CachingArchive.java and NexusRepositoryIndexerImpl.java references the java.util.zip.ZipError class #7818
Description
Apache NetBeans version
Apache NetBeans latest daily build
What happened
This is a Netbeans source code issue unrelated to the use of the product.
Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component
This is a Netbeans source code issue
How to reproduce
See the source code for the mentioned classes referencing java.util.zip.ZipError
Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
No / Don't know
Operating System
This is a build / source code issue
JDK
This is a build / source code issue
Apache NetBeans packaging
Other
Anything else
The class java.util.zip.ZipError has been unused in OpenJDK since JDK 9. Efforts are underway to mark this class as deprecated with the intention to maybe remove it in a future release.
This deprecation issue is being tracked here: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8336843
To help minimize ecosystem impact, I'm reaching out to Apache Netbeans because we identified that the following source code files reference java.util.zip.ZipError:
- java/java.source.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/source/parsing/CachingArchive.java
- java/maven.indexer/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/indexer/NexusRepositoryIndexerImpl.java
If the deprecation suggestion is accepted by OpenJDK in a future release, then this reference will cause a compiler warning. In a later release, the removal of the class may cause a compilation error.
Looking at the Netbeans code, it seems it would be more appropriate to catch java.lang.InternalError in these two cases, that's the super class of ZipError.
This issue is mostly a heads-up. If you want to take action now and remove/rewrite the referencing code, that would be great. Otherwise, you might start seeing compiler warnings about the deprecation in a not-so-far future..
Thanks!
Are you willing to submit a pull request?
No