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Error parsing emitter LibGDX ParticleEffects

I am using LibGDX 1.9.8 and attempting to add ParticleEffects made with the ParticleEditor.
I try to load a new effect with:
torchFX.load(Gdx.files.internal("effects/torch.p"), Gdx.files.internal("effects"));
But I am getting the below error
Exception in thread "LWJGL Application" java.lang.RuntimeException: Error parsing emitter: torch
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter.load(ParticleEmitter.java:1160)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter.<init>(ParticleEmitter.java:103)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEffect.newEmitter(ParticleEffect.java:227)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEffect.loadEmitters(ParticleEffect.java:173)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEffect.load(ParticleEffect.java:153)
at com.bbg.dc.AssetLoader.getTorchFX(AssetLoader.java:92)
at com.bbg.dc.scenes.GameScene.setupMap(GameScene.java:202)
at com.bbg.dc.scenes.GameScene.switchMap(GameScene.java:159)
at com.bbg.dc.scenes.GameScene.start(GameScene.java:139)
at com.bbg.dc.DCGame.changeScene(DCGame.java:160)
at com.bbg.dc.scenes.MainMenu.buttonPressed(MainMenu.java:33)
at com.bbg.dc.iface.Button.update(Button.java:98)
at com.bbg.dc.iface.Scene.update(Scene.java:180)
at com.bbg.dc.scenes.MainMenu.update(MainMenu.java:49)
at com.bbg.dc.DCGame.render(DCGame.java:129)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication.mainLoop(LwjglApplication.java:225)
at com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication$1.run(LwjglApplication.java:126)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No enum constant com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter.SpawnShape.false
at java.lang.Enum.valueOf(Enum.java:238)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter$SpawnShape.valueOf(ParticleEmitter.java:1637)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter$SpawnShapeValue.load(ParticleEmitter.java:1622)
at com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.g2d.ParticleEmitter.load(ParticleEmitter.java:1107)
... 16 more
I have already made sure to have the particle.png in the effects directory. I have tried it with my own custom particle effect as well as the ParticleEditor default. I have tried altering the SpawnShape to no avail. I have been coming to SO for answers for years and this is the first problem I couldn't solve by searching. I have also just updated all my jars to latest 1.9.8 and latest version of ParticleEditor. Any ideas?

I solved this by running ParticleEditor from the same gdx-tools.jar as my project uses. I assumed the runnable jar in the runnables folder in the libgdx repo was identical, but it is not. You must use the same tools.jar for both.

I had a very similar issue, looking at an older file which worked and a newer file I noticed there were a number of entries in the newer one which was not present in the working file.
Namely the line;
independent: false
Deleting all instances on this seemed to do the trick for me.
I assume it's an updated feature not present in the current stable version of libgdx (1.9.8 at the time of writing). It may be available in the nightly version.
Looks like a property that's been added to the tweens on each individual property.
It would be useful if the older builds of the tools were more easily accessible.

Struts2-jasperreports-plugin not functioning with newer version of japserreports

I'm working with a struts 2.3.4.1 and am using the struts2-jasperreports-plugin to display a pre-compiled report. Fonts have been giving me issues, which I found was supposedly fixed in Jasperreports 6 (specifically issues with Calibri). Because I'm on a legacy system running java 6, the last version I can use is 6.2.2. But when I try to display my report, I get java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRLoader.loadObject(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Object;
org.apache.struts2.views.jasperreports.JasperReportsResult.doExecute(JasperReportsResult.java:323), which seems to be a function called by the struts2-jasperreports-plugin that doesn't exist in jasperreports 6+. I've been looking around, but cannot find out if/how to change this behavior and am beginning to think that I need to update the version of my plugin.
Is there a way to change the function called by the plugin, or am I going to need to change the version of struts to get the behavior I expect? Is it possible to write an adapter for a plugin?

After some more troubleshooting, I found https://stackoverflow.com/a/37864625/892327 in which an adapter was made using existing code, which I got from https://web.archive.org/web/20180523111530/http://grepcode.com/file/repo1.maven.org/maven2/net.sf.jasperreports/jasperreports/6.1.0/net/sf/jasperreports/engine/util/JRLoader.java/, and added the missing loadObject(String fileName) function as an adapter for the loadFromFile(String fileName). Which cleared the NoSuchMethodError.
However, the original issue java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 sun.font.ExtendedTextSourceLabel.createCharinfo(ExtendedTextSourceLabel.java:592 returned, which was "fixed" by changing the version of Java I was running, found at Error generating JasperReport in Development mode.
Because I'm working with a legacy system that runs on Java 6, I've given up since the original issue is JRE based and not a bad Jasperreports library or struts plugin.

I'm having a trouble with starting Eclipse : Error : ... cannot be solved to a type

I really don't know what the problem is.
I followed several web postings about installing and settings of JDK/ JRE and also completed clearly on environment variables :Path & CLASS PATH
I'm sure about that since i checked the cmd and it worked well.
the same problem occured over and over again.
I corrected on Library tab
I add the Library list like this,
But, I still have the same problem. Did I make a severe mistake? what should I do about this problem?
still have JAVA problems

Please check the Java source directory configuration under Java Build Path, Source tab and Java Compiler version settings.

Did you recently update your Java version? If so, then you have to readjust your path so that it directs to the new updated version.

Using JRuby in Android Studio

I'm trying to use JRuby in projects created in Android studio. I have built the latest (as of 9/10/2014) JRuby, and have completely updated Android Studio. I have a working app that I can use to test. I have a copy of jruby.jar in the MyApp/app/libs directory. Once there I right-clicked on jruby.jar and selected "Add as Library", which presumably did something (though what I am not certain), and have added the line "compile files('libs/jruby.jar')" to the build.gradle that is in MyApp/app/.
In one of the class files I have "import org.jruby.embed.ScriptingContainer;", which Android Studio says is fine (if I hadn't added jruby.jar as a library I couldn't include this without an error). Then in one of the working methods I say "ScriptingContainer container = new ScriptingContainer();". When I run this method the app will crash. I won't try to include the whole error message, but the important part seems to be:
Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.jruby.embed.internal.AbstractLocalContextProvider.<init>(AbstractLocalContextProvider.java:42)
at org.jruby.embed.internal.SingletonLocalContextProvider.<init>(SingletonLocalContextProvider.java:88)
at org.jruby.embed.ScriptingContainer.getProviderInstance(ScriptingContainer.java:248)
at org.jruby.embed.ScriptingContainer.<init>(ScriptingContainer.java:228)
at org.jruby.embed.ScriptingContainer.<init>(ScriptingContainer.java:185)
and
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: unsupported Java version: 0.9
at org.jruby.RubyInstanceConfig.initGlobalJavaVersion(RubyInstanceConfig.java:1858)
at org.jruby.RubyInstanceConfig.<clinit>(RubyInstanceConfig.java:1608)
At least, those are the parts that make sense to me. I hav no idea why I would get the error "java.lang.RuntimeException: unsupported Java version: 0.9", since I am using 1.8.0_20. The rest of the errors I cannot follow. When I click on any of the files giving me an error (say AbstractLocalContextProvider.java:42) Android Studio will show the file but also say "Sources not found". That could be the problem, but I don't know why it can't find the sources.
Thanks for any help,
Brian

Uwe Kubosch (‏#donv70) was able to tell me the solution to this via Twitter, so credit to him, but I wanted to post the solution here in case anyone else needs it.
It was Java version that was causing the problem. In Ruboto the problem is solved here: https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto/blob/master/assets/src/org/ruboto/JRubyAdapter.java#L137
and for use in Android Studio it is necessary only to include the line: System.setProperty("jruby.bytecode.version", "1.6");
The number of course can be 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8, depending on your version of Java.

Looks like an interoperability problem between JRuby and the Dalvik VM (don't forget that you're running against Dalvik, not the Java VM).
There's a bug report at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JRUBY-5774 that may lead you in the right direction.
It's kind of old, and is marked 'fixed', but maybe it'll provide some clues?

error: InitialLoadEntityManagerProxy is not abstract

I am learning JavaFX by looking at the official samples. I installed everything (jdk1.7.0_21, netBean3.7, MySQL, javafx-samples-2.2.21) few weeks ago. After I fixed the MySQL user table issue (one column less in build.xml file of DataAppLoader project), I was able run the DataApp project except the web version (DataAppServer project).
This morning I just updated the NetBeans via its Help menu try to get DataAppServer working. Then I got above compile error. I thought it was the version issue because I still use the 1.7.0_21 JDK.
Then I uninstalled everything related and installed the latest, jdk 1.7.0.25, glassfish 4, javafx-sample-2.2.25 and NetBeans 3.7.1.
I am surprised the database miss match is still there (they may be able to check the database version to determine which insert statement should be used.) and I still cannot compile the samples with this error.
error: InitialLoadEntityManagerProxy is not abstract and does not override abstract method <T>getEntityGraphs(Class<T>) in EntityManager
public class InitialLoadEntityManagerProxy implements EntityManager {
where T is a type-variable:
T extends Object declared in method <T>getEntityGraphs(Class<T>)
I really hope it is only my issue but not theirs issue. Otherwise the quality of the release will hurt so many users.
I am using windows 7 64-bit. The correct java.exe and javac.exe are used. I am an Eclipse user. NetBeans IDE is new to me.
Any help will be appreciated.
EDIT:
I didn't change/add anything except that build.xml to be able to initialize the database.

Put your mouse over the class name and hit Alt+Enter (to show hints). Then select implement all abstract methods. That worked for me.