Sounds goods, but probability in half of next year, there is not support to Java 7.
https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/java_8_not_just_for On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds wise. > Le 29 nov. 2014 14:40, "Anatole Tresch" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > Well, do customers care...? Even Credit Suisse is actively thinking on > > introducing it next year. > > > > Nevertheless we do not have to solve that. I would propose to design a > Java > > 8 API and go for the future, and in parallel provide a "backport/Java 7 > > compatible version in > > parallel for the API/core and CDI parts. Such a backport can be done > within > > about 3-4 hours based on a released baseline for Java 8. With the > > compatibility of method signatures > > most of the API/SPI implementations of users would for the majority of > > features be capable of running also when they move to the Java 8 version. > > So migration efforts for users > > and efforts for the back-port should be controllable ;) > > > > 2014-11-29 14:12 GMT+01:00 Mark Struberg <[email protected]>: > > > > > >They all (including TomEE) support java 8 as runtime. I think it was > the > > > point. > > > > > > > > > Yes, but NONE of them passed the EE TCK with Java8... > > > > > > > > > LieGrue, > > > strub > > > > > > On Saturday, 29 November 2014, 12:52, Romain Manni-Bucau < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >They all (including TomEE) support java 8 as runtime. I think it was > the > > > point. > > > >Le 29 nov. 2014 12:18, "Mark Struberg" <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > > > > >I like the benefits. > > > >> > > > >>There is just a minor thing why I like to mention: > > > >>> 3) Wildfly as well as Weblogic 12.1.3 are Java 8 certified AFAIK > > > >> > > > >>No they are not afaik. Simply because the EE TCK does not work on > > Java8. > > > Remember that each TCK always have to ensure that there are no > additional > > > methods on public API interfaces and classes. And with Java8 you > > sometimes > > > get a bit more methods than with Java7. All those tests fail in Java8. > > > >> > > > >>LieGrue, > > > >>strub > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > -- Otávio Gonçalves de Santana blog: http://otaviosantana.blogspot.com.br/ twitter: http://twitter.com/otaviojava site: *http://about.me/otaviojava <http://about.me/otaviojava>* 55 (11) 98255-3513
