Trouble compiling / running asgard on jdk8

[ammachado]

Trying to compile gives a java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getAt() on null object:

➜  asgard git:(master) grailsw
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option PermSize=32m; support was removed in 8.0
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0
objc[83393]: Class JavaLaunchHelper is implemented in both /Library/Java/Home/bin/java and /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/libinstrument.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
| Loading Grails 2.2.4
| Error java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
| Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
| Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
| Error     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
| Error     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
| Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1259)
| Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.cli.support.GrailsStarter.rootLoader(GrailsStarter.java:234)
| Error     at org.codehaus.groovy.grails.cli.support.GrailsStarter.main(GrailsStarter.java:262)
| Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
| Error     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
| Error     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
| Error     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
| Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1259)
| Error     at org.grails.wrapper.GrailsWrapper.main(GrailsWrapper.java:94)
| Error Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getAt() on null object
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings.configureDependencyManager(BuildSettings.groovy:1259)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings$configureDependencyManager.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings.postLoadConfig(BuildSettings.groovy:1170)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings.loadConfig(BuildSettings.groovy:1068)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings.loadConfig(BuildSettings.groovy:1050)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings$loadConfig.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
| Error     at grails.util.BuildSettings.loadConfig(BuildSettings.groovy:1028)
| Error     at org.springsource.loaded.ri.ReflectiveInterceptor.jlrMethodInvoke(ReflectiveInterceptor.java:1259)
| Error     ... 2 more
➜  asgard git:(master)

Running the standalone jar show several ClassFormatException errors and then repeats the same NullPointerException from the compilation:

jul 09, 2015 2:19:14 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol init
INFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
jul 09, 2015 2:19:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternal
INFO: Starting service Tomcat
jul 09, 2015 2:19:14 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternal
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.29
jul 09, 2015 2:19:14 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig getDefaultWebXmlFragment
INFO: No global web.xml found

...
...

jul 09, 2015 2:19:49 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig processAnnotationsJar
SEVERE: Unable to process Jar entry [javafx/stage/Screen.class] from Jar [jar:file:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/ext/jfxrt.jar!/] for annotations
org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassFormatException: Invalid byte tag in constant pool: 18
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.Constant.readConstant(Constant.java:131)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ConstantPool.<init>(ConstantPool.java:60)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser.readConstantPool(ClassParser.java:209)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassParser.parse(ClassParser.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsStream(ContextConfig.java:2066)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar(ContextConfig.java:1942)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsUrl(ContextConfig.java:1908)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotations(ContextConfig.java:1893)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.webConfig(ContextConfig.java:1296)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.configureStart(ContextConfig.java:855)
    at org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.lifecycleEvent(ContextConfig.java:346)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5173)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1559)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1549)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

jul 09, 2015 2:19:50 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.TaglibUriRule body
INFO: TLD skipped. URI: http://www.springframework.org/tags is already defined
jul 09, 2015 2:19:50 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath
Using /Users/ammachado/.asgard as ASGARD_HOME
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.cfg.ConfigurationHelper).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
jul 09, 2015 2:19:51 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
Using /Users/ammachado/.asgard as ASGARD_HOME
jul 09, 2015 2:19:55 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.context.GrailsContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'pluginManager' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getAt() on null object
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method getAt() on null object
    ... 4 more

jul 09, 2015 2:19:55 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
jul 09, 2015 2:19:55 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext startInternal
SEVERE: Context [] startup failed due to previous errors
jul 09, 2015 2:19:55 PM org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbc
SEVERE: The web application [] registered the JDBC driver [org.h2.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.
jul 09, 2015 2:19:55 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start
INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"]
Server running. Browse to http://localhost:8080

[tr33m4n]

Seeing the same problem, any updates?

[simondiep]

I'm seeing the same issue, running version 1.5.1 just now.