Is it necessary to pass the following flag --add-opens", "java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED when using AspectJ on JDK-17. If I don’t include this flag, I get the following error.

[AppClassLoader@251a69d7] warning define generated class failed -- (NullPointerException) Cannot invoke "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Object, Object[])" because "org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.bindTo_Method" is null
Cannot invoke "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Object, Object[])" because "org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.bindTo_Method" is null
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Object, Object[])" because "org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.bindTo_Method" is null
        at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.defineClass(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:1099)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.access$300(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:66)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor$SimpleGeneratedClassHandler.acceptClass(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:150)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.tools.WeavingAdaptor$WeavingClassFileProvider$1.acceptResult(WeavingAdaptor.java:916)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.weaveAndNotify(BcelWeaver.java:1430)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.weave(BcelWeaver.java:1192)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.tools.WeavingAdaptor.getWovenBytes(WeavingAdaptor.java:549)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.tools.WeavingAdaptor.weaveClass(WeavingAdaptor.java:385)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.Aj.preProcess(Aj.java:115)
        at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassPreProcessorAgentAdapter.transform(ClassPreProcessorAgentAdapter.java:51)
        at java.instrument/java.lang.instrument.ClassFileTransformer.transform(ClassFileTransformer.java:244)
        at java.instrument/sun.instrument.TransformerManager.transform(TransformerManager.java:188)
        at java.instrument/sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.transform(InstrumentationImpl.java:541)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1012)
        at java.base/java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:150)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.defineClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:862)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.findClassOnClassPathOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:760)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClassOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:681)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:639)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
        at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:467)
        at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.loadMainClass(LauncherHelper.java:791)
        at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:686)

Error: Unable to initialize main class org.example.Main
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/example/Main$AjcClosure1

Reproducer. Using gradle build