment variables:

nano ~/.zshenv -> append "-v 1.8" mention the version name.

here .zshenv file :

---

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)

export M2_HOME=/usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.8.1

export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin

---

Do source ~/.zshenv

Now check again : mvn --version : Maven home: /Applications/apache-maven-3.8.1 Java version: 1.8.0_291, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_291.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_IN, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.15.7", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"

You will see version is changed to 1.8

Now build the project.

Answer 2

Update your Lombok version to the latest.