[udig-devel] Java 5 compiler

[Jody Garnett <jgarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Macgill wrote:

> Remember to make a distinction between Java 5 runtime and Java 5 
> compile time.  iirc many enchantments, inc generics will run under 
> Java 1.4 but will not compile under it.
>
> Given that the pool of Mac 'developers' is likely to be small (as 
> opposed to users) you may be able to use a subset of Java 5 language 
> enhancements (but not API enchancements) without impacting portablity.

We are already running under Java 5 on Linux and win32, udig is an 
eclipse project (so we get the full plug-in development environment), 
and eclipse provides the compiler.
My understanding is the latest 3.1 M3 compiler provides 98% of the Java 
5 features.

Jody