mvn clean install ERROR: cannot find symbol symbol: class BASE64Encoder, location: package sun.misc-CodePudding

I'm trying to setup a legacy java application so I can reverse engineer it. However, when building it via mvn clean install from the mac terminal (I've tried Rossetta and normal), I get this error:

[ERROR] /Users/danieljohnson/Documents/manage/og/gems/ems/src/main/java/com/ems/hvac/utils/CryptographyUtil.java:[34,16] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class BASE64Decoder
  location: package sun.misc
[ERROR] /Users/danieljohnson/Documents/manage/og/gems/ems/src/main/java/com/ems/hvac/utils/CryptographyUtil.java:[35,16] cannot find symbol
  symbol:   class BASE64Encoder
  location: package sun.misc
[INFO] 2 errors 
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  6.631 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2022-08-23T12:43:34-04:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.0:compile (default-compile) on project ems: Compilation failure: Compilation failure: 
[ERROR] /Users/danieljohnson/Documents/manage/og/gems/ems/src/main/java/com/ems/hvac/utils/CryptographyUtil.java:[34,16] cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   class BASE64Decoder
[ERROR]   location: package sun.misc
[ERROR] /Users/danieljohnson/Documents/manage/og/gems/ems/src/main/java/com/ems/hvac/utils/CryptographyUtil.java:[35,16] cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   class BASE64Encoder
[ERROR]   location: package sun.misc
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.0:compile (default-compile) on project ems: Compilation failure
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute2 (MojoExecutor.java:375)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.doExecute (MojoExecutor.java:351)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:215)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:171)
    at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute (MojoExecutor.java:163)

output of java -version:

openjdk version "1.8.0_345"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.64.0.19-CA-macos-aarch64) (build 1.8.0_345-b01)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.64.0.19-CA-macos-aarch64) (build 25.345-b01, mixed mode)

I'm aware the sun.misc package is deprecated and should be replaced by java.util.Base64. However, that's not a plug and play solution, so I would like to get it working with sun.misc if possible.

CodePudding user response：

If you dont' see sun.misc then you will unfortunately need to make minor code changes to use the new library

CodePudding user response：

You should change the code to use java.util.Base64 instead. It is time to pay the technical debt.