[resolved] ERROR: '&' is an invalid character in a configuration name

[Anonymous]

Hi there,
While constructing a job on TOS_DI 6.0.0, I'm facing the following error :

ERROR: '&' is an invalid character in a configuration name
org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: '&' is an invalid character in a configuration name
    at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfigurationType.newInstance(LaunchConfigurationType.java:475)

follows a long stack of "at ..." and at some point :

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: '&' is an invalid character in a configuration name
    at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchManager.isValidLaunchConfigurationName(LaunchManager.java:2710)
    at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfigurationType.newInstance(LaunchConfigurationType.java:473)
    ... 69 more
ERROR: Can't create maven command launcher.
java.lang.Exception: Can't create maven command launcher.

and some more "at...".
I used to get my workspace located in a path where I could find a & in a subdirectory name. Thought it was coming from this.
I switched the workspace to another path without directories using & in their names.
Still got the same error message.
By exporting the job I found some remaining mentions to the old path (with a directory using & in its name) in my job's .item file, which I corrected and now, still exporting the job I find no mention to the old path anymore.
Restarted TOS_DI, but the job construction still fails with the same error message.
What's going wrong ? Where should I check to correct it and be able to construct a standalone job ?

[Anonymous]

I just reinstall TOS DI from scratch removing all the configs I could find here and there, and changing the workspace directory.
Then I got an error with maven :

ERROR: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) on project routines: Fatal error compiling: tools.jar not found: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/../lib/tools.jar ->

Don't know why java-7 when I configured Java to use java 8 Oracle (in the directory of which I find tools.jar...),
and :

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

So I just removed java-7-openjdk-amd64 from the list of Installed JREs in the Java Preferences...
And it turned to build the job!
Later I'll have to check the standalone job, not right now...

[Anonymous]

Hi mpintor,
So far, talend don't support for open JDK.
Please see document about:TalendHelpCenter:Compatible Platforms and Java environments.
Feel free to let us know if there is any futher help we can give.
Best regards
Sabrina

[jeoste]

Hello,

Just to give another solution to this problem :

Be sure that the current GIT branches you're working on don't include the '&' character, it creates the same error

ERROR: Can't create maven command launcher.