Eclipse failed to start. Javax / annotation / postconstruct is missing

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Just now I started eclipse (neon version), but it couldn’t start normally, and then a pop-up box appeared

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!SESSION 2018-03-07 18:45:23.034 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=4.6.2.M20161124-1400
java.version=9.0.4
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=zh_CN
Framework arguments:  -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2018-03-07 18:45:28.474
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:386)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:294)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:162)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultHeadlessContext(E4Application.java:490)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultContext(E4Application.java:504)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:203)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:632)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:610)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:148)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:138)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:673)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:610)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1519)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1492)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:151)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:375)
	... 23 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.annotation.PostConstruct cannot be found by org.eclipse.e4.core.di_1.6.1.v20160712-0927
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:410)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:372)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:364)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:161)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
	... 25 more

It is said on the Internet that the reason is caused by jdk9, and the solution is given:

Find eclipse installation path

Add a sentence:

--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM

Save and restart eclipse

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