Issues with graphhopper-traffic-data-integration

I am trying to install on my machine the app graphhopper-traffic-data-integration. Unfortunately, I am running through an error I am not able to solve which I copy paste below under the body of question.

I have been stuck with this issue for some time now and I am completely helpless (very recent beginner in Java).

Many thanks in advance

[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 16.906 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2017-09-07T05:22:46+02:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 25M/82M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single (default-cli) on project traffic-demo: Execution default-cli of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single failed: An API incompatibility was encountered while executing org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6:single: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: null
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[ERROR] realm = plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-assembly-plugin:2.6
[ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
[ERROR] urls[0] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/2.6/maven-assembly-plugin-2.6.jar
[ERROR] urls[1] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/slf4j-jdk14/1.5.6/slf4j-jdk14-1.5.6.jar
[ERROR] urls[2] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/slf4j/jcl-over-slf4j/1.5.6/jcl-over-slf4j-1.5.6.jar
[ERROR] urls[3] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/reporting/maven-reporting-api/2.2.1/maven-reporting-api-2.2.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[4] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-sink-api/1.1/doxia-sink-api-1.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[5] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/doxia/doxia-logging-api/1.1/doxia-logging-api-1.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[6] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/junit/junit/3.8.1/junit-3.8.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[7] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/commons-cli/commons-cli/1.2/commons-cli-1.2.jar
[ERROR] urls[8] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interactivity-api/1.0-alpha-4/plexus-interactivity-api-1.0-alpha-4.jar
[ERROR] urls[9] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/backport-util-concurrent/backport-util-concurrent/3.1/backport-util-concurrent-3.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[10] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/1.3/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.3.jar
[ERROR] urls[11] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-cipher/1.4/plexus-cipher-1.4.jar
[ERROR] urls[12] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-common-artifact-filters/1.4/maven-common-artifact-filters-1.4.jar
[ERROR] urls[13] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-interpolation/1.22/plexus-interpolation-1.22.jar
[ERROR] urls[14] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/3.0.1/plexus-archiver-3.0.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[15] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/iq80/snappy/snappy/0.3/snappy-0.3.jar
[ERROR] urls[16] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/file-management/1.1/file-management-1.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[17] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-shared-io/1.1/maven-shared-io-1.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[18] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/commons-io/commons-io/2.2/commons-io-2.2.jar
[ERROR] urls[19] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-filtering/1.3/maven-filtering-1.3.jar
[ERROR] urls[20] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-shared-utils/0.6/maven-shared-utils-0.6.jar
[ERROR] urls[21] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/com/google/code/findbugs/jsr305/2.0.1/jsr305-2.0.1.jar
[ERROR] urls[22] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-build-api/0.0.4/plexus-build-api-0.0.4.jar
[ERROR] urls[23] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-io/2.6/plexus-io-2.6.jar
[ERROR] urls[24] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/maven-archiver/2.5/maven-archiver-2.5.jar
[ERROR] urls[25] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.0.21/plexus-utils-3.0.21.jar
[ERROR] urls[26] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/shared/maven-repository-builder/1.0/maven-repository-builder-1.0.jar
[ERROR] urls[27] = file:/home/gacoche/.m2/repository/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar
[ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
[ERROR] import: Entry[import from realm ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]
[ERROR]
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[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginContainerException

Highly likely you are using JDK9 and some maven plugins does not seem to be compatible with it (GH itself is compatible). Try Java JDK8

Awesome, thank you. It worked.