JBoss vs Java JDK Version Matrix

Which version of the JDK is required for which versions of JBoss AS?

Notes:

• JBoss AS 3.2.6+ and 4.0.1+ are the ONLY versions to be fully functional under JDK 5, due to JMX issues.  See RunJBossWithJ2SDK1.5Beta for more details.

• JBoss AS 3.2.6 doesn't run with JDK 1.3. This issue is fixed in the JBoss AS 3.2.7.

• JBoss AS 4.0.0 runs under JDK 1.5, but the jconsole utility will not work with it. You need 4.0.1, 3.2.7 to use jconsole.

• Compliation using JDK 5 requires use of the -source 1.4 javac argument to avoid errors due to JDK 5 reserved words like enum.

• JBoss AS 4.0.3+ and JBoss AS 5 source code has been fixed such that it no longer uses the enum reserved word in variable names.

• The current group of 64 bit JVMs have some stability issues.  Please do extensive testing on the 64 bit JVM before using it in Production.

• 64 bit hardware does provide some performance gains for 32 or 64 bit JVMs.

• Be careful running the JDK1.3 on 64bit version of Linux.  See Linux64andJDK1.3 for details.

• Since JBoss v4.0.3, compiling the server with JDKv1.4 and JDKv5 produces somewhat different outputs. A JDKv1.4 compilation produces the classic jboss distribution. A JDKv5 compilation includes JDK5 only features, like EJB3.

• JBoss AS 4.2.x needs an out-of-tree patch to build with JDK 6, see JBossWithJDK6 for details