Hey there, David! I can take care of Java8 porting. I need support with reviews and pointers if necessary.
Can we collaborate on it? I take care of the PRs and rely on your reviews. Thank you for the work on this connector. Att, Pedro Mázala Be awesome On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 at 11:06, David Radley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > The Flink HTTP connector [1] was ported from a GetInData connector [2]. > This connector is built with JAVA 11. It uses the java 11 package > java.net.http and has 86 instances of var. I put up a release candidate for > a version of this supporting Flink 1.20 [3]. I see that Red Hat ends full > support in November 30 2026 [4]. > > I was planning to release a v1 of this connector compatible with Flink > 1.20 and a version 2 compatible with Flink 2.2. Though the current > connector works with Flink 2.2. > > A connector shipped with Flink 1.20 support should be built at java 1.8, > the lowest level of Java. Unfortunately, our connectors is built and relies > on java 11. > > I see the following options: > > 1. > Ship as is, which is java 11 target built against Flink 1.20. This would > with a java 11 Flink 1.20 and Flink 2.2. We would document that we will > support Flink 2.2 but would work with 1.20 (built with Java 11). > 2. > Ship a 1.20 compatible version with java 8 with Flink 1.20 dependencies > 3. > Ship a Flink 2.2 compatible version with Flink 2.2. dependencies. > > Option 1 would seem most pragmatic, it provides some Flink 1.20 support. > Option 3 would be the clean way to ship with Flink 2.2, but we would have > no Flink 1.20 support. I am not sure what the appetite for option 2 is. > > Please let me know your thoughts? My requirements are met by 1 or 3 and > I plan to implement the one we agree on. > > Kind regards, David. > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-http > [2] https://github.com/getindata/flink-http-connector > [3] > https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]:lte=1M:radley%20vote > [4] > https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013#:~:text=RHEL%207%2C%208%20or%209%20must%20be,9%20is%20usable%20with%20any%20Java%20applications > > > > Unless otherwise stated above: > > IBM United Kingdom Limited > Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 > Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, > Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN >
