NullPointerException: Cannot load from short array because "sun.awt.FontConfiguration.head" is null"

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • The following exception running on headless JDK17:
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot load from short array because "sun.awt.FontConfiguration.head" is null"
Could not initialize class net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledTextParser.

Environment

  • OpenJDK17 (headless)

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