Error when running dolly.jar (of InDesign plugin sdk)

Report · Aug 07, 2023

Hi,

I have downloaded InDesign plugin "plugin_sdk_18.4.0.56". I am trying to run dolly.jar from its devtools, however I get following error when running with java version 1.7.0_80:

C:\Zia\Installations\plugin_sdk_18.4.0.56\devtools\dolly>java -jar dolly.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/adobe/devtech/dollyxs/DollyXs : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(Unknown Source)

When I run with Java version 11 or version17, I get following error:

C:\Zia\Installations\plugin_sdk_18.4.0.56\devtools\dolly>java -jar dolly.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/w3c/dom/ls/DocumentLS
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1017)
at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:174)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.defineClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:800)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.findClassOnClassPathOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:698)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClassOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:621)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:579)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl.newDocumentBuilder(Unknown Source)
at com.adobe.devtech.dollyxs.DollyXs.createDataFromInput(DollyXs.java:102)
at com.adobe.devtech.dollyxs.DollyXs.DoWithUI(DollyXs.java:585)
at com.adobe.devtech.dollyxs.DollyXs.main(DollyXs.java:823)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.w3c.dom.ls.DocumentLS
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581)
at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)

I need to build an InDesign plugin and as per document dolly.jar is to be run to create a new project.

kindly help.

Report · Aug 08, 2023

Hi @user6965273.,

This might not be the answer that you are looking for, but my suggestion would be to pick up the project of a sample plugin depending upon the features you need and tweak that as your own project. I have not used dolly for ages and I doubt you would get some serious help on it, so rather than wasting time on it it's better you explore alternatives.

@Rishabh_Tiwari can you get some help here if possible.

-Manan