Thanks everyone for the insight into the JDK dependency.
Usecase:
I am attempting to create a standalone zip file that includes all the dependencies for my application. Thus I bundle the Appserver and its dependencies. The JRE is ~ 15MB and the JDK is ~67MB
Solution:
If GFV3 is designed such that features that require the JDK fail gracefully with messages when only a JRE is available, it will solve the above usecase.
Tomcat 5.5 onwards will work with a JRE or a JDK.
I feel getting the most commonly used features (JSP Compilation etc) to work with just the JRE will give feature parity with Tomcat. Having this feature will contribute towards greater adption to GFV3 IMHO.
thanks,
_raju
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