When trying to connect to a database with username and password using SQL Developer 26.2.0.186 and the 23.26.2 instant client under Windows, the following error is returned:
java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: JSON_PROVIDER
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.loadOsonConverter(PhysicalConnection.java:13092)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.readConnectionProperties(PhysicalConnection.java:1830)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CConnection.readConnectionProperties(T2CConnection.java:341)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.(PhysicalConnection.java:1040)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CConnection.(T2CConnection.java:264)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CDriverExtension.getConnection(T2CDriverExtension.java:86)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CDriverExtension.getConnection(T2CDriverExtension.java:53)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:909)
at oracle.jdbc.datasource.impl.OracleDataSource.getPhysicalConnection(OracleDataSource.java:717)
at oracle.jdbc.datasource.impl.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:385)
at oracle.jdbc.datasource.impl.OracleDataSource.getConnectionInternal(OracleDataSource.java:2225)
at oracle.jdbc.datasource.impl.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:358)
at oracle.jdbc.datasource.impl.OracleDataSource.getConnection(OracleDataSource.java:319)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.standalone.connection.RaptorConnectionCreator.createConnection(RaptorConnectionCreator.java:428)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.standalone.connection.RaptorConnectionCreator.getConnectionImpl(RaptorConnectionCreator.java:400)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.standalone.connection.RaptorConnectionCreator.getConnection(RaptorConnectionCreator.java:120)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.dialogs.conn.ConnectionPrompt$DefaultPrompter.promptForPassword(ConnectionPrompt.java:154)
at oracle.dbtools.connections.db.PasswordPrompter.promptForPassword(PasswordPrompter.java:15)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.dialogs.conn.ConnectionPrompt.promptForPassword(ConnectionPrompt.java:202)
at oracle.dbtools.connections.db.DatabaseProvider.getConnection(DatabaseProvider.java:363)
at oracle.dbtools.connections.db.DatabaseProvider.getConnection(DatabaseProvider.java:346)
at oracle.jdevimpl.db.adapter.CAConnectionCreator.createConnectionImpl(CAConnectionCreator.java:52)
at oracle.javatools.db.DatabaseFactory.createConnection(DatabaseFactory.java:838)
at oracle.javatools.db.DatabaseFactory.createDatabase(DatabaseFactory.java:282)
at oracle.jdeveloper.db.DatabaseConnections.getDatabase(DatabaseConnections.java:657)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections$ConnectionInfo.getDatabase(Connections.java:285)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections.getConnection(Connections.java:1181)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections.getConnection(Connections.java:1167)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.DatabaseConnection.openConnectionImpl(DatabaseConnection.java:83)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.DatabaseConnection.openConnectionImpl(DatabaseConnection.java:38)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.BaseConnectionNode.getConnection(BaseConnectionNode.java:91)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.impl.DatabaseTreeNode.getObjectFactory(DatabaseTreeNode.java:90)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.impl.DatabaseTreeNode$LoadTask.doWork(DatabaseTreeNode.java:145)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.db.impl.DatabaseTreeNode$LoadTask.doWork(DatabaseTreeNode.java:119)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.backgroundTask.RaptorTask.call(RaptorTask.java:204)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.backgroundTask.RaptorTaskManager$RaptorFutureTask.run(RaptorTaskManager.java:798)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
A work-around is to use the 23.26.0 instant client.