dxCompiler doesn't seem to work with recent versions of java

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This has been mentioned in a previous issue before.

I personally got the issue below using dxCompiler with the command java -jar dxCompiler-2.11.6.jar compile my_workflow.wdl -project $PROJID -folder /folder/ -streamFiles all -archive using openjdk 22.0.1-internal 2024-04-16 but it went away when downgrading to openjdk 11.0.1 2018-10-16 LTS.

If I have diagnosed this issue correctly and it's an issue with dxCompiler's compatibility with modern versions of java, can dxCompiler be fixed to work with them?

[290/1824][error] org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateException:
  bad constant pool index: 0 at pos: 49176
     while compiling: <no file>
        during phase: globalPhase=<no phase>, enteringPhase=<some phase>
     library version: version 2.13.7
    compiler version: version 2.13.7
  reconstructed args: -dependencyfile none -deprecation -Wconf:cat=deprecation:w -Wconf:cat=deprecation:ws -Wconf:cat=feature:ws -Wconf:cat=optimizer:ws -classpath dxCompiler-2.11.6.jar -d /tmp/scalate-9011258783282726438-workdir/classes

  last tree to typer: EmptyTree
       tree position: <unknown>
            tree tpe: <notype>
              symbol: null
           call site: <none> in <none>

== Source file context for tree position ==


        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.compileAndLoad(TemplateEngine.scala:864)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.compileAndLoadEntry(TemplateEngine.scala:725)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.liftedTree1$1(TemplateEngine.scala:436)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.load(TemplateEngine.scala:430)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.load(TemplateEngine.scala:485)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.layout(TemplateEngine.scala:582)
        at wdlTools.generators.Renderer.render(Renderer.scala:15)
        at dx.compiler.ApplicationCompiler.generateJobScript(ApplicationCompiler.scala:139)
        at dx.compiler.ApplicationCompiler.createRunSpec(ApplicationCompiler.scala:189)
        at dx.compiler.ApplicationCompiler.apply(ApplicationCompiler.scala:552)
        at dx.compiler.Compiler$BundleCompiler.maybeBuildApplet(Compiler.scala:357)
        at dx.compiler.Compiler$BundleCompiler.$anonfun$apply$1(Compiler.scala:471)
        at scala.collection.IterableOnceOps.foldLeft(IterableOnce.scala:646)
        at scala.collection.IterableOnceOps.foldLeft$(IterableOnce.scala:642)
        at scala.collection.AbstractIterable.foldLeft(Iterable.scala:926)
        at dx.compiler.Compiler$BundleCompiler.apply(Compiler.scala:441)
        at dx.compiler.Compiler.apply(Compiler.scala:494)
        at dxCompiler.Main$.compile(Main.scala:538)
        at dxCompiler.Main$.dispatchCommand(Main.scala:791)
        at dxCompiler.Main$.main(Main.scala:922)
        at dxCompiler.MainApp$.delayedEndpoint$dxCompiler$MainApp$1(Main.scala:927)
        at dxCompiler.MainApp$delayedInit$body.apply(Main.scala:926)
        at scala.Function0.apply$mcV$sp(Function0.scala:39)
        at scala.Function0.apply$mcV$sp$(Function0.scala:39)
        at scala.runtime.AbstractFunction0.apply$mcV$sp(AbstractFunction0.scala:17)
        at scala.App.$anonfun$main$1(App.scala:76)
        at scala.App.$anonfun$main$1$adapted(App.scala:76)
        at scala.collection.IterableOnceOps.foreach(IterableOnce.scala:563)
        at scala.collection.IterableOnceOps.foreach$(IterableOnce.scala:561)
        at scala.collection.AbstractIterable.foreach(Iterable.scala:926)
        at scala.App.main(App.scala:76)
        at scala.App.main$(App.scala:74)
        at dxCompiler.MainApp$.main(Main.scala:926)
        at dxCompiler.MainApp.main(Main.scala)
Caused by: scala.reflect.internal.FatalError:
  bad constant pool index: 0 at pos: 49176
     while compiling: <no file>
        during phase: globalPhase=<no phase>, enteringPhase=<some phase>
     library version: version 2.13.7
    compiler version: version 2.13.7
  reconstructed args: -dependencyfile none -deprecation -Wconf:cat=deprecation:w -Wconf:cat=deprecation:ws -Wconf:cat=feature:ws -Wconf:cat=optimizer:ws -classpath dxCompiler-2.11.6.jar -d /tmp/scalate-9011258783282726438-workdir/classes

  last tree to typer: EmptyTree
       tree position: <unknown>
            tree tpe: <notype>
              symbol: null
           call site: <none> in <none>

== Source file context for tree position ==


        at scala.reflect.internal.Reporting.abort(Reporting.scala:69)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Reporting.abort$(Reporting.scala:65)
        at scala.reflect.internal.SymbolTable.abort(SymbolTable.scala:28)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser$ConstantPool.errorBadIndex(ClassfileParser.scala:407)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser$ConstantPool.getExternalName(ClassfileParser.scala:262)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.readParamNames$1(ClassfileParser.scala:853)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.parseAttribute$1(ClassfileParser.scala:859)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.$anonfun$parseAttributes$6(ClassfileParser.scala:936)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.parseAttributes(ClassfileParser.scala:936)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.parseMethod(ClassfileParser.scala:635)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.parseClass(ClassfileParser.scala:548)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.$anonfun$parse$2(ClassfileParser.scala:174)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.$anonfun$parse$1(ClassfileParser.scala:159)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.classfile.ClassfileParser.parse(ClassfileParser.scala:142)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.SymbolLoaders$ClassfileLoader.doComplete(SymbolLoaders.scala:342)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.SymbolLoaders$SymbolLoader.$anonfun$complete$2(SymbolLoaders.scala:249)
        at scala.tools.nsc.symtab.SymbolLoaders$SymbolLoader.complete(SymbolLoaders.scala:247)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Symbols$Symbol.completeInfo(Symbols.scala:1561)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Symbols$Symbol.info(Symbols.scala:1533)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions.scala$reflect$internal$Definitions$$enterNewMethod(Definitions.scala:47)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.String_$plus$lzycompute(Definitions.scala:1256)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.String_$plus(Definitions.scala:1256)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.syntheticCoreMethods$lzycompute(Definitions.scala:1577)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.syntheticCoreMethods(Definitions.scala:1559)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.symbolsNotPresentInBytecode$lzycompute(Definitions.scala:1590)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.symbolsNotPresentInBytecode(Definitions.scala:1590)
        at scala.reflect.internal.Definitions$DefinitionsClass.init(Definitions.scala:1646)
        at scala.tools.nsc.Global$Run.<init>(Global.scala:1226)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.support.ScalaCompiler.compile(ScalaCompiler.scala:101)
        at org.fusesource.scalate.TemplateEngine.compileAndLoad(TemplateEngine.scala:787)
        ... 33 more