Is Maven ready for JDK9?

Question

Today I tried the latest jdk9 Build 113 and tried to compile my project with the latest Maven 3.3.9

These are the commands (found partially via twitter)

export MVN_OPTS="-Dmaven.compiler.fork -Dmaven.compiler.executable=/somewhere/Downloads/jdk-9/bin/javac"
export JAVA_HOME="/somewhere/Downloads/jdk-9"
mvn clean install

But I get this error ... in short:

[WARNING] Error injecting: org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.jar.JarArchiver
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(java.base@9-ea/Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(java.base@9-ea/NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)

...

at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
    at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.AbstractZipArchiver.<clinit>(AbstractZipArchiver.java:116)
    ... 89 more
[WARNING] Error injecting: org.apache.maven.plugin.jar.JarMojo
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(java.base@9-ea/Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(java.base@9-ea/NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)

...

at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
    at org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.zip.AbstractZipArchiver.<clinit>(AbstractZipArchiver.java:116)
    ... 89 more

What is the correct maven configuration or parameters to use for JDK9?

$ mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T17:41:47+01:00)
Maven home: /home/somewhere/Downloads/maven
Java version: 9-ea, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /home/somewhere/Downloads/jdk-9
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux",...

Answer 1

Here is the answer from one Maven PMC member (me):

No, it is not. Robert Scholte is working on it. Jigsaw and other stuff introduced a lot of changes. There is no official timeframe where full compat (Maven + official plugins) will be given.

The issue you see is actually not Maven but Plexus Archiver. Refer to their GitHub page. If you think you can add value, contact maven-dev mailing list.

Progress documentation: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Java+9+-+Jigsaw