Plugin not starting when using "new" Java versions (>=12)

[Fabb111]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Use Java >=12
2. Start the server

What were you expecting to happen? What happened instead?

I expected the plugin to enable without problems, instead it throws an exception. See: https://gist.github.com/Fabb111/e8e96aa38efc21799e1d24af2bec8732

What version of the plugin are you using? Type /version <Plugin Name>

Latest (4.12.1-SNAPSHOT)

What Spigot version are you using? Type /version

Paper Spigot 1.16.4

What plugins are you using? Type /plugins

None (except required ones)

Do you have an error log? Use pastebin.com. If you're not sure, upload your whole server log

https://gist.github.com/Fabb111/e8e96aa38efc21799e1d24af2bec8732

Did your client crash? Upload errors in .minecraft/logs/latest.log as well

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Additional information? (Are you using Bungeecord? Did it work in previous versions? etc.)

https://github.com/InventivetalentDev/PluginAnnotations/blob/02b6e7e85bf7c4f7ef2d0e371c218d0993369fb0/src/main/java/org/inventivetalent/pluginannotations/AccessUtil.java#L15 is causing the problem; As it seems like you already fixed it in master, the solution would probably be releasing the new version of PluginAnnotations and updating the dependency here

[TombPlays]

I can second this error on 1.16.5. I;m on Java 15 as advised to update to 11 or higher by the server as in 1.17 lower versions won't be supported. Will try downgrading to 11

[TombPlays]

I can confirm that downgrading to Java 11 fixed this for me. Strange as java is suppose to be backwards compatible

[stale[bot]]

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