MRI patches in controller found this failure, in https://logs.opendaylight.org/releng/vex-yul-odl-jenkins-1/controller-maven-verify-neon-mvn35-openjdk8/83/console.log.gz :
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NOK org.opendaylight.controller.netty-timer-config:0.10.0.SNAPSHOT: OSGi state = Active, Karaf bundleState = Failure, due to: Blueprint 8/23/18 10:04 AM Exception: Unable to instantiate components org.osgi.service.blueprint.container.ComponentDefinitionException: Unable to instantiate components at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.instantiateEagerComponents(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:720) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.doRun(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:413) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.run(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:278) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintExtender.createContainer(BlueprintExtender.java:299) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintExtender.createContainer(BlueprintExtender.java:268) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintExtender.access$1000(BlueprintExtender.java:68) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintExtender$BlueprintContainerServiceImpl.createContainer(BlueprintExtender.java:609) at org.opendaylight.controller.blueprint.BlueprintBundleTracker.modifiedBundle(BlueprintBundleTracker.java:215) at org.opendaylight.controller.blueprint.BlueprintBundleTracker.addingBundle(BlueprintBundleTracker.java:196) at org.opendaylight.controller.blueprint.BlueprintBundleTracker.addingBundle(BlueprintBundleTracker.java:50) at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.customizerAdding(BundleTracker.java:469) at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.customizerAdding(BundleTracker.java:415) at org.osgi.util.tracker.AbstractTracked.trackAdding(AbstractTracked.java:256) at org.osgi.util.tracker.AbstractTracked.track(AbstractTracked.java:229) at org.osgi.util.tracker.BundleTracker$Tracked.bundleChanged(BundleTracker.java:444) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:908) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230) at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEventPrivileged(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:213) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:120) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:112) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxContainerAdaptor.publishModuleEvent(EquinoxContainerAdaptor.java:168) at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.publishEvent(Module.java:476) at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:467) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.start(EquinoxBundle.java:383) at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.start(EquinoxBundle.java:402) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.BundleInstallSupportImpl.startBundle(BundleInstallSupportImpl.java:161) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.startBundle(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:1116) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:996) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.doProvision(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:1025) at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.lambda$doProvisionInThread$13(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:964) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported type null at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.generics.ClassUtil.getClazz(ClassUtil.java:180) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.generics.ClassUtil.getClass(ClassUtil.java:85) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.generics.TypeInference.match(TypeInference.java:286) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.generics.TypeInference.findMatching(TypeInference.java:231) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.generics.TypeInference.findMatchingStatics(TypeInference.java:135) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.findMatchingMethods(BeanRecipe.java:401) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.getInstanceFromStaticFactory(BeanRecipe.java:326) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.getInstance(BeanRecipe.java:281) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate2(BeanRecipe.java:685) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate(BeanRecipe.java:666) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe$1.call(AbstractRecipe.java:81) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe.create(AbstractRecipe.java:90) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createInstances(BlueprintRepository.java:360) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createAll(BlueprintRepository.java:190) at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.instantiateEagerComponents(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:716) ... 34 more