Moving to Java 11

[ericberendsen]

Moving to Java 11

[BartmanEH]

but Java 11 is not well integrated for Macos. Java 8 had a full installer from Oracle that included a Java preferences pane in Settings and java launcher app that enabled double-clicking .jar files to launch them. None of this works with Java 11--here is an example of the issue and probably same issue here.
I am getting around the issue by creating my own Macos app that launches:
java -jar [pathto]\DVBinspector-1.15.0.jar

[EricBerendsen]

Sorry about your issues, but that is java for you; write once, debug everywhere... Thanks for the tips, maybe it will help some other Mac users.

I try not to upgrade the java version too often, because I know it can cause issues for some users. On the other hand, one of the reasons for me to do this project is to learn and play around with new java features.

Java 11 has been out for over 2 years now, so I think it is reasonable to migrate to 11.

[barbudor]

Hi Eric, following up our email exchange
As I'm not a Java developper I don't understand what is Java 11. The only version I see for download on Java.com is 1.8.0_281.
Only reference I see to a Java 11 is a SDK which doesn't make sense to the user I am (not a Java dev).
Could you please kindly advise what is necessary to do ?
Thanks

[EricBerendsen]

I am a bit surprised that java.com is only showing 1.8, (also know as java 8). But you can find different versions on https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html . Just download the SDK (it includes a JRE) , There is no longer a separate JRE available.

I would advise to select Java SE 11 (LTS), the LTS being the long term support version. If you prefer, or the license of Oracle does not fit your use, you can select java 11 from https://adoptopenjdk.net/

[BartmanEH]

I have made a better work around for Java 11 on macOS: use Automator to create your own java launcher app:

Select a .jar file in Finder and Get Info. Under the Open With section, find your java launcher app created with Automator, use the Select All... button to associate all .jar files with your java launcher app. In this way I can now double click a Java 11 .jar file in Finder and it will launch.