Kafka unable to resolve javax/xml/bind/* ClassNotFoundExeption for java 12?

Question

I'm learning kafka and just downloaded kafka 0.10.1 (as it's the requirement of my project) and whenever i run this command line code

bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties

i get this error

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/DatatypeConverter
    at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$.urlSafeBase64EncodeNoPadding(CoreUtils.scala:298)
    at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$.generateUuidAsBase64(CoreUtils.scala:286)
    at kafka.server.KafkaServer$$anonfun$getOrGenerateClusterId$1.apply(KafkaServer.scala:336)
    at kafka.server.KafkaServer$$anonfun$getOrGenerateClusterId$1.apply(KafkaServer.scala:336)
    at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121)
    at kafka.server.KafkaServer.getOrGenerateClusterId(KafkaServer.scala:336)
    at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:203)
    at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:39)
    at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:67)
    at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
    ... 10 more

I'm actually using java 12 and javax/xml/bind/* is removed from java 11 so some suggestion were to add the dependencies in the pom.xml file but i unzipped kafka from a .tar file and not build it using maven so how can i resolve this error in kafka??

should i download java-8 for this??

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '19 at 15:36

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I'm learning kafka and just downloaded kafka 0.10.1

This version of Kafka does not support versions of Java above 8.

Only the newest Kafka 2.2.0 (which very likely will work the same for your learning purposes), added support for Java 11

answered Apr 05 '19 at 15:36

OneCricketeer

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '19 at 10:05

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This javax/xml/bind API is removed since Java 11. You can refer to How to resolve java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException in Java 9 for a workaround

answered Apr 05 '19 at 10:05

Mebin Joe

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i downloaded java 8 and i'm using that. – Apr 05 '19 at 11:31
@Hummingbird Were you able to resolve NoClassDefFoundError ? – Mebin Joe Apr 08 '19 at 06:08
@Hummingbird If the answer was helpful could you please mark the answer as useful. Thank you – Mebin Joe Apr 09 '19 at 07:12
i'm ready to mark it as useful but i don't know how to do it, also i'm not marking as accepted as it din't solve my answer. – Apr 09 '19 at 08:55
@Hummingbird It's ok. Cool – Mebin Joe Apr 09 '19 at 09:49
@Humming The linked solution works for any Java at or above version 11. – hiergiltdiestfu Apr 11 '19 at 12:34
@hiergiltdiestfu yes, but the solution assumes it was build from maven but i do not have pom.xml to add the dependency's. – Apr 11 '19 at 12:49
@humming You can download the referenced libraries through maven central and use the jars directly. – hiergiltdiestfu Apr 11 '19 at 14:05
how can i add jar files to shell files?? – Apr 12 '19 at 07:08
@humming you need to put them onto the classpath when invoking your java application, irrespective if you start it directly or through a shell file – hiergiltdiestfu Mar 10 '20 at 13:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 07 '19 at 06:32

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I am using JDK10. for that I have added something like below to make it work for me. 1) edit kafka-run-class.bat 2) the set COMMAND=%JAVA% –add-modules java.xml.bind rest of the lines remain same. 3) Run kafka server

answered Jun 07 '19 at 06:32

user1990991

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Kafka unable to resolve javax/xml/bind/* ClassNotFoundExeption for java 12?

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