[#171] Allow running on JDK 8 and possibly on JDK 7 as well. Fixes #171

[beikov]

Fix for #171

[nickl-]

I see what you are trying to accomplish, not sure why it involves obfuscating the IllegalAccessError though.

[beikov]

Maybe I'm missing the exact line you are referring to, but IllegalAccessError isn't a subtype of Exception but only of Error and thus also Throwable so AFAICT there is no obfuscation.

[nickl-]

@beikov you are correct, my mistake. Error is not caught by Exception. My bad!

I still can't help wondering if we're doctoring the symptoms instead of fixing the problem. Why does JDK8 have to interpret the newer api calls? Can that not be avoided?

[beikov]

Well, because the JVM loads referenced classes due to the initialization of the enum and on Java 8 the StackWalker isn't available. Another possible fix is to make use of the MR-JAR feature, but that would require changes in the build which I wanted to avoid.

[nickl-]

Oh crap so the enum gets completely referenced when initialized... grrrr that's annoying.

So basically this makes switching capabilities as an enum useless, we should take the whole SecuredPrivileged as an enum implementation back to the drawing board and refactor it into a class or something.

Damn that sux! Worked great in theory... =(

[jplock]

@chibash when can this be included into a future release?

[chibash]

OK, what about releasing within a week unless I see an objection?

[johnou]

@chibash sounds good, thanks!

[chibash]

I've released 3.23.1-GA. It will be soon available from maven as well.

[jplock]

Thank you @chibash