Syntax error compiling in Clojure leiningen

Question

I have a project named cheshire-cat in which I am trying to run Rhino-based ClojureScript REPL with the command lein trampoline cljsbuild repl-rhino. It gives an exception in thread "main" and terminates.
What is the problem? Following is the terminal output:

$lein trampoline cljsbuild repl-rhino  
Running Rhino-based ClojureScript REPL.
Exception in thread "main" Syntax error compiling at (cljs/repl.clj:1:1).
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7647)
    at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:381)
    at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:372)
    at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:463)
    at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:428)
    at clojure.core$load$fn__6824.invoke(core.clj:6126)
    at clojure.core$load.invokeStatic(core.clj:6125)
    at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:6109)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
    at clojure.core$load_one.invokeStatic(core.clj:5908)
    at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:5903)
    at clojure.core$load_lib$fn__6765.invoke(core.clj:5948)
    at clojure.core$load_lib.invokeStatic(core.clj:5947)
    at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:5928)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
    at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:667)
    at clojure.core$load_libs.invokeStatic(core.clj:5985)
    at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:5969)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
    at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:667)
    at clojure.core$require.invokeStatic(core.clj:6007)
    at clojure.core$require.doInvoke(core.clj:6007)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:421)
    at cljsbuild.repl.rhino$eval144$loading__6706__auto____145.invoke(rhino.clj:1)
    at cljsbuild.repl.rhino$eval144.invokeStatic(rhino.clj:1)
    at cljsbuild.repl.rhino$eval144.invoke(rhino.clj:1)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7176)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7165)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7635)
    at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:381)
    at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:372)
    at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:463)
    at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:428)
    at clojure.core$load$fn__6824.invoke(core.clj:6126)
    at clojure.core$load.invokeStatic(core.clj:6125)
    at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:6109)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
    at clojure.core$load_one.invokeStatic(core.clj:5908)
    at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:5903)
    at clojure.core$load_lib$fn__6765.invoke(core.clj:5948)
    at clojure.core$load_lib.invokeStatic(core.clj:5947)
    at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:5928)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
    at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:667)
    at clojure.core$load_libs.invokeStatic(core.clj:5985)
    at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:5969)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
    at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:667)
    at clojure.core$require.invokeStatic(core.clj:6007)
    at clojure.core$require.doInvoke(core.clj:6007)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
    at user$eval5.invokeStatic(form-init5565266544074168037.clj:1)
    at user$eval5.invoke(form-init5565266544074168037.clj:1)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7176)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7165)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7635)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.loadFile(Compiler.java:7573)
    at clojure.main$load_script.invokeStatic(main.clj:452)
    at clojure.main$init_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:454)
    at clojure.main$init_opt.invoke(main.clj:454)
    at clojure.main$initialize.invokeStatic(main.clj:485)
    at clojure.main$null_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:519)
    at clojure.main$null_opt.invoke(main.clj:516)
    at clojure.main$main.invokeStatic(main.clj:598)
    at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:561)
    at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
    at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:705)
    at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter
    at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:445)
    at clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader.findClass(DynamicClassLoader.java:69)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:588)
    at clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader.loadClass(DynamicClassLoader.java:77)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:495)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:474)
    at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2207)
    at clojure.lang.RT.classForNameNonLoading(RT.java:2220)
    at cljs.repl$eval150$loading__6706__auto____151.invoke(repl.clj:9)
    at cljs.repl$eval150.invokeStatic(repl.clj:9)
    at cljs.repl$eval150.invoke(repl.clj:9)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7176)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:7165)
    at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7635)
    ... 67 more

This is my project.clj file:

(defproject cheshire-cat "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
  :description "FIXME: write description"
  :url "http://example.com/FIXME"
  :min-lein-version "2.0.0"
  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.0"]
                 [compojure "1.6.1"]
                 [ring/ring-defaults "0.3.2"]
                 [ring/ring-json "0.5.1"]
                 [org.clojure/clojurescript "0.0-2371"]] 
  :plugins [[lein-ring "0.12.6"]
            [lein-cljsbuild "1.1.8"]]
  :ring {:handler cheshire-cat.handler/app}
  :profiles
  {:dev {:dependencies [[javax.servlet/servlet-api "2.5"]
                        [ring/ring-mock "0.3.2"]]}}
  :cljsbuild {
    :builds [{
        :source-paths ["src-cljs"]
        :compiler {
          :output-to "resources/public/main.js"
          :optimizations :whitespace
          :pretty-print true}}]})

I tried to change the dependencies version to make it work but it didn't. How to remove this error and make the command run the REPL without any error. Thanks.

Thomas Heller · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-16 07:34:45Z

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This is an issue with using newer JDKs (9+) with older software that used some packages only available until JDK8. You can fix this by adding

[javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api "2.3.1"]

to your :dependencies in project.clj.

answered Nov 16, 2022 at 7:34

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leydovordu Over a year ago

It is giving another error: pastebin.com/HXUQip7f

Thomas Heller Over a year ago

What is this project.clj you are starting with? The ClojureScript version "0.0-2371" is something like 10 years old. Also many of the other versions are severly outdated? You should really consider starting with a more modern starting point? The Rhino REPL is also very likely to not work anymore? Maybe consider more modern things like shadow-cljs or figwheel-main?

leydovordu Over a year ago

I am reading "Living Clojure" book and in it, the author says to stick with ClojureScript version "0.0-2371" to follow up the demo. Still, I tried the latest version "1.11.60" and it ended up with error - pastebin.com/5NPwAAR1. How to make Rhino REPL work?

Thomas Heller Over a year ago

Unfortunately that book seems to be rather outdated. The Rhino REPL had been deprecated for many years, and removed entirely a while ago. So, if you must use it stick with the really old version. The other error you were seeing is probably due to a newer Clojure Version, maybe downgrade org.clojure/clojure to the version used in the book?

leydovordu Over a year ago

It worked. But now I'm getting another error: on executing command lein cljsbuild auto in another terminal window, it gives java.lang.IllegalAccessException error. See pastebin: pastebin.com/yQc8rgNr

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Eugene Pakhomov · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-16 07:00:53Z

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It's not about dependencies, it's about the JDK version: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43574427/564509

And there's already an issue for that: https://github.com/emezeske/lein-cljsbuild/issues/499

answered Nov 16, 2022 at 7:00

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leydovordu Over a year ago

How to resolve this issue? Can you tell me about the changes to be made?

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