Any plan to upgrade WebAPI, ATLAS to use newer version of JDK and Tomcat

aiya6502 · March 20, 2024, 11:59pm

Since JDK 8 and Tomcat 8 have reached end of support, some companies have implemented policies prohibiting the use of EOL (End-of-Life) software. I wonder if there are any plans to upgrade WebAPI and ATLAS to utilize newer versions of JDK and Tomcat?

Chris_Knoll · March 22, 2024, 3:59pm

Yes, this is part of our planned changes to WebAPI for the next major release (assuming 3.x). The thread that is putting together a plan for what those major, potentially breaking, changes are is discussed here:

github.com/OHDSI/WebAPI

WebAPI 3.0 Change List

opened 02:43PM - 27 Feb 24 UTC

chrisknoll

Starting this thread to capture WebAPI 3.0 proposed changes New suggestions ca…n be raised in comments and those that make sense can be promoted up to the top thread. This list is not exhaustive but is geared towards the changes that would alter existing functionality in a backwards-breaking change (hence the 3.0 version bump). ### Major Version Changes 1. Update JDK to JDK 17+ 2. Security is no longer optional 3. Permission Rewrite 4. Update Java Libraries to Latest Versions 5. Caching Implementation 6. Analysis Execution Pipeline via Strategus (including new Analysis Designs deprecating old) 7. Refresh Flyway Migrations: Remove old non-supported Flyway Migrations 8. Maven Dependency Management 9. Remove outdated endpoints that don't have function. ### Notes This section captures notes about items in the above list, as well as reasons why something is not in the list. 1. Module System: There has been discussion about making WebAPI more modular to support customization. While this is something that could be discussed as a 3.x feature, it's not something that currently exists in 2.x. This Issue is focusing on current functionality that changes in a backwards-breaking way. A better approach implementing modules (or miicro services) would be to start a new project with that architecture in mind).

jcabrerazuniga · March 22, 2024, 4:56pm

However, there are several other java8sdk maintainers that keep java8 up and running:

Liberica JDK.
Azul Zulu.
Red Hat OpenJDK.
Eclipse Temurin.
SapMachine.
Amazon Corretto.
Microsoft Build of OpenJDK.
IBM Semeru Runtimes.