Fixing Structure.setFieldOrder Error in Fisheye

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*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Summary

Fisheye/Crucible shows a similar error as shown below

To avoid this message, either call Structure.setFieldOrder() in your Structures constructor, or set jna.predictable_field_order=true if you are certain the VM you are using provides fields in a predictable order.

Solution

To fix the error, perform the following:

  1. Shutdown your Fisheye/Crucible instance.

  2. Add -Djna.predictable_field_order=true to the FISHEYE_OPTS environment variable.

  3. Start your Fisheye instance

Updated on May 22, 2025

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