SonarLint - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer

I just installed the new Eclipse IDE with SonarLint:

Eclipse Version: 2021-06 (4.20.0)
Eclipse Build id: 20210612-2011
SonarLint for Eclipse: 5.9.0.31414
JDK: AdoptOpenJDK 16.0.1.9-hotspot
OS: Win10 Enterprise 19041.928

Now I’m getting the following NoClassDefFoundError:

SonarLint processing file /foo-project/src/main/java/com/foo/Foo.java...
Error during execution of SonarLint analysis
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.analyzer.sensor.SensorsExecutor
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:60)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:678)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer.getComponentByType(ComponentContainer.java:251)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.analysis.AnalysisContainer.doAfterStart(AnalysisContainer.java:132)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer.startComponents(ComponentContainer.java:126)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer.execute(ComponentContainer.java:111)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.storage.StorageAnalyzer.analyze(StorageAnalyzer.java:75)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.storage.StorageContainerHandler.analyze(StorageContainerHandler.java:83)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.lambda$analyze$0(ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.java:153)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.withReadLock(ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.java:352)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.withReadLock(ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.java:342)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.analyze(ConnectedSonarLintEngineImpl.java:150)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.engine.connected.ConnectedEngineFacade.lambda$13(ConnectedEngineFacade.java:361)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.engine.connected.ConnectedEngineFacade.withEngine(ConnectedEngineFacade.java:154)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.engine.connected.ConnectedEngineFacade.runAnalysis(ConnectedEngineFacade.java:360)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AnalyzeConnectedProjectJob.runAnalysis(AnalyzeConnectedProjectJob.java:70)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AnalyzeConnectedProjectJob.runAnalysis(AnalyzeConnectedProjectJob.java:1)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.run(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:390)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.runAnalysisAndUpdateMarkers(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:199)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.doRun(AbstractAnalyzeProjectJob.java:161)
	at org.sonarlint.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.AbstractSonarProjectJob.run(AbstractSonarProjectJob.java:45)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:63)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.plugins.javascript.eslint.JavaScriptEslintBasedSensor
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:60)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:621)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter.getArrayInstance(CollectionComponentParameter.java:334)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter.access$100(CollectionComponentParameter.java:49)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.CollectionComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(CollectionComponentParameter.java:139)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:141)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$CtorAndAdapters.getParameterArguments(ConstructorInjector.java:309)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:335)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:58)
	... 21 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to load component class org.sonar.plugins.javascript.JavaScriptSensor
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:60)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:632)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.BasicComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(BasicComponentParameter.java:118)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.parameters.ComponentParameter$1.resolveInstance(ComponentParameter.java:136)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.SingleMemberInjector.getParameter(SingleMemberInjector.java:78)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$CtorAndAdapters.getParameterArguments(ConstructorInjector.java:309)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:335)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:58)
	... 37 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer
	at com.sonar.sslr.api.typed.ActionParser.<init>(ActionParser.java:59)
	at org.sonar.javascript.parser.JavaScriptParser.<init>(JavaScriptParser.java:33)
	at org.sonar.javascript.parser.JavaScriptParserBuilder.createParser(JavaScriptParserBuilder.java:31)
	at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.JavaScriptSensor.<init>(JavaScriptSensor.java:115)
	at org.sonar.plugins.javascript.JavaScriptSensor.<init>(JavaScriptSensor.java:85)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor548.newInstance(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:499)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:480)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector.newInstance(AbstractInjector.java:145)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:342)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.shaded.org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.container.ComponentContainer$ExtendedDefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(ComponentContainer.java:58)
	... 51 more
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Same here. Any suggestions?

Workaround: Run Eclipse with an older JDK (tested jdk 11).

Hello welcome to the community! And thanks for reporting this issue.

If I understand correctly, the CGLIB library used by our JavaScript analyzer has compatibility issues with Java 16 due to the new default module access rules.

As a workaround, you can either use an older JRE to run Eclipse (e.g 15 should work), or add --illegal-access=permit to your eclipse.ini (after the -vmargs line).

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Hi,

Could you please confirm, this issue has been resolved in sonarqube 8.9, but in sonarqube 7.9 the issue still exist?

if i use 8.9 i need not add illegal-access=permit
but for 7.9 i have to add the parameter.

could you please confirm.

Thanks
Rukesh.

Please see the answer to your other thread.