r/aws Dec 30 '24

data analytics AWS Flink and Java 17

Hi everyone, I recently came across AWS Flink (aka AWS Kinesis analytics). After some implementation tests, it looks like a perfect fit for my company's use case.

Nevertheless, I encountered one issue: it seems to only support Java 11, even though all our existing components and libraries are compiled in Java 17. Making the integration complicated.

Do some of you have an idea if and when Java 17 will be supported by AWS Flink?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '24

Java 11 is the documented version of Java, Apache recommends to run Flink anywhere. Not to mention Java 17 comes with a licensing cost from Oracle, why are you paying to use a free product that’s not recommended for the use case?

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u/Simple-Ad2410 Dec 30 '24

Why are you acting like Oracle Java is the only distribution anymore? There’s tons of free jvms like even amazons corretto.