SOLVED: Local build issue?
I grabbed a zip from: https://github.com/errai/errai (master) and tried a local build (please bear with me .. just coming up to speed with maven) .. I got the following that I'd appreciate any ideas on:
$ mvn -e clean install
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Reactor build order:
[INFO] Errai
[INFO] Errai::Common
[INFO] Errai::Codegen
[INFO] Errai Marshalling
[INFO] Errai::Bus
[INFO] Errai::Tools
[INFO] Errai IOC
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::AsyncDemo
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::ClientService
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::HelloWorld
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::QueryService
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::Serialization
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::RPCDemo
[INFO] Errai::Bus::Demos::StockDemo
[INFO] Unnamed - org.jboss.errai:jboss7-support:jar:2.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] Errai JS
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Errai
[INFO] task-segment: [clean, install]
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[INFO] [clean:clean {execution: default-clean}]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
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[INFO] Failed to configure plugin parameters for: org.jboss.errai:jacoco-gwt-maven-plugin:0.5.4-SNAPSHOT
Cause: Class 'java.util.List' cannot be instantiated
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[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Error configuring: org.jboss.errai:jacoco-gwt-maven-plugin. Reason: Unable to parse the created DOM for plugin configuration
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:723)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalWithLifecycle(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:556)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:535)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:387)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:348)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:180)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:328)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)
at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginConfigurationException: Error configuring: org.jboss.errai:jacoco-gwt-maven-plugin. Reason: Unable to parse the created DOM for plugin configuration
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultPluginManager.java:1363)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.getConfiguredMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:724)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultPluginManager.java:468)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:694)
... 17 more
Caused by: org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.ComponentConfigurationException: Class 'java.util.List' cannot be instantiated
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.AbstractConfigurationConverter.instantiateObject(AbstractConfigurationConverter.java:121)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.CollectionConverter.fromConfiguration(CollectionConverter.java:73)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.ComponentValueSetter.configure(ComponentValueSetter.java:247)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.composite.ObjectWithFieldsConverter.processConfiguration(ObjectWithFieldsConverter.java:137)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.BasicComponentConfigurator.configureComponent(BasicComponentConfigurator.java:56)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.populatePluginFields(DefaultPluginManager.java:1357)
... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: java.util.List
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:357)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325)
at org.codehaus.plexus.component.configurator.converters.AbstractConfigurationConverter.instantiateObject(AbstractConfigurationConverter.java:111)
... 25 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Jan 19 16:12:09 EST 2012
[INFO] Final Memory: 17M/173M
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