com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl cannot be found in Java 11

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: No Longer Reproducible
• Affects Version/s: 7.2.0 GA1
• Fix Version/s: None
• Component/s: Environments > Java Runtime, Web Services > JAX-RS/WS Infrastructure
• Labels: None
• Bug Type: Regression Bug

We stumbled into this exception when upgrading some rest modules using the jaxws runtime to Liferay 7.2 and Java 11.

The stacktrace shows:

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Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl cannot be found by org.apache.aries.jax.rs.whiteboard_1.0.4

The problem is quite simple: com.sun.xml.internal.ws.spi.ProviderImpl  was removed in Java 9. In a normal web application, this wouldn't be a problem, since we could simply upgrade to jaxws-rt 2.3.2.

The jaxws runtime should be upgraded to 2.3+ to work correctly with Java 11.