Java RuntimeException when writing synonyms.xml

[mattgillam]

Thank you for Anonimatron.

Describe the bug
Java Exception:

Writing Synonyms to /Users/*****/anonimatron-1.15/synonyms.xml ...Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not instantiate serializer com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer: java.lang.IllegalAccessException: class org.exolab.castor.xml.BaseXercesJDK5Serializer cannot access class com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer (in module java.xml) because module java.xml does not export com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize to unnamed module @544ff9ef

synonyms.xml is a zero length file

The database target database does appear to be anonymised successfully. I'm using SQL Server.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: MacOS 12.5.1

[~/dev/anonimatron-1.15]$ java --version
java 17.0.4.1 2022-08-18 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.4.1+1-LTS-2)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.4.1+1-LTS-2, mixed mode, sharing)

I appreciate this may be an issue with Castor (I have failed to find a fix) but I'm not clear why other Anonimatron users have experienced it, maybe that will help me find a correction, any pointers welcome.

Thank you.

[realrolfje]

Hi Matt, this seems to be an issue caused by the incompatibility of the old (Castor) code with the new, more strict access checking in newer versions of Java. As a matter of fact I currently have the same issue when running the unittests of anonimatron on Java 20. This problem is not unique to Anonimatron or Castor: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53633788/java-lang-illegalaccesserror-cannot-access-class-because-module-does-not-export

I don't have an immediate fix for this, other than the workaround of using an older version of Java. Currently Anonimatron support Java 8, I am considering to no longer support that version so that I can bump some dependencies to a higher version and at the same time solve this issue.

Thanks for reporting this, I'll keep this issue open until this is solved.

[mattgillam]

Thank you Rolfje.

Actually I think this is not a blocking issue for us as I think we won't have the need to repeat Anonimatron runs with matching output, but I'll watch the issue.