Jogl 2.4 and Java 8 FloatBuffer NoSuchMethodError

[ncollier]

Jogl 2.4 and Java 8:

caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.nio.FloatBuffer.rewind()Ljava/nio/FloatBuffer;
    at saf.v3d.grid.GridMesh.updateColors(GridMesh.java:119)
    at saf.v3d.grid.GridMesh.update(GridMesh.java:115)
    at saf.v3d.grid.VGridShape.update(VGridShape.java:25)
    at repast.simphony.visualizationOGL2D.ValueLayerDisplayLayer.update(ValueLayerDisplayLayer.java:67)
    at repast.simphony.visualizationOGL2D.DisplayOGL2D.update(DisplayOGL2D.java:402)
    at repast.simphony.visualizationOGL2D.DisplayOGL2D.reshape(DisplayOGL2D.java:589)
    at saf.v3d.Canvas2D.reshape(Canvas2D.java:400)
    at jogamp.opengl.GLDrawableHelper.reshape(GLDrawableHelper.java:751)
    at com.jogamp.opengl.awt.GLJPanel$Updater.display(GLJPanel.java:1442)
    at com.jogamp.opengl.awt.GLJPanel$10.run(GLJPanel.java:1521)
    at jogamp.opengl.GLDrawableHelper.invokeGLImpl(GLDrawableHelper.java:1293)

[ncollier]

Good explanation from apache/felix#114

Java 9 introduces overridden methods with covariant return types for the following methods in java.nio.ByteBuffer:

position​(int newPosition)
limit​(int newLimit)
flip​()
clear​()
mark​()
reset​()
rewind​()
In Java 9 they all now return ByteBuffer, whereas the methods they override return Buffer,
resulting in exceptions like this when executing on Java 8 and lower:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: java.nio.ByteBuffer.limit(I)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer
This is because the generated byte code includes the static return type of the method, which is not found on Java 8 and lower because the overloaded methods with covariant return types don't exist (the issue appears even with source and target 8 or lower in compilation parameters).
The solution is to cast ByteBuffer instances to Buffer before calling the method.

[ncollier]

Potential fix in b044a60. Need etatara to test.