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Can Upgrade of JRE Cause Problem for Java Application

 
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We are planning to develop an application for fire department use. It has to run on the desktop and have very high (99.5%) uptime. We have had problems with some of our Applet applications when the organization pushes new JRE updates. Are Java applications suseptible to the same problems?
 
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I would like to say "no", because Java is supposed to be backward compatible.... However, with many many years of experience, I am still amazed with the ridiculous subtle issues that sometimes arise when anything get upgraded.

So, it would be a really good idea to test it first.


Dave Manley wrote:Are Java applications suseptible to the same problems?



Just in case my response is too subtle... Yes. All applications are susceptible to problems caused by upgrades -- including Java applications.

Henry
 
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Look particularly through the code for boxing and un-boxing, use of "enum" as an identifier, etc. Don't recompile old classes if you can possibly help it.
 
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An option that I've seen used rather effectively is including a jre with your application and providing batch files to start your programs that explicitly use the jre that you've included.
 
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