Re: