Upgrade to Objenesis 2.6 for Google App Engine Standard on Java 8 and for better JDK 9 support [SPR-15600]

[spring-projects-issues]

Ray Tsang opened SPR-15600 and commented

App Engine Standard for Java 8 (currently in Alpha) lifted the old sandbox/API restrictions. We can now use Objenesis as-is. A recent patch was merged into Objensis to take this new environment into account.

See easymock/objenesis#51

This is tracking issue to ensure that Spring core will use the new version when it becomes available on Maven.

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Issue Links:

• Upgrade to Objenesis 2.5 [SPR-15146] #19712 Upgrade to Objenesis 2.5
• End of first-class JDK 6 support [SPR-16185] #20733 End of first-class JDK 6 support
• Upgrade to Objenesis 3.0 [SPR-17372] #21905 Upgrade to Objenesis 3.0
• Jdep issue on org.springframework.objenesis.instantiator.sun.UnsafeFactoryInstantiator [SPR-15668] #20227 Jdep issue on org.springframework.objenesis.instantiator.sun.UnsafeFactoryInstantiator

Referenced from: commits 8d668ac, 098ff6f, 2b0dc8d, 8a2262e

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[spring-projects-issues]

Henri Tremblay commented

Just wanted to add a precision:

• Objenesis 2.6 works perfectly on GAE on Java 8
• Objenesis 2.6 will behave as it used to on GAE on Java 7 which is
  • Call no constructor if the class is serializable
  • Call the no-arg constructor otherwise

And then, there is 3 things I should have mention a long time ago:

• Maybe shading Objenesis isn't a good idea. Objenesis has a stable API. It hasn't changed for years. Only the code under the hood is changing. So not shading would allow users to update easily.
• Right now, Objenesis is static in ConfigurationClassEnhancer. So there is no way to easily specify a custom strategy even though SpringObjenesis allows it. It would be useful to change that to get flexibility
• SpringObjenesis seems to contain some (not all) stuff that could go down in Objenesis directly. I will have a better look but you can file an issue (or PR) about it

[spring-projects-issues]

Guillaume Laforge commented

I was trying to deploy a simple Hello World style Spring Boot app to the new Java 8 runtime for Google App Engine, and also faced this issue with Objenesis.

For reference, here was the huge stacktrace I got:

javax.servlet.ServletContext log: 2 Spring WebApplicationInitializers detected on classpath
javax.servlet.ServletContext log: Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
Failed startup of context c.g.a.r.j.AppEngineWebAppContext@3ebdf556{/,file:///base/data/home/apps/s~spring-boot-jpa-demo/20170622t160815.402154028493911964/,UNAVAILABLE}{/base/data/home/apps/s~spring-boot-jpa-demo/20170622t160815.402154028493911964}
java.lang.RuntimeException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.eclipse.jetty.annotations.ServletContainerInitializersStarter.doStart(ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java:68)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:330)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startWebapp(WebAppContext.java:1406)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1368)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:778)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:262)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:522)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.AppVersionHandlerMap.createHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:244)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.AppVersionHandlerMap.getHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:182)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:96)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.dispatchServletRequest(JavaRuntime.java:661)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.dispatchRequest(JavaRuntime.java:621)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.run(JavaRuntime.java:591)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$NullSandboxRequestRunnable.run(JavaRuntime.java:787)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ThreadGroupPool$PoolEntry.run(ThreadGroupPool.java:263)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:372)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1264)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:761)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:867)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:543)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:151)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:131)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:86)
	at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:169)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.plus.annotation.ContainerInitializer.callStartup(ContainerInitializer.java:140)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.annotations.ServletContainerInitializersStarter.doStart(ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java:63)
	... 17 more
Caused by: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.getProxy(CglibAopProxy.java:217)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory.getProxy(ProxyFactory.java:109)
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.buildLazyResolutionProxy(ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java:100)
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.getLazyResolutionProxyIfNecessary(ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java:45)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1063)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:189)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1193)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1095)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.addCandidateEntry(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1316)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1282)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveMultipleBeans(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1180)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1096)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredMethodElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:659)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366)
	... 37 more
Caused by: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.createProxyClassAndInstance(ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.java:76)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.getProxy(CglibAopProxy.java:201)
	... 61 more
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:428)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.createProxyClassAndInstance(ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.java:73)
	... 62 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15.<init>()
	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3084)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:413)
	... 63 more

