who like to keep news from the Java community will probably already be aware of has progressed in leaps and bounds lately. It's been a long road from version 1.0 to version 1.1 of the developed and there are multiple APIs currently being worked on.

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Eclipse MicroProfile 1.1

The new MicroProfile adds just one new specification - the 1.0 release of the Config API. The Config API was conceived in MicroProfile to standardise runtime configuration of applications since it's

The Config API addresses these problems by using 3 default : a properties file packaged with the application, environment variable system properties. Further custom sources can be configured in addition to these ConfigHub server which can allow configuration to be managed independently of the application lifecycle. We will cover the details of how to use the API in a later blog.

What this new MicroProfile release also brings with it is a requirement for JDK 8. It was decided at a very early stage within MicroProfile that the specification would be focused on the future and rapid innovation. Since JDK 7 was already over 12 months past its end-of-life when the MicroProfile project first came into being, it was natural to focus only on JDK 8. Until now, the only APIs included in the MicroProfile specification also happened to support JDK 7, so this was never an issue.

Now that JDK 8 has become a requirement to support the Config API, our intention is to support Config across all Payara Server . This means that all future community releases of Payara Server and Payara Micro will require JDK 8.

For support customers, we will still provide JDK7-compatible builds of Payara Server and Payara Micro

Forging Ahead

In future releases, we are looking forward to supporting many more new MicroProfile APIs, including Fault Tolerance, HealthChec nd JWT role-based access control; the official MicroProfile website has a comprehensive list of active projects. If you are a user of Payara Server or Payara Micro who still requires JDK ofile APIs and therefore can be made available with support for JDK 7.

For more information, get in touch with us or simply buy support online!

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