http://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Assets/Articles/2015/July/SPI-a-foundation-for-the-future
Hi Steffen,
scolling here is a pain
In the above link, Karl Kessler writes:
"SAP is not repositioning new Java-based program models in the context of SAP NetWeaver AS Java. The adoption of new standards and innovative programming models are reflected in SAP's in-memory and cloud plaforms."
This is clear enough, isn't it? No EE 6, no EE 7. Let us be grateful for what we get: Java 8 and with it connection to current open source innovations and NWDS on Eclipse Luna. (Hopefully from now on as plugins so that we are not stuck to this version for 5 years again.)
And I believe Karl that adoption to Java 8 is a "major task to undertake". It is far better that this is done in good quality than to overcharge the development team with upgrade to Java EE 7.
We can just take apache olingo and develop cool SAPUI5 screens anyway.
IMHO I rather expect an on-premise TomEE (used in HANA Cloud Platform) as additional product and in the long term successor for NetWeaver Java than SAP will leverage the current NetWeaver code to support Java EE 7 or above.
IMHO2 the EE 5 is already a good program model. There are other platforms at SAP that have a long way to get there.
Regards
Rolf