Sonar fails :[ERROR] Unable to create symbol table for <Class>

Question

When I run analysis with SonarQube 5.6.5 I receive the following exception on java source.

I'm running this analysis with maven project: mvn sonar:sonar
And it is failing for almost every jar but it passes for superpom. I haven't written any source code, I am just including sonarqube plugin. Is this error due to source code or sonar plugin?

Unable to create symbol table for : /Users/dagrawa/EInkReader/apps/ramp/src/com/amazon/ebook/ramp/utils/RAMPUtils.java
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: null
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:185) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(ClassReader.java:168) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.resolve.BytecodeCompleter.loadClass(BytecodeCompleter.java:228) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.resolve.Symbols.<init>(Symbols.java:176) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.resolve.SemanticModel.createFor(SemanticModel.java:58) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.model.VisitorsBridge.visitFile(VisitorsBridge.java:101) ~[sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.ast.JavaAstScanner.simpleScan(JavaAstScanner.java:96) [sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.ast.JavaAstScanner.scan(JavaAstScanner.java:68) [sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scanSources(JavaSquid.java:119) [sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.java.JavaSquid.scan(JavaSquid.java:113) [sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.plugins.java.JavaSquidSensor.execute(JavaSquidSensor.java:84) [sonar-java-plugin-4.15.0.12310.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.sensor.SensorWrapper.analyse(SensorWrapper.java:57) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.phases.SensorsExecutor.executeSensor(SensorsExecutor.java:58) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.phases.SensorsExecutor.execute(SensorsExecutor.java:50) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.phases.AbstractPhaseExecutor.execute(AbstractPhaseExecutor.java:83) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.scan.ModuleScanContainer.doAfterStart(ModuleScanContainer.java:192) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:142) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:127) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scan(ProjectScanContainer.java:241) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:236) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.scanRecursively(ProjectScanContainer.java:234) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.scan.ProjectScanContainer.doAfterStart(ProjectScanContainer.java:226) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:142) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:127) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.task.ScanTask.execute(ScanTask.java:47) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.task.TaskContainer.doAfterStart(TaskContainer.java:86) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:142) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.core.platform.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:127) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.bootstrap.GlobalContainer.executeTask(GlobalContainer.java:106) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.executeTask(Batch.java:119) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonar.batch.bootstrapper.Batch.execute(Batch.java:79) [sonar-scanner-engine-shaded-5.6.5.jar:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.batch.BatchIsolatedLauncher.execute(BatchIsolatedLauncher.java:46) [sonar-scanner-api-batch4958703376323836077.jar:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.internal.IsolatedLauncherProxy.invoke(IsolatedLauncherProxy.java:60) [sonar-scanner-api-2.10.0.1189.jar:na]
    at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy23.execute(Unknown Source) [na:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.doExecute(EmbeddedScanner.java:171) [sonar-scanner-api-2.10.0.1189.jar:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.api.EmbeddedScanner.execute(EmbeddedScanner.java:128) [sonar-scanner-api-2.10.0.1189.jar:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.maven.bootstrap.ScannerBootstrapper.execute(ScannerBootstrapper.java:63) [sonar-maven-plugin-3.4.0.905.jar:na]
    at org.sonarsource.scanner.maven.SonarQubeMojo.execute(SonarQubeMojo.java:108) [sonar-maven-plugin-3.4.0.905.jar:na]
    at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:154) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:146) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:305) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:192) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:105) [maven-core-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:956) [maven-embedder-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:290) [maven-embedder-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:194) [maven-embedder-3.5.3.jar:3.5.3]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:na]
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:na]
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:564) ~[na:na]
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) [plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar:na]
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) [plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar:na]
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) [plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar:na]
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) [plexus-classworlds-2.5.2.jar:na]

Answer 1

From the code here, this happens with you have Java version not compliant with the required version of the sonar.

The current sonar requirements is Java 8.

You can tell the maven compiler by something like:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.6.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Answer 2

I have also faced a similar issue. The is because of the java version incompatibility as @Ahmed Ashour said in the previous answer. In SonarQube we portal, update SonarJava plugin under Administration => Marketplace => search for SonarJava and update it to latest version. Then restart the SonarQube.