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Reputation: 3401

Older versions of spring boot fails to start on Java 11

I'm using 1.4.1.RELEASE of spring-boot application. Everything was working ok for Java 8. However when I updated java version to 11 I can't run application using command mvn clean spring-boot:run. At the same time I can package is successfully (using mvn package). When I set java version to 8, it's working fine again.

[main] ERROR o.s.boot.SpringApplication - Application startup failed
    java.lang.IllegalStateException: Restarter has not been initialized
        at org.springframework.util.Assert.state(Assert.java:392)
        at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.Restarter.getInstance(Restarter.java:545)
        at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(RestartApplicationListener.java:48)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:166)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:138)
        at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:121)
        at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.contextLoaded(EventPublishingRunListener.java:85)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.contextLoaded(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:66)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.prepareContext(SpringApplication.java:367)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:313)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1186)
        at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1175)
        at com.myapp.Application.main(Application.java:24)

I can understand that newer versions of Spring might require newer version of Java. But it's not clear why older spring-boot can't be run on newer java versions.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1110

Answers (2)

Jonathan JOhx
Jonathan JOhx

Reputation: 5968

By default, Spring Boot 1.4.1.RELEASE requires Java 7 until Java 8 which is highly recommended and Spring Framework 4.3.3.RELEASE or above. If you want to use Java 11 with some version of Spring Boot, The latest version is recommended to use, then you should do a upgrade your project.

Although you can use Spring Boot with Java 6 or 7, we generally recommend Java 8 if at all possible.

System Requirements for Spring Boot 1.4.1

The version of Spring Boot which starts to use Java 11 it was 2.1.1 then you can use any up to this version.

Spring Boot 2.1.1.RELEASE requires Java 8 and is compatible up to Java 11 (included).

System Requirements for Spring Boot 2.1.1

Upvotes: 1

Jacob G.
Jacob G.

Reputation: 29680

The version of Spring Boot that you're using was released in September, 2016, long before Java 11 was released in September, 2018. I recommend you update to the latest version of Spring Boot, which is currently 2.1.9.

Please let me know if this fixes your issue; otherwise, we'll debug it further.

Upvotes: 2

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