IllegalAccessError: class com.sun.xml.wss.impl.SecurableSoapMessage exception in Web Service

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After migrating the web services client application to JDK 17, it fails to load classes with the following exception.

    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class com.sun.xml.wss.impl.SecurableSoapMessage (in unnamed module @0x0000x000) cannot access class com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.Init (in module java.xml.crypto) because module java.xml.crypto does not export com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security to unnamed module @0x0000x000

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenJDK
    • 11
    • 17
    • 21

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