Uncaught exception from servlet
java.lang.RuntimeException: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.eclipse.jetty.annotations.ServletContainerInitializersStarter.doStart(ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java:68)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:330)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startWebapp(WebAppContext.java:1406)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1368)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:778)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:262)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:522)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.AppVersionHandlerMap.createHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:244)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.AppVersionHandlerMap.getHandler(AppVersionHandlerMap.java:182)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.jetty9.JettyServletEngineAdapter.serviceRequest(JettyServletEngineAdapter.java:96)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.dispatchServletRequest(JavaRuntime.java:661)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.dispatchRequest(JavaRuntime.java:621)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$RequestRunnable.run(JavaRuntime.java:591)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.JavaRuntime$NullSandboxRequestRunnable.run(JavaRuntime.java:787)
	at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ThreadGroupPool$PoolEntry.run(ThreadGroupPool.java:263)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration$EnableWebMvcConfiguration': Injection of autowired dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:372)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1264)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:761)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:867)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:543)
	at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)
	at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.run(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:151)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.createRootApplicationContext(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:131)
	at org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.onStartup(SpringBootServletInitializer.java:86)
	at org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer.onStartup(SpringServletContainerInitializer.java:169)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.plus.annotation.ContainerInitializer.callStartup(ContainerInitializer.java:140)
	at org.eclipse.jetty.annotations.ServletContainerInitializersStarter.doStart(ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java:63)
	... 17 more
Caused by: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unexpected AOP exception; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.getProxy(CglibAopProxy.java:217)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory.getProxy(ProxyFactory.java:109)
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.buildLazyResolutionProxy(ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java:100)
	at org.springframework.context.annotation.ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.getLazyResolutionProxyIfNecessary(ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java:45)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1063)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveAutowiredArgument(ConstructorResolver.java:835)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.createArgumentArray(ConstructorResolver.java:741)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:189)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1193)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1095)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:513)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.addCandidateEntry(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1316)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1282)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveMultipleBeans(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1180)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1096)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredMethodElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:659)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366)
	... 37 more
Caused by: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well; nested exception is java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.createProxyClassAndInstance(ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.java:76)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy.getProxy(CglibAopProxy.java:201)
	... 61 more
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:428)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.createProxyClassAndInstance(ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.java:73)
	... 62 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConverters$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3ba87c15.<init>()
	at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3084)
	at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:413)
	... 63 more

[spring-projects-issues]

Henri Tremblay commented

Yes. This class isn't serializable nor has a no-arg constructor. So it won't work on GAE with Objenesis before 2.6. And won't work on GAE on Java 1.7.

To get GAE 1.7 support, I think a new private constructor should be added.

private HttpMessageConverters() { this(Collections.emptyList()); }

[spring-projects-issues]

Brian Clozel commented

HttpMessageConverters is part of Spring Boot - and other classes may have the same issue (in Boot or other projects) so I'm not sure fixing that case will really solve the issue.

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Phil Webb, since that HttpMessageConverters class lives in Spring Boot: Any chance to add such a default constructor? And why is it being proxied in the first place... What kind of AOP advice is actually being applied to it?

Henri Tremblay, thanks for reaching out! We are primarily shading Objenesis as a user convenience, avoiding a dependency on an extra artifact, and moving Objenesis out of the user's face to begin with. It also avoids dependency resolution conflicts with Objenesis dependencies from other libraries, guaranteeing that Spring is always running against a current enough Objenesis version for its own purposes. It does come at the price of having to wait for a new Spring Framework version in order to upgrade Objenesis, but well, since most Spring users are not even aware of Objenesis, I do not expect regular Spring users to have a desire to manually upgrade Objenesis there... or be aware of the need to do so for certain new platforms in the first place. We're usually picking up new Objenesis versions within a few weeks, so it's not too bad a compromise. I've been waiting for 2.6 to be released already: cool to have it out now, we'll pick it up for 4.3.10 right away.

In ConfigurationClassEnhancer, we're only using Objenesis for a very specific purpose (intermediate proxies for FactoryBean references on @Bean methods), so making it explicitly configurable doesn't seem necessary. It's also not explicitly configurable in other places, e.g. in ObjenesisCglibAopProxy.

It's worth noting that the framework does not strictly require Objenesis to work since we fall back to the default constructor otherwise (assuming that it is a side-effect-free constructor then). The only painful point is a class that doesn't have a default constructor despite being used as a proxy class: Such design effectively makes it require Objenesis, unfortunately...

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Phil Webb, while we're at it, can we move the Spring Boot 1.5.5 target date a bit closer to Spring Framework 4.3.10: e.g. to July 18th, going along with Boot 2.0 M3?

[spring-projects-issues]

Henri Tremblay commented

Thanks for the explanations Juergen Hoeller. Indeed Objenesis is a mysterious library. I just know that people are not that quick at migrating Spring versions. But it's your call anyway. I thought there was a central point of usage.

The more people are using constructor injection the less chance there is that they will have a default constructor no? Unless they have the habit of adding a private one.

[spring-projects-issues]

Stéphane Nicoll commented

Indeed.

There is really no reason for us to create a default constructor there I am afraid. As Brian Clozel point out, there are probably a lot of other cases like that.

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Objenesis 2.6 is in Spring Framework master and therefore 5.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT now. I'll keep this ticket open until it's upgraded in the 4.3.x branch as well.

[spring-projects-issues]

Guillaume Laforge commented

Wonderful, thank you Jürgen!

[spring-projects-issues]

Phil Webb commented

Juergen Hoeller I've moved the 1.5.5 release date to July 20. It might be a bit of a light release, but I think the dependency upgrade alone makes it worthwhile.

[spring-projects-issues]

Guillaume Laforge commented

Good to know about the associated Boot release! Nice!

[spring-projects-issues]

Henri Tremblay commented

While waiting, here is a cute hack to make it work right now. If it can be of any help. It could even go in the real SpringObjenesis.java version. But I'm not sure the shading plugin will like that.