JDK 7 now minimum JDK version supported
Apama is now built against JDK 7, and installs with JRE 8.
You can no longer use JDK 6 (or older) to develop Apama applications nor can you use JRE 6 (or older) to deploy Apama applications. While it should not be necessary to rebuild applications previously built with an older Java version, the recommendation is that you build your application with the newer JDK for two important reasons:
To ensure that you detect compatibility problems before you want to deploy the application
To take advantage of performance improvements in newer Java compiler versions
To develop, build, and test an Apama 5.3 application, the recommendation is that you use Oracle JDK 8. The minimum you can use to build your application with Apama 5.3 libraries is JDK 7.
To deploy an Apama 5.3 application, the recommendation is that you use Oracle JRE 8, which is the version that Apama installs. Use of any JRE other than the one that Apama ships with is discouraged.
With Apama 5.3, web application servers and client web browsers must be upgraded to JRE 7 or later to access WebStart or Applet dashboards (JRE 8 is recommended). This requirement is due to the Java compiler changes in Apama 5.3.