Error! The first argument to the non-static Java f

Question

I am trying to get ANT to create an HTML report of a JUNIT test in Eclipse but after I created the ANT build I get the following errors when I run it:

[junitreport] Processing C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\workspace\Home\junit\TESTS-TestSuites.xml to C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\null785926900
[junitreport] Loading stylesheet jar:file:/C:/ANT/apache-ant-1.8.3/lib/ant-junit.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/xsl/junit-frames.xsl
[junitreport] : Error! The first argument to the non-static Java function 'replace' is not a valid object reference.
[junitreport] : Error! Cannot convert data-type 'void' to 'reference'.
[junitreport] : Fatal Error! Could not compile stylesheet
[junitreport] Failed to process C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\workspace\Home\junit\TESTS-TestSuites.xml

What do I need to do to fix this?

Here are the sections of my Build.xml I am trying to run:

<target name="Home">
    <mkdir dir="${junit.output.dir}"/>
    <junit fork="yes" printsummary="withOutAndErr">
        <formatter type="xml"/>
        <test name="Home" todir="${junit.output.dir}"/>
        <classpath refid="Home.classpath"/>
    </junit>
</target>
<target name="junitreport">
    <junitreport todir="${junit.output.dir}">
        <fileset dir="${junit.output.dir}">
            <include name="TEST-*.xml"/>
        </fileset>
        <report format="frames" todir="${junit.output.dir}"/>
    </junitreport>
</target>

Answer 1

I met this situation while running my java program on Ubuntu 12.04 with *java 1.7.0_51* on Eclipse SDK Juno. I take Bhagyaraj's suggestion which is using apache-ant-1.9.2 instead. (p.s. The default ant version of Eclipse Juno is *org.apache.ant_1.8.3*, and I use apache-ant-1.9.3)

You may following my steps to setup.

1. Download apache-ant-1.9.3-bin.zip and extract to a place where you want.
2. Open your eclipse and choose Window --> Preferences
3. You can see the Preferences window. On the left hand side please choose ant --> runtime
4. Now focus on right hand-site of the window. Make sure you are now on Classpath tab and choose Ant Home Entries(Default).The buttons on the right which is Ant Home... is now click-able.
5. No doubt, click on Ant Home... button and choose the folder where your ant-1.9.3 is. In this step, if you choose wrong folder, Eclipse may show the error message something like Specified Ant home does not contain a "lib" directory. If you choose the right directory, Ant Home Entries(Default) will become **Ant Home Entries()
6. Don't forget to click apply.

After change those, while you right click on build.xml file and choose Run --> 1 Ant Build, the error message won't show because your ant is now 1.9.3.

I also download apache-ant-1.8.4 to run my build file, but the error can't be solved.