ColdFusion 9, 10 Java 7 Support ASAP!

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February 8, 2013
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Oracle has released the final Java 6 Update 39 last week, marking the end of support for Java 6. Adobe has stated multiple times that Java 7 would be supported before EOL, yet it has been a week and still no patches or update. Does anyone have an ETA when Java 7 will be officially supported?

References:

Java version support [http://forums.adobe.com/thread/975438 | http://forums.adobe.com/thread/975438]

Java 7 support for ColdFusion

<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/java-7-support-for-coldfusion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/java-7-support-for-coldfusion</a>

What's the situation with #ColdFusion and Java 7, Java 6 updates, Windows 8, and OS X Mountain Lion? [http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2012/12/12/java_7_and_6_updates_and_Win8_and_MtnLion | http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2012/12/12/java_7_and_6_updates_and_Win8_and_MtnLion]

Upgrade Java for ColdFusion http://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/upgrading-java-coldfusion.html

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heisrmann

Inspiring

Today (March 14,2013) I downloaded and intalled CF 10 Update 8 to our Win 2008 64-bit server. From what I understood since March 5, the updater would have updated the JRE to 1.7.0_15; however, the java version on the summary page states my server is still on 1.6.0_29 while my CF version is now at ColdFusion 10,284032. Could anyone provide some input as to what my next option is... to ensure I am on Java 7?

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Peter 456

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Ensure you have update 8 installed - Version 10,0,8,283965.

Donwload JDK (not JRE) 1.7.0_17 from the Oracle Java downloads page. Install it on your server.

Update the Java and JVM Page in CF administator to point to the newly installed Java (in Windows at C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.7.0_17/jre).

Then restart ColdFusion.

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heisrmann

Inspiring

The version you pointed out was the initial version of updater 8 (10,0,8,283965); whereby, within a week Adobe posted a minor update around March 5th (10,284032). So, yes I have the most recent version.

Regarding your suggestion to install Java 7 and configure it to operate independently may defeat the purpose of the updates provided by Adobe. For example, let's assume 1.7.0_18 will part of Update 9 for CF 10 sometime in April this year. Would the CF updater know update java since I would pointed to the manual installation of Java?

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itapl2aAuthor

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Has Adobe updated all current Java and ColdFusion KB articles yet, so I don't have to assume that when Java 7 Update 16 is released that we can apply it assuming we have the base Adobe patches that support Java ?. I also have seen some confusing articles about JDK vs JRE, for example Ben Forta's blog post yesterday Upgrading ColdFusion To Java 7 at http://forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2013/3/3/Upgrading-ColdFusion-To-Java-7

Ben, the Adobe website states JDK is required, not JRE "Download and install JDK 1.7." http://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-10-update-8.html and "Note that ColdFusion requires the Java HotSpot Server virtual machine (jre/bin/server/jvm.dll), which is not available with the JRE download." http://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/change-coldfusion-jvm.html

PS +10 to Carl's question "Will CF9 or CF10 be supported on JDK 8? JDK 8 release expected September 2013?", I would like Adobe to state ColdFusion upgrade plans and timetables for new versions of Java. Java 7 was released over 18 months ago and Java 6 received several end of life extension both without Adobe updating ColdFusion untl the last possible second!

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Peter 456

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I have applied the CF10 update 8 to our development system along with jdk 7u15. We'll see what happens as we test it.