patrickfav/bcrypt

Java 11 broken jar file

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#30 opened on Feb 2, 2020

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Description

Whenever I use this library in Java 11 to build a jar with Intellij, it says my main class is not found:

When the main class clearly does exist, with the correct packaging:

When using JBCrypt 0.4 instead of this bcrypt library, my jar file works fine, but JBCrypt doesn't support the newer $2y BCrypt version, only $2a.

I worked around this issue by finding a newer JBCrypt fork with $2y support, and I built a jar of it and the jar worked perfectly: https://github.com/Oscil8/jBCrypt/tree/djm-2y-etc an

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Investigate the jar build configuration, check for multi release jar issues or missing module info.java entries specific to Java 11. Reproduce the issue with a minimal project and verify the classpath.
Tech stack
java
Domain
backend
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3
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1-3 hours
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Mostly clear
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