[Biojava-dev] biojava 3 - java version

[Andy Yates]

Yes I believe it is possible to get a module compiled against a
different type of Java as seen here:

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-compiler-plugin/howto.html

However to do this properly it requires compiling the code using the 1.5
JDK sources especially if we are going to leverage the API as much as we
can. My group has already encountered this with changes to the
java.sql.Connection interfaces meaning we have to compile against 1.5
sources.

Andy

Richard Holland wrote:
> If you can find a way to make Maven do that, then I'm happy for you to make
> the relevant changes.
> 
> cheers,
> Richard
> 
> 2008/10/24 Fabrice Jossinet <f.jossinet at ibmc.u-strasbg.fr>
> 
>> Just to refresh the memory....
>>
>> Major changes included in Java 6:
>>
>>    * Support for older Win9x versions dropped. The last version for Windows
>> 98 and Windows ME is Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0 Update 16 (
>> 1.5.0.16).
>>    * Scripting Language Support (JSR 223): Generic API for tight
>> integration with scripting languages, and built-in Mozilla Javascript Rhino
>> integration
>>    * Dramatic performance improvements for the core platform, and Swing.
>>    * Improved Web Service support through JAX-WS (JSR 224)
>>    * JDBC 4.0 support (JSR 221).
>>    * Java Compiler API (JSR 199): an API allowing a Java program to select
>> and invoke a Java Compiler programmatically.
>>    * Upgrade of JAXB to version 2.0: Including integration of a StAX
>> parser.
>>    * Support for pluggable annotations (JSR 269).
>>    * Many GUI improvements, such as integration of SwingWorker in the API,
>> table sorting and filtering, and true Swing double-buffering (eliminating
>> the gray-area effect).
>>
>> Perhaps the core module can be linked to the 1.5 version. And if someone
>> needs, for example, the improvements of the GUI for his module, this module
>> will be linked to another version.
>>
>> Possible or not ?
>>
>> F
>>
>> Le 24 oct. 08 à 06:01, Andreas Prlic a écrit :
>>
>>
>>  Hi,
>>> I just tried to get an initial svn checkout of biojava3 on my mac at
>>> home. It fails to build since there is no Java 1.6 available for my
>>> OSX 10.4.11 ...
>>> Is there a strong reason why we should enforce java 1.6? otherwise
>>> would be good to support 1.5+
>>>
>>> Andreas
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