Groovy uses prohibited package name

Question

I've installed groovy on my OS X via terminal and I can't run anything. The following exception occurs:

java.lang.SecurityException: Prohibited package name: java.lang
at java.lang.ClassLoader.preDefineClass(ClassLoader.java:659)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:758)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:467)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:368)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:362)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader.oldFindClass(RootLoader.java:175)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.RootLoader.loadClass(RootLoader.java:147)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetMethodRecursive(Class.java:3048)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:3018)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1784)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.rootLoader(GroovyStarter.java:100)
at org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyStarter.main(GroovyStarter.java:131)

It seems that its developers used java.lang package name which makes the class loader angry. If it can help I checked which tools.jar are found by startGroovy in the following lines:

208 # For Darwin, use classes.jar for TOOLS_JAR
209 TOOLS_JAR="$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar"

In my case JAVA_HOME is:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/

More details:

$ which java
/usr/bin/java
$ which groovy
/Users/maksim/.sdkman/candidates/groovy/current/bin/groovy
$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/

echo $CLASSPATH is empty.

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

I've read the thread but neither setting TOOLS_JAR to empty string nor adding sudo worked for me. — Maxim Blumental, Nov 21 '15 at 11:29
I installed it using GVM following instructions here: http://www.groovy-lang.org/install.html#_download. I also tried to do that via brew, so the way of installation doesn't seem to be the reason. As for the run, I tried something like `groovy --version` or just `groovy`. All of that ends up with the same result. One more detail to note: it works in the bin/ folder. — Maxim Blumental, Nov 21 '15 at 12:29
You might have two installs set up on your path and classpath if you've installed it twice? — tim_yates, Nov 21 '15 at 12:58
First, I got the error before I installed it the second time. Secondly, I did `brew uninstall` before installing it with `gym` and it completed successfully. I checked `Cellar/` folder manually. — Maxim Blumental, Nov 21 '15 at 13:45
So what does `which groovy; which java ; echo $JAVA_HOME ; echo $CLASSPATH` show? — tim_yates, Nov 21 '15 at 14:34
"It seems that its developers used java.lang package name" - I do not think that is correct. — Jeff Scott Brown, Nov 21 '15 at 23:45
Can you paste the command line you are entering before the exception? — tim_yates, Nov 22 '15 at 14:07

Groovy uses prohibited package name

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