fabric8 build fails with JDK8

The fabric8 build hangs when using JKD8 with the error below when building tooling/rh-support/redhat-support-lib-java. I will apply the workaround described here:

https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAXB-89

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: jar:file:/home/jenkins/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-xjc/2.2.7/jaxb-xjc-2.2.7.jar!/com/sun/tools/xjc/reader/xmlschema/bindinfo/binding.xsd; lineNumber: 52; columnNumber: 88; schema_reference: Failed to read schema document 'xjc.xsd', because 'file' access is not allowed due to restriction set by the accessExternalSchema property.
at com.sun.tools.xjc.SchemaCache.newValidator(SchemaCache.java:80)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.bindinfo.AnnotationParserFactoryImpl$1$1.startElement(AnnotationParserFactoryImpl.java:118)
at com.sun.xml.xsom.impl.parser.state.NGCCRuntime.startElement(NGCCRuntime.java:253)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.util.SubtreeCutter.startElement(SubtreeCutter.java:108)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.ExtensionBindingChecker.startElement(ExtensionBindingChecker.java:150)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.parser.IncorrectNamespaceURIChecker.startElement(IncorrectNamespaceURIChecker.java:128)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.xmlschema.parser.CustomizationContextChecker.startElement(CustomizationContextChecker.java:193)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader$SpeculationChecker.startElement(ModelLoader.java:473)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.reader.internalizer.VersionChecker.startElement(VersionChecker.java:103)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.startElement(XMLFilterImpl.java:551)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(AbstractSAXParser.java:509)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:379)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:2786)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:606)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:117)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:510)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:848)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:777)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(AbstractSAXParser.java:1213)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(SAXParserImpl.java:649)
at org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLFilterImpl.parse(XMLFilterImpl.java:357)
at com.sun.xml.xsom.parser.JAXPParser.parse(JAXPParser.java:94)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader$2.parse(ModelLoader.java:497)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader$XMLSchemaParser.parse(ModelLoader.java:269)
at com.sun.xml.xsom.impl.parser.NGCCRuntimeEx.parseEntity(NGCCRuntimeEx.java:347)
at com.sun.xml.xsom.impl.parser.ParserContext.parse(ParserContext.java:128)
at com.sun.xml.xsom.parser.XSOMParser.parse(XSOMParser.java:168)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.createXSOMSpeculative(ModelLoader.java:514)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.loadXMLSchema(ModelLoader.java:369)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.load(ModelLoader.java:174)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.ModelLoader.load(ModelLoader.java:119)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.Driver.run(Driver.java:333)
at org.codehaus.mojo.jaxb2.AbstractXjcMojo.execute(AbstractXjcMojo.java:316)
at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:106)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)
at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:317)
at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:152)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:555)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:214)
at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:158)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415)
at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; systemId: jar:file:/home/jenkins/.m2/repository/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-xjc/2.2.7/jaxb-xjc-2.2.7.jar!/com/sun/tools/xjc/reader/xmlschema/bindinfo/binding.xsd; lineNumber: 52; columnNumber: 88; schema_reference: Failed to read schema document 'xjc.xsd', because 'file' access is not allowed due to restriction set by the accessExternalSchema property.
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:441)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.reportSchemaErr(XSDHandler.java:4162)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.reportSchemaFatalError(XSDHandler.java:4141)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.getSchemaDocument(XSDHandler.java:2168)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.resolveSchema(XSDHandler.java:2078)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.constructTrees(XSDHandler.java:1008)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.traversers.XSDHandler.parseSchema(XSDHandler.java:620)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.loadSchema(XMLSchemaLoader.java:616)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.loadGrammar(XMLSchemaLoader.java:574)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaLoader.loadGrammar(XMLSchemaLoader.java:540)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.validation.XMLSchemaFactory.newSchema(XMLSchemaFactory.java:255)
at javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory.newSchema(SchemaFactory.java:638)
at javax.xml.validation.SchemaFactory.newSchema(SchemaFactory.java:670)
at com.sun.tools.xjc.SchemaCache.newValidator(SchemaCache.java:77)
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