org.codehaus.mojo : jaxb2-maven-plugin : 1.6 --> API incompatibility was encountered

Question

when using
jaxb2-maven-plugin from codehaus i get the following problem marker in eclipse the content of this marker contains the following:

Description Resource    Path    Location    Type
Execution configuration of goal org.codehaus.mojo:jaxb2-maven-plugin:1.6:xjc failed: An API incompatibility was encountered while executing org.codehaus.mojo:jaxb2-maven-plugin:1.6:xjc: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.codehaus.plexus.util.DirectoryScanner.setupMatchPatterns()V
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realm =    plugin>org.codehaus.mojo:jaxb2-maven-plugin:1.6
strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
urls[0] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/codehaus/mojo/jaxb2-maven-plugin/1.6/jaxb2-maven-plugin-1.6.jar
urls[1] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-jdk14/1.5.6/slf4j-jdk14-1.5.6.jar
urls[2] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.5.6/slf4j-api-1.5.6.jar
urls[3] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/slf4j/jcl-over-slf4j/1.5.6/jcl-over-slf4j-1.5.6.jar
urls[4] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/apache/maven/reporting/maven-reporting-api/2.2.1/maven-reporting-api-2.2.1.jar
urls[5] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-sink-api/1.1/doxia-sink-api-1.1.jar
urls[6] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-logging-api/1.1/doxia-logging-api-1.1.jar
urls[7] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/commons-cli/commons-cli/1.2/commons-cli-1.2.jar
urls[8] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interactivity-api/1.0-alpha-4/plexus-interactivity-api-1.0-alpha-4.jar
urls[9] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/backport-util-concurrent/backport-util-concurrent/3.1/backport-util-concurrent-3.1.jar
urls[10] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/1.3/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.3.jar
urls[11] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-cipher/1.4/plexus-cipher-1.4.jar
urls[12] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interpolation/1.11/plexus-interpolation-1.11.jar
urls[13] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-xjc/2.2.7/jaxb-xjc-2.2.7.jar
urls[14] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-core/2.2.7/jaxb-core-2.2.7.jar
urls[15] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/javax/xml/bind/jaxb-api/2.2.7/jaxb-api-2.2.7.jar
urls[16] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/istack/istack-commons-runtime/2.16/istack-commons-runtime-2.16.jar
urls[17] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-jxc/2.2.7/jaxb-jxc-2.2.7.jar
urls[18] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-impl/2.2.7/jaxb-impl-2.2.7.jar
urls[19] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/com/sun/xml/fastinfoset/FastInfoset/1.2.12/FastInfoset-1.2.12.jar
urls[20] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-compiler-api/1.9.1/plexus-compiler-api-1.9.1.jar
urls[21] = file:/C:/develop/maven/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.0.16/plexus-utils-3.0.16.jar
Number of foreign imports: 4
import: Entry[import org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental from realm ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]]
import: Entry[import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Scanner from realm ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]]
import: Entry[import org.codehaus.plexus.util.AbstractScanner from realm ClassRealm[plexus.core, parent: null]]
import: Entry[import  from realm ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]

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 (org.codehaus.mojo:jaxb2-maven-plugin:1.6:xjc:configuration:generate-sources)  pom.xml 

the configuration of the plugin looks like this:

  <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                    <artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>1.6</version>
                    <executions>
                        <execution>
                            <id>data</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>xjc</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <schemaDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</schemaDirectory>
                                <schemaFiles>WebServiceDataSchema.xsd</schemaFiles>
                                <packageName>my.cool.package.jaxb.data</packageName> <!-- The name of your generated source package -->
                                <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/gen/java</outputDirectory>
                                <target>2.1</target>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>

                        <execution>
                            <id>configuration</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>xjc</goal>
                            </goals>
                            <configuration>
                                <schemaDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</schemaDirectory>
                                <schemaFiles>WebServiceConfigurationSchema.xsd</schemaFiles>
                                <packageName>my.cool.package.jaxb.config</packageName> <!-- The name of your generated source package -->
                                <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/gen/java</outputDirectory>
                                <target>2.1</target>
                                <clearOutputDir>false</clearOutputDir>
                            </configuration>
                        </execution>

                    </executions>

                </plugin>

does anyone have similar problems?

Answer 1

I got a similar error. I solved it using version 1.5 (instead of 1.6) of jaxb2-maven-plugin.