error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist

[AndyNicholls]

I am trying to build the jar files using ant on windows 10. I am getting the message 'error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist'. Searching the net indicates this package is no longer shipped with the java SE JDK. I am using ant to build. Stackoverflow suggest adding the --add-modules java.xml.bind compiler option, but I could not get this to work with ant . I have seen some work-arounds by updating the pom.xml file, but I am not using maven.

I also had an issue with log4j not found. I fixed this by adding log4j to the .classpath file.

Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.15 compiled on May 10 2020
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15

C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master>ant jar
Buildfile: C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\build.xml

compile:
[javac] Compiling 332 source files to C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\target\classes
[javac] warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 8
[javac] C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\src\main\java\net\authorize\api\contract\v1\ANetApiRequest.java:11: error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
[javac] import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
[javac] ^
[javac] C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\src\main\java\net\authorize\api\contract\v1\ANetApiRequest.java:12: error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
[javac] import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
[javac] ^
[javac] C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\src\main\java\net\authorize\api\contract\v1\ANetApiRequest.java:13: error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
[javac] import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
[javac] ^
[javac] C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\src\main\java\net\authorize\api\contract\v1\ANetApiRequest.java:14: error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
[javac] import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSeeAlso;
[javac] ^
[javac] C:\Users\andrewn\Documents\Personal\sdk-java-master\src\main\java\net\authorize\api\contract\v1\ANetApiRequest.java:15: error: package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist
[javac] import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

[gnongsie]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to us about this.

Unfortunately, the Java version for this code is capped at JDK 1.8 (which has LTS till 2030). JDK >=1.9 has made changes to the JRE which has removed some of these imports which were originally part of the JRE.

Kindly downgrade the JDK to 1.8 (or Java 8).

[Staticsubh]

We are facing the exact issue with Java 11.

[devharsh]

switch to 1.8.0_261 as 1.8.271.09 gives issues

[prakashtjp]

I don't want to downgrade to 1.8. What is the fix for Java 17?

[gnongsie]

We have updated the SDK to use JakartaEE from v3.0.0, which will have continued support for Java 9 and higher.
Please note that we have released the final version (v2.0.7) for Java 1.8, and we have discontinued support for Java 1.8 and lower.
Closing this issue.