Java 8 EndOfLive and Smart Client

Questions
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Is there any soon end of life date for Java 8 in sight that will affect the smart client?

On the Oracle Support Roadmap, one can read Premier Support ends March 2022, and Extended Support ends December 2030.

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html

However my customer did send me an information like „Java based on v1.8 (EOL 2025)”

And I actually found a german article with that date, which was from 2018:

But I would guess that the date from the original Oracle website (2030) is more accurate.

Second question:
When Java 8 is EndOfLive, is the update to e.g. Java 11 likely to affect Servoy (smart client) in any way?

2

Hi Bernd,

We have published an article containing information on how this affects Servoy applications.

In short, yes upgrade from Java 8 to 11 will affect Smart Client deployment as WebStart is deprecated after 8.
Please see the article for details.