Cobertura doesn't work with Java 7
cobertura, java, java-7, jenkins, maven
Solution
We are using Cobertura plugin version 2.6 with Java 7 with no problems. This includes some files with Java 7 syntax (multi-catch, e.g.) which used to fail with the earlier plugin version. Nor do I need to use `-XX:-UseSplitVerifier` in the SureFire plugin any longer.
<properties>
<coberturaMavenPlugin>2.6</coberturaMavenPlugin>
<mavenSurefirePlugin>2.12</mavenSurefirePlugin>
</properties>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${mavenSurefirePlugin}</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
<reporting>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${coberturaMavenPlugin}</version>
<configuration>
<aggregate>true</aggregate>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</reporting>
Problem
I am using maven 3.0.4, `JRE 1.7.0_09`. When I use `mvn clean install` all my tests passes and everything looks good - here is my surefire plugin configuration: ``` <plugin> <version>2.12.4</version> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <!-- -XX:-UseSplitVerifier is for java 7 --> <argLine>-XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine> </configuration> </plugin> ``` Now, when I `mvn cobertura:cobertura` some of my tests have errors like this one: `Expecting a stackmap frame at branch target ....` And some more errors that made me understand that it is not running using JRE7 (for example, `Encountered " "|" "| "" at line...`) Here is my cobertura plugin configuration: ``` <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> <configuration> <formats> <format>html</format> <format>xml</format> </formats> </configuration> </plugin> ``` And the reporting is: ``` <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.5.1</version> <configuration> <formats> <format>html</format> <format>xml</format> </formats> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> ``` I saw a lot of threads that talk about this issue and the solution is to add this line `<argLine>-XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine>` but it does not help. What am I doing wrong here?