Issues with setup

[pahed]

When trying to follow the instructions on https://github.com/protegeproject/protege/wiki/Setup-in-Eclipse#prerequisites I have run into several issues. I am using the latest java 2025:
$ java -version
openjdk version "25" 2025-09-16 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-25+36 (build 25+36-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-25+36 (build 25+36-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

and new install of maven
$ mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.9.11 (3e54c93a704957b63ee3494413a2b544fd3d825b)
Maven home: D:\java-apps\apache-maven-3.9.11
Java version: 25, vendor: Eclipse Adoptium, runtime: C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-25.0.0.36-hotspot
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "windows 10", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

When running "mvn clean package" I was receiving:

org.protege.osgi.framework.BundleInfo_TestCase.shouldThrowNullPointerExceptionIf_bundleFile_IsNull -- Time elapsed: 0.017 s <<< ERROR!
java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make private java.io.File(java.lang.String,java.io.File) accessible: module java.base does not "opens java.io" to unnamed module @3cda1055

In an attempt to fix this I updated the pom.xml (update attached) with --add-opens arguments (thanks google AI):

	<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
  	<version>3.2.5</version>
        <configuration>
            <argLine>
              --add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
              --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED 
              --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED              
            </argLine>
          </configuration>
    </plugin>

pom.xml

and in the protege-editor-owl\pom.xml (attached) I added:

	<groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
	<artifactId>auto-value-annotations</artifactId>				
</dependency>

pom-editor.xml

I am still getting errors that I cannot resolve dealing with AutoValues which show in the log file:
(see line 34363 for the start of the errors)

mvn-run.txt

Any help would be appreciated as I would like to get protege running in eclipse and do some work.

Thanks,
Paul

[gouttegd]

Currently, Protégé only supports Java up to version 16. You can neither compile nor run Protégé with Java 17 or higher.

Making Protégé work with Java 17+ is definitely on the roadmap (#1236), but there’s no telling when that will happen.

But the version of Java used to run Eclipse doesn’t have to be the same version used to compile and run Protégé, even within Eclipse. Even if your Eclipse comes with Java 25, you can always install another JDK for a lower version of Java, and configure the Protégé project in Eclipse to use that other JDK.