JRExpressionEvalException / Java 8 is incompatible with jasperreports v8.1.0

[a-skorina]

Name and Version

bitnami/jasperreports:8.1.0

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Run a report that uses, for example, the following function: net.sf.jasperreports.functions.standard.DateTimeFunctions#DATEFORMAT(Date, String)

The exceptions occurs due to java incompatibility.

jasperreports-functions requires minimum Java 9

What is the expected behavior?

Report is generated

What do you see instead?

An exception:

Caused by: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill.JRExpressionEvalException: Error evaluating expression for source text: DATEFORMAT($P{StartTimeThisPeriod}, $F{date_format} + " " + $F{time_format})

Additional information

jasperreports-functions 6.19.1 and 6.20.0 are not (fully) compatible with Java 8 as a method introduced in Java 9 is used by certain functions.

https://community.jaspersoft.com/jasperreports-server/issues/14426#comment-879436

[carrodher]

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