Exception "Could resolve the return type of the lambda at"

[boris779]

Describe the bug
Always get an Exception when starting cucumber tests with a runConfig in IntelliJ or with java command line:

/home/boris/.jdks/openjdk-15.0.1/bin/java -javaagent:/home/boris/idea/lib/idea_rt.jar=32965:/home/boris/idea/bin -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath /home/boris/repos --tags @boris --plugin json:target/cucumber-report/json/desktop.json --plugin html:target/cucumber-report/html/desktop-portal --glue at.xxxxxxx_webtest.step_definitions src/test/resources/features

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Sharing is only supported for boot loader classes because bootstrap classpath has been appended
Jun 16, 2021 1:47:06 PM io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime run
SEVERE: Exception while executing pickle
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could resolve the return type of the lambda at CommonSteps.kt:15
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.report(FutureTask.java:122)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:191)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.run(Runtime.java:93)
	at io.cucumber.core.cli.Main.run(Main.java:92)
	at io.cucumber.core.cli.Main.main(Main.java:34)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could resolve the return type of the lambda at CommonSteps.kt:15
	at io.cucumber.java8.AbstractGlueDefinition.resolveRawArguments(AbstractGlueDefinition.java:80)
	at io.cucumber.java8.Java8StepDefinition.<init>(Java8StepDefinition.java:25)
	at io.cucumber.java8.Java8StepDefinition.create(Java8StepDefinition.java:40)
	at io.cucumber.java8.De.Dann(De.java:387)
	at at.xxxxxxxxx.step_definitions.CommonSteps.<init>(CommonSteps.kt:15)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:64)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:500)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:481)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector.newInstance(AbstractInjector.java:145)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector$1.run(ConstructorInjector.java:342)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjector$ThreadLocalCyclicDependencyGuard.observe(AbstractInjector.java:270)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.ConstructorInjector.getComponentInstance(ConstructorInjector.java:364)
	at org.picocontainer.injectors.AbstractInjectionFactory$LifecycleAdapter.getComponentInstance(AbstractInjectionFactory.java:56)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.AbstractBehavior.getComponentInstance(AbstractBehavior.java:64)
	at org.picocontainer.behaviors.Stored.getComponentInstance(Stored.java:91)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getInstance(DefaultPicoContainer.java:699)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:647)
	at org.picocontainer.DefaultPicoContainer.getComponent(DefaultPicoContainer.java:678)
	at io.cucumber.picocontainer.PicoFactory.getInstance(PicoFactory.java:49)
	at io.cucumber.java8.Java8Backend.buildWorld(Java8Backend.java:64)
	at io.cucumber.core.runner.Runner.buildBackendWorlds(Runner.java:101)
	at io.cucumber.core.runner.Runner.runPickle(Runner.java:67)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$execute$5(Runtime.java:110)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.CucumberExecutionContext.runTestCase(CucumberExecutionContext.java:117)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$execute$6(Runtime.java:110)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run$$$capture(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime$SameThreadExecutorService.execute(Runtime.java:233)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.AbstractExecutorService.submit(AbstractExecutorService.java:118)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.lambda$run$2(Runtime.java:86)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.SliceOps$1$1.accept(SliceOps.java:199)
	at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.tryAdvance(ArrayList.java:1602)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:127)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:502)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:488)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:913)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
	at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:578)
	at io.cucumber.core.runtime.Runtime.run(Runtime.java:87)
	... 2 more

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Compile selenium/cucumber tests
2. See error

Expected behavior
It was running since 3 years, but since yesterday I have trouble to run it directly in IntelliJ as CucumberTest

Your Environment

• Versions used 6.10.4
• Operating System and version Ubuntu 20.10.
• Build tool mvn (IntelliJ 2021.1.2)
• Kotlin as Compiler

Additional context
when running test from commandline via mvn, there is no error

[mpkorstanje]

If you look at the code you can see that we are using typetools.

cucumber-jvm/java8/src/main/java/io/cucumber/java8/AbstractGlueDefinition.java

Lines 74 to 83 in b73b38b

	Class<?>[] resolveRawArguments(Class<?> bodyClass, Class<?> body) {
	Class<?>[] rawArguments = TypeResolver.resolveRawArguments(bodyClass, body);
	for (Class<?> aClass : rawArguments) {
	if (TypeResolver.Unknown.class.equals(aClass)) {
	throw new IllegalStateException("" +
	"Could resolve the return type of the lambda at " + location.getFileName() + ":"
	+ location.getLineNumber());
	}
	}
	return rawArguments;

Typetools uses implementation details of the JDK to determine the types of lambda method. As such it is likely that you are using an exotic JDK. And because you are using IDEA you may be using IDEA's built-in compiler by mistake (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/67817085/3945473).

Your options are:

1 ) Ensure you are using a regular JDK
2) Debug typetools
3) Provide a fix to typetools to support IDEA's compiler or your current JDK.

This is less then ideal and as such we are considering cucumber-lambda as a replacement for cucumber-java8.