EPICS core java 7.0.7 release

["Shroff, Kunal via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hello,

On behalf of the epics core java group. I am pleased to announce that the epics 7.0.7 java release is now available for use.

You can download the binaries and source code from github

EPICS core java libraries

https://github.com/epics-base/epicsCoreJava/releases/tag/7.0.7

supported for openjdk11 and openjdk8*

JCA libraries

https://github.com/epics-base/jca/releases/tag/jca-2.4.6

supported for openjdk11 and openjdk8*

or via maven

<dependency>

<groupId>org.epics</groupId>

 <artifactId>epics-core</artifactId>

 <version>7.0.7</version>

 <type>pom</type>

</dependency>

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The 7.0.7 release 

• Improved serialization and deserialization of vtypes ( more than 4 times faster )
• Updated notifications on transport creation/destruction
• Additional configurations arguments for jca searching

Important Note:

Oracle jdk 8 has reached eol. Redhat has promised to support a redhat openjdk8 till 2023.

The 7.0.7 release and the jca 2.4.6 are both compilable with java 8 however users are encourage to build these binaries themselves. The binaries hosted on maven central are compiled using openJDK11.

We would appreciate feedback and support from projects still using openjdk8 who would like future releases of the core libraries compatible with jdk8.

Thanks,

Kunal