Cannot use HTTP PATCH on JRE version >= 9

[dotoole]

When using requests.patch(), the following error is thrown running on JRE 17

Unable to make field private final sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegateHttpsURLConnection sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.delegate accessible: module java.base does not "opens sun.net.www.protocol.https" to unnamed module @4f9e5d6a
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Exception: | java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException
java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:354)
java.base/java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:297)
java.base/java.lang.reflect.Field.checkCanSetAccessible(Field.java:178)
java.base/java.lang.reflect.Field.setAccessible(Field.java:172)
requests.Requester$$anon$1.$anonfun$readBytesThrough$2(Requester.scala:214)
requests.Requester$$anon$1.$anonfun$readBytesThrough$2$adapted(Requester.scala:213)
scala.Option.foreach(Option.scala:437)
requests.Requester$$anon$1.readBytesThrough(Requester.scala:213)
geny.Readable.writeBytesTo(Writable.scala:93)
geny.Readable.writeBytesTo$(Writable.scala:93)
requests.Requester$$anon$1.writeBytesTo(Requester.scala:164)
requests.Requester.apply(Requester.scala:113)

This is due to the workaround here

requests-scala/requests/src/requests/Requester.scala

Line 209 in ac506a5

// HttpURLConnection enforces a list of official http METHODs, but not everyone abides by the spec

trying to access the underlying implementation of HttpURLConnection, which in this case is sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegateHttpsURLConnection. The sun.net classes have been not exported for external use since Java 9.

The correct approach seems to be to switch to the HttpClient API as it does not restrict HTTP methods https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-7016595

[SethTisue]

as a workaround, maybe you could call .post instead of .patch but also supply headers = Map("X-HTTP-Method-Override" -> "PATCH")?

[lihaoyi]

Should be fixed by #158 I think