How can I resolve "sun.security.x509" is not visible when migrating from 1.8 to openJDK11?

Question

I am migrating Java 1.8 to OpenJDK 11. Getting some dependency errors.

1. "sun.security.x509" is not visible.
2. BASE64Encoder error

How can I resolve these? I am using Apache Ant for build.

Answer 1

We can't tell you how to address the first problem since you haven't shown us the code where you are using classes in the sun.security.x509 package. A possible workaround might be to use --add-exports and/or --add-opens as described in this blog post:

• All You Need To Know For Migrating To Java 11

However, that work-around is liable to stop working in the future. The solution would be to find a way to avoid depending on those classes.

The second problem can be used by rewriting your code to use the java.util.Base64 class (javadoc) that was introduced in Java 8.

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I am using Apache Ant for build.

That is not directly relevant. The root cause of the problem is in the code you are building not the build tool you are using.