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"Can't locate class SealedClassSerializer from package kotlinx.serialization"

See original GitHub issue

IntelliJ IDEA throws this exception when compiling:

Error:Kotlin: [Internal Error] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Backend Internal error: Exception during code generation
File being compiled at position: file:///home/johannes/projects/com.cedarsoft.monorepo/internal/closed/iris/src/main/java/com/cedarsoft/iris/photon/ImpactsForSource.kt
The root cause java.lang.IllegalArgumentException was thrown at: org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.resolve.SearchUtilsKt.getFromPackage(SearchUtils.kt:72)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.CompilationErrorHandler.lambda$static$0(CompilationErrorHandler.java:35)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.PackageCodegenImpl.generate(PackageCodegenImpl.java:76)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.DefaultCodegenFactory.generatePackage(CodegenFactory.kt:96)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.DefaultCodegenFactory.generateModule(CodegenFactory.kt:67)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.KotlinCodegenFacade.doGenerateFiles(KotlinCodegenFacade.java:47)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.KotlinCodegenFacade.compileCorrectFiles(KotlinCodegenFacade.java:39)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.generate(KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt:637)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.compileModules$cli(KotlinToJVMBytecodeCompiler.kt:195)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:165)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:55)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.kt:84)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.kt:42)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:104)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.daemon.CompileServiceImpl.compile(CompileServiceImpl.kt:1479)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor88.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
	at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
	at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
	at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
	at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
	at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't locate class SealedClassSerializer from package kotlinx.serialization
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.resolve.SearchUtilsKt.getFromPackage(SearchUtils.kt:72)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.resolve.SearchUtilsKt.getClassFromSerializationPackage(SearchUtils.kt:70)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.resolve.KSerializationUtilKt.polymorphicSerializerIfApplicableAutomatically(KSerializationUtil.kt:169)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.resolve.KSerializationUtilKt.getClassSerializer(KSerializationUtil.kt:180)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.backend.common.TypeUtilKt.findTypeSerializer(TypeUtil.kt:168)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.backend.jvm.SerializableCompanionCodegenImpl.generateSerializerGetter(SerializableCompanionCodegenImpl.kt:41)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.backend.common.SerializableCompanionCodegen.generate(SerializableCompanionCodegen.kt:47)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.backend.jvm.SerializableCompanionCodegenImpl$Companion.generateSerializableExtensions(SerializableCompanionCodegenImpl.kt:35)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationCodegenExtension.generateClassSyntheticParts(SerializationCodegenExtension.kt:31)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ImplementationBodyCodegen.generateSyntheticPartsAfterBody(ImplementationBodyCodegen.java:438)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.generate(MemberCodegen.java:132)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.genClassOrObject(MemberCodegen.java:302)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.genSyntheticClassOrObject(MemberCodegen.java:316)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.ClassBodyCodegen.generateBody(ClassBodyCodegen.java:111)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.generate(MemberCodegen.java:129)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.genClassOrObject(MemberCodegen.java:302)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.MemberCodegen.genClassOrObject(MemberCodegen.java:286)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.PackageCodegenImpl.generateClassesAndObjectsInFile(PackageCodegenImpl.java:118)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.PackageCodegenImpl.generateFile(PackageCodegenImpl.java:137)
	at org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.PackageCodegenImpl.generate(PackageCodegenImpl.java:68)
	... 28 more

Any idea? Gradle builds just fine.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

3reactions

sandwwraithcommented, Nov 19, 2019

Please wait until 0.14.0 released which is compatible with 1.3.60 release. It will happen in a couple of hours.

0reactions

nick0602commented, Nov 19, 2019

Tried 0.14.0 with 1.3.60 and the error is gone, thanks a lot again 👍

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