Hi! Can someone tell me if pinot-java-client is su...
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Lucifer Morningstar
08/31/2023, 2:34 PMHi! Can someone tell me if pinot-java-client is supposed to support Java 8? I was unable to find anything about the minimum required version in the documentation.
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Johan Adami
08/31/2023, 2:38 PMjava 11. all the jdk 8 stuff has been removed, and I don’t think jdk 17 has support yet.
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Lucifer Morningstar
08/31/2023, 2:41 PMThanks a lot for the response, Johan.
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Xiang Fu
09/04/2023, 4:41 PM
The source code should still be compilable with jdk8, however Pinot is not guaranteed the support for that.
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Lucifer Morningstar
09/11/2023, 2:22 PMOh interesting to know that. Any particular reason behind that?
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Xiang Fu
09/11/2023, 3:47 PM
JDK 8 is pretty much deprecated and we are moving on to use higher version of java for better perf/optimizaiton/gc/etc
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Lucifer Morningstar
09/11/2023, 7:05 PMRight, sorry for the confusion. I understand why using higher versions of Java is better. My question is why the source code has to be Java 8 compatible?
Lucifer Morningstar
09/11/2023, 7:06 PMOh actually nvm, I realised you never said that. Too many things going on in my head. sorry again for the confusion, all clear.