Set the maven compiler plugin release config to version 8. Replace usages of Class.newInstance(), which is deprecated in Java 9.

Author: camporter

examples/pom.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </licenses>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>8</java.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
+          <release>${java.version}</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>

gen/pom.xml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   </licenses>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>8</java.version>
     <exec.mainClass>com.softlayer.api.gen.Main</exec.mainClass>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
+          <release>${java.version}</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>

pom.xml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   </scm>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    <java.version>8</java.version>
   </properties>
   <repositories>
     <repository>
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <target>${java.version}</target>
+          <release>${java.version}</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>

src/main/java/com/softlayer/api/Mask.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ protected <T extends Mask> T withSubMask(String name, Class<T> maskClass) {
         T subMask = (T) subMasks.get(name);
         if (subMask == null) {
             try {
-                subMask = maskClass.newInstance();
+                subMask = maskClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException();
             }

src/main/java/com/softlayer/api/RestApiClient.java

@@ -449,12 +449,12 @@ public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwabl
                 return Proxy.newProxyInstance(getClass().getClassLoader(),
                     new Class<?>[] { method.getReturnType() }, asyncProxy);
             } else if ("withNewMask".equals(method.getName()) && noParams) {
-                mask = (Mask) method.getReturnType().newInstance();
+                mask = (Mask) method.getReturnType().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                 maskString = null;
                 return mask;
             } else if ("withMask".equals(method.getName()) && noParams) {
                 if (mask == null) {
-                    mask = (Mask) method.getReturnType().newInstance();
+                    mask = (Mask) method.getReturnType().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
                     maskString = null;
                 }
                 return mask;

src/main/java/com/softlayer/api/json/GsonJsonMarshallerFactory.java

@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ private Entity readForThisType(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
             // Begin/end object (and the first "complexType" property) are done outside of here
             Entity entity;
             try {
-                entity = typeClass.newInstance();
-            } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+                entity = typeClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
+            } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);
             }
             Map<String, Object> unknownProperties = new HashMap<>();