HidingField: NoSuchMethodError: 'com.sun.tools.javac.util.List com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$TypeSymbol.getEnclosedElements

Description of the problem:

After upgrading errorprone from 2.4.0 to 2.5.0 following is reported in [my project’s] maven build (with JDK8, JDK11, JDK12 or JDK13):

An unhandled exception was thrown by the Error Prone static analysis plugin.
     Please report this at https://github.com/google/error-prone/issues/new and include the following:
  
     error-prone version: 2.5.0
     BugPattern: HidingField
     Stack Trace:
     java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'com.sun.tools.javac.util.List com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$TypeSymbol.getEnclosedElements()'
  	at com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.HidingField.matchClass(HidingField.java:73)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.processMatchers(ErrorProneScanner.java:450)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitClass(ErrorProneScanner.java:548)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitClass(ErrorProneScanner.java:151)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCClassDecl.accept(JCTree.java:808)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreePathScanner.scan(TreePathScanner.java:82)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:74)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:48)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.scan(TreeScanner.java:105)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.scanAndReduce(TreeScanner.java:113)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreeScanner.visitCompilationUnit(TreeScanner.java:144)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitCompilationUnit(ErrorProneScanner.java:561)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScanner.visitCompilationUnit(ErrorProneScanner.java:151)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree$JCCompilationUnit.accept(JCTree.java:591)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.source.util.TreePathScanner.scan(TreePathScanner.java:56)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.Scanner.scan(Scanner.java:58)
  	at com.google.errorprone.scanner.ErrorProneScannerTransformer.apply(ErrorProneScannerTransformer.java:43)
  	at com.google.errorprone.ErrorProneAnalyzer.finished(ErrorProneAnalyzer.java:152)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.MultiTaskListener.finished(MultiTaskListener.java:132)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1418)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.flow(JavaCompiler.java:1365)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:960)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTaskImpl.lambda$doCall$0(JavacTaskImpl.java:104)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTaskImpl.handleExceptions(JavacTaskImpl.java:147)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTaskImpl.doCall(JavacTaskImpl.java:100)
  	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTaskImpl.call(JavacTaskImpl.java:94)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.javac.JavaxToolsCompiler.compileInProcess(JavaxToolsCompiler.java:126)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.compiler.javac.JavacCompiler.performCompile(JavacCompiler.java:174)
  	at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.AbstractCompilerMojo.execute(AbstractCompilerMojo.java:1134)
  	at org.apache.maven.plugin.compiler.CompilerMojo.execute(CompilerMojo.java:187)
  	at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:137)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:210)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:156)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:148)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:56)
  	at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128)
  	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:305)
  	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:192)
  	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:105)
  	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:957)
  	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:289)
  	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:193)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:282)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:225)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:406)
  	at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:347)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
  	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
  	at org.apache.maven.wrapper.BootstrapMainStarter.start(BootstrapMainStarter.java:39)
  	at org.apache.maven.wrapper.WrapperExecutor.execute(WrapperExecutor.java:122)
  	at org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain.main(MavenWrapperMain.java:61)

The same code works fine with JDK14 and JDK15.

Bugs: what’s the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

What version of Error Prone are you using?

2.5.0

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

#1529

[cushon]

Thanks for the additional reports. https://github.com/google/error-prone/issues/2092#issuecomment-759474409 looks like a distinct issue with the same root cause.

I’m going to release a 2.5.1 built on JDK 8 that will resolve this issue.

[cushon]

https://github.com/google/error-prone/releases/tag/v2.5.1