Unfortunately Java EE is behind in terms of JDK support. One way is to bundle GlassFish with JDK 8 and create a document which describes the process how to add it to IDE. BTW what is the minimum requirement for NetBeans 11 on JDK?
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:11 PM Geertjan Wielenga <geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > All great, but the fact remains that a complete newbie will download Apache > NetBeans 11 and will probably have whatever the latest JDK is, e.g., JDK > 12, will then put together a 'hello world', will then want to deploy... and > then discover that an additional JDK is needed, i.e., JDK 8, to start > GlassFish. I.e., a complete newbie will most likely be required to have two > different JDKs -- and most likely only discover this when deploying their > application. Not very nice, all this. > > Gj > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 3:59 PM Josh Juneau <juneau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > GlassFish requires a JDK because it does not include one. One must > utilize > > a JDK in order to start up GlassFish server. > > > > It sounds like the Maven-based web application is starting up without > issue > > because in this case GlassFish must be configured to start under a > > specified JDK 8 installation (not the one indicated within the NetBeans > > project). Therefore, the project is compiling under the specified JDK in > > NetBeans (in this case JDK11) and deploying the resulting WAR file > without > > issue to the GlassFish server that is running under JDK 8. > > > > I just compiled a Maven WAR under JDK 12 in NetBeans and deployed to > > GlassFish 5.1 running on JDK 8. It seemed to work without issues. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 8:13 AM 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Josh Juneau > > juneau...@gmail.com > > http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com > > https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866 > > >
