Yes, that makes sense. Gj
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:52 PM Vano Beridze <vanua...@gmail.com> wrote: > I created Maven Web Application with Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 > IDE is running on JDK 12 > When I ran the application NetBeans gave me a popup that Eclipse GlassFish > 5.1 could not be started with JDK 12 and allowed me to select JDK 8 > platform. > > I guess this is the correct behavior. > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 6:12 PM Geertjan Wielenga > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > OK, nice, in some ways. > > > > What's a bit unfortunate is that one can't select a JDK in the New > Project > > wizard for New Web Applications -- whatever JDK is used to start NetBeans > > is assigned to the newly created Java Web application. > > > > The above is true for Ant-based projects and Maven-based projects. > Somehow, > > that's ignored in Maven-based projects, which run without a problem on > > GlassFish 5 despite the JDK being JDK 11. So the question comes back to > -- > > what does GlassFish need the JDK for if it can be ignored, apparently, > when > > a Maven-based Web application is able to start up without a problem even > > though it has JDK 11 set? When I look in the POM, there's no reference to > > the JDK, so in the case of Maven projects, it seems relevant to how > > NetBeans supports GlassFish or Java EE, and not a requirement for the > Maven > > project to run on GlassFish. > > > > Gj > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:06 PM Josh Juneau <juneau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > GlassFish 5+ is not currently supported under JDK 9+...that is in the > > > works. I believe the target JDK is for Java SE 11 support. > > > > > > See this issue in the tracker: > > > https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/issues/22130 > > > > > > Therefore, GlassFish 5 requires JDK 8. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:59 AM Geertjan Wielenga > > > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > So, not specifically JDK 8, but greater than JDK 8, too? I.e., the > > > modular > > > > JDK, from JDK 9 onwards, is supported by GlassFish? > > > > > > > > And what does GlassFish need the JDK for? > > > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 2:57 PM Josh Juneau <juneau...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Geertjan, > > > > > > > > > > Java EE 8 requires JDK8+, and therefore GlassFish 5/5.1 require JDK > > 8+. > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. Thanks > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:52 AM Geertjan Wielenga > > > > > <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > There's quite some functionality in NetBeans related to > > Java/Jakarta > > > EE > > > > > > that assumes that the project is making use of JDK 8. > > > > > > > > > > > > In particular, this results in these problems: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2170 > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2126 > > > > > > > > > > > > So, the question is, which if any specific version of the JDK > does > > > the > > > > > > latest GlassFish releases require? > > > > > > > > > > > > If GlassFish requires JDK 8, then NetBeans is right and users > > should > > > > > simply > > > > > > be told to use JDK 8 with GlassFish. If not, then we need to > change > > > > > > something in NetBeans to enable GlassFish to work with later > JDKs. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm assuming some tools or files in the JDK are needed by > GlassFish > > > or, > > > > > at > > > > > > least, are needed by GlassFish when run with/from NetBeans. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Josh Juneau > > > > > juneau...@gmail.com > > > > > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > > > > > https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Josh Juneau > > > juneau...@gmail.com > > > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > > > https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866 > > > > > >