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Re: [rdf4j-dev] Java > 8 
Do you know how Java handles it if we use 11 and start using newer language features and new classes/methods? Will users using java 8 not be able to use rdf4j?

Håvard


> On 6 Mar 2019, at 10:20, Bart Hanssens (BOSA) <bart.hanssens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Håvard,
> 
> 
> Ah yes, starting with 9, JAXB is part of EE instead of SE, and IIRC removed completely from JavaEE in 11...
> I've created a ticket for JDK 11 LTS support, but I'm not sure we should jump to 11 as default
> 
> Perhaps ask for input on the rdf4j-users mailing list, and more specifically the companies  (Ontotext, Semantic Web Company...),
> because at least on Redhat OpenJDK 8 will be supported until june 2023, and organizations might be reluctant to "already" upgrade to JDK 11
> 
> If that would indeed be the case, then we would still need to check if the JDK-11-by-default builds on JDK 8...
> (of course, now we have to check if JDK-8-by default builds on JDK-11, Law of Conservation of Issues at work...)
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Bart
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rdf4j-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx <rdf4j-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Håvard Ottestad
> Sent: woensdag 6 maart 2019 9:55
> To: rdf4j developer discussions <rdf4j-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rdf4j-dev] Java > 8
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if maybe it was time to leave behind java 8 in our next 3.0 release? By “leave behind” I mean, make default development on java 11, the latest LTS version.
> 
> The reason I bring it up is because maven will currently only build java on version 8. When I use java 9 I get the following error:
> 
> [ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin:0.11.0:cmp (default) on project rdf4j-sail-api: Execution default of goal com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin:0.11.0:cmp failed: A required class was missing while executing com.github.siom79.japicmp:japicmp-maven-plugin:0.11.0:cmp: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException
> 
> I believe the reason I’m seeing this error is mainly because we (developers) are probably all using java 8 and jenkins is also using java 8. So no one is really bothered by old plugins without java > 8 supports.
> 
> Wrt. jenkins, what are the chances that eclipse supports java 11?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,
> Håvard
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