Description Greg Merrill 2020-07-29 20:16:48 EDT

Detail formatters encounter classloading-related issues which prevent them from rendering properly.  Consider this sample program:




package test;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class Test {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
		System.out.println(cal);
	}
	
}


And this detail formatter:

java.text.SimpleDateFormat fmt = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS z");
fmt.setTimeZone(this.getTimeZone());
return fmt.format(this.getTime()) + " " + this.getTimeZone().getID();


This produces the following error from the detail formatter:

Detail formatter error:
		The method getTimeZone() from the type GregorianCalendar refers to the missing type TimeZone
		The method getTime() is undefined for the type GregorianCalendar
		The method getTimeZone() from the type GregorianCalendar refers to the missing type TimeZone



However, the same essential expression works fine in a Debug Shell:

java.text.SimpleDateFormat fmt = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS z");
fmt.setTimeZone(cal.getTimeZone());
fmt.format(cal.getTime()) + " " + cal.getTimeZone().getID();