Failed to Import json-lib 2.4 in Play 1.4.6 (JDK 1.8)

[foxyang-git]

Hello, I tried to introduce the official website example but failed. Could you please tell me why?

My environment:

• JDK 1.8
• Play 1.4.6

My dependencies.yml file:
require:
- play
- net.sf.json-lib -> json-lib 2.4 jdk15

Command executed: play dependencies --sync
E:\hkpsotnew\play1\play1-1.4.6\ishipper_chk>play dependencies --sync
~ _ _
~ _ __ | | __ _ _ | |
~ | ' | |/ ' | || ||
~ | /||_|__ ()
~ || |__/
~
~ play! 1.4.x-localbuild, https://www.playframework.com
~
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option PermSize=128m; support was removed in 8.0
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=512m; support was removed in 8.0
~ Resolving dependencies using E:\hkpsotnew\play1\play1-1.4.6\ishipper_chk\conf\dependencies.yml,
~
~ net.sf.json-lib->json-lib 2.4 (from mavenCentral)
~ commons-collections->commons-collections 3.2.1 (from mavenCentral)
~ xom->xom 1.1 (from mavenCentral)
~ xerces->xmlParserAPIs 2.6.2 (from mavenCentral)
~ xerces->xercesImpl 2.6.2 (from mavenCentral)
~ xalan->xalan 2.7.0 (from mavenCentral)
~ xml-apis->xml-apis 2.0.2 (from mavenCentral)
~ oro->oro 2.0.8 (from mavenCentral)
~
~ Some dynamic revisions have been resolved as following,
~
~ net.sf.json-lib->json-lib 2.4 will use version 2.4
~
~ Some dependencies have been evicted,
~
~ log4j 1.2.14 is overridden by log4j 1.2.17
~ commons-beanutils 1.8.0 is overridden by commons-beanutils 1.9.2
~ commons-logging 1.1.1 is overridden by commons-logging 1.2
~ commons-lang 2.5 is overridden by commons-lang 2.6
~ junit 3.8.2 is overridden by junit 4.12
~ groovy-all 1.7.5 is overridden by groovy-all 2.4.7
~ jaxen 1.1-beta-8 is overridden by jaxen 1.1.6
~
~ WARNING: Some dependencies could not be downloaded (use --verbose for details),
~
~ net.sf.json-lib -> json-lib 2.4: missing artifact
~
~ Installing resolved dependencies,
~
~ lib/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar
~ lib/xom-1.1.jar
~ lib/oro-2.0.8.jar
~ lib/xmlParserAPIs-2.6.2.jar
~ lib/xercesImpl-2.6.2.jar
~ lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar
~
~ *****************************************************************************
~ WARNING: These dependencies are missing, your application may not work properly (use --verbose for details),
~
~ net.sf.json-lib -> json-lib 2.4: missing artifact
~ *****************************************************************************
~
~ Some dependencies are still missing.
~

[xael-fry]

I just try in just-test-cases by th egiven dependencies.iml

# Application dependencies

require:
    - play
    - crud
    - secure
    - org.playframework -> example 1.0-SNAPSHOT
    - play.test.modules  -> testModule latest.integration
    - net.sf.json-lib -> json-lib 2.4 jdk15

repositories:
    - localJarRep:
        type: local
        artifact: "${application.path}/../customJars/example/jar/example-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"
        contains:
            - org.playframework -> *
    - playLocalTestModulesRep:
        type: local
        descriptor: ${application.path}/../modules/[module]/conf/dependencies.yml
        artifact: ${application.path}/../modules/[module]
        contains:
            - play.test.modules -> *

✅ depenpencies are resolved:

~ play! 1.9.x-1.9.0-48-g98d5df2f6, https://www.playframework.com
~
~ Resolving dependencies using C:\Users\chatira\Documents\working\dev\framework\play1\samples-and-tests\just-test-cases\conf\dependencies.yml,
~
~       org.playframework->example 1.0-SNAPSHOT (from localJarRep)
~       play.test.modules->testModule 0.1 (from playLocalTestModulesRep)
~       net.sf.json-lib->json-lib 2.4 (from mavenCentral)
~
~ Downloading required dependencies,
~
~       downloaded https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/sf/json-lib/json-lib/2.4/json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar                          
~
~ Some dynamic revisions have been resolved as following,
~
~       play.test.modules->testModule latest.integration will use version 0.1
~
~ Installing resolved dependencies,
~
~       modules/crud -> C:\Users\chatira\Documents\working\dev\framework\play1\modules\crud
~       modules/secure -> C:\Users\chatira\Documents\working\dev\framework\play1\modules\secure
~       lib/example-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
~       modules/testModule -> C:\Users\chatira\Documents\working\dev\framework\play1\samples-and-tests\modules\testModule
~       lib/json-lib-2.4-jdk15.jar
~
~ Done!
~

@foxyang-git can you try again or check in a exmample projet like I did ?

[fox-yang99]

@xael-fry Thanks for your suggestion! I get what you mean—your setup with Play 1.9.x worked smoothly for pulling in json-lib, which is really helpful to confirm the dependency itself is valid.

But here’s the thing: my project was upgraded from Play 1.2.7.2, and jumping all the way to 1.9.x would be too big a leap for our current setup (we’d have to handle a lot of compatibility issues with existing code). That’s why I’m sticking with Play 1.4.6 for now.

Unfortunately, when I tried to add json-lib 2.4 jdk15 in 1.4.6, the dependency sync failed with a "missing artifact" error. It seems like the older Play 1.4.6 might have different logic for resolving dependencies with JDK-specific suffixes (like jdk15) compared to your 1.9.x version—since your setup had no trouble pulling the jar from mavenCentral, but mine didn’t even trigger the download for it.

I’ll double-check the mavenCentral access in my environment first, but if you’ve ever run into dependency resolution quirks with Play 1.4.x (especially for JDK-suffixed artifacts), any extra tips would be really appreciated!