Unable to process jar entries after upgrading JRS to v8.0

Problem Description:

00269: 12-May-2022 13:31:17.902 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.startup.ContextConfig.processAnnotationsJar Unable to process Jar entry [module-info.class] from Jar [jar:file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jaxws-tools-2.3.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/picocli-4.5.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-core-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/streambuffer-1.5.7.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/policy-2.7.6.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-annotations-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-databind-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/saaj-impl-1.5.1.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/spark-jdbc42-2.6.18.1023.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta.jws-api-1.1.1.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta.xml.soap-api-1.4.1.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/cache2k-config-2.2.1.Final.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta.xml.bind-api-2.3.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta.xml.ws-api-2.3.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/cache2k-core-2.2.1.Final.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/cache2k-api-2.2.1.Final.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/snowflake-jdbc-3.13.5.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-jaxrs-json-provider-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jaxws-rt-2.3.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/bcprov-jdk15on-1.68.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-jaxrs-base-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/bcpkix-jdk15on-1.68.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/neo4j-jdbc42-1.0.8.1009.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/impala-jdbc42-2.6.21.1025.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/istack-commons-runtime-3.0.8.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/stax-ex-1.8.1.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jaxb-api-2.3.1.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jaxb-runtime-2.3.2.jar!/] for annotations
file:/C:/opt/Jasper-Server/Tomcat%208.0/webapps/Jasper/WEB-INF/lib/jackson-module-jaxb-annotations-2.11.4.jar!/] for annotations
01110: org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.ClassFormatException: Invalid byte tag in constant pool: 19
01111: at org.apache.tomcat.util.bcel.classfile.Constant.readConstant(Constant.java:97)

Solution:

If you are getting similar errors especially during upgrade, the problem may be you are using an older uncertified version of Tomcat.  For example, in a previous version of JRS, you were using Tomcat 8.0.  But you upgraded to JRS 8.0 without upgrading Tomcat.   That would be one reason, if not the only reason, that you are getting these errors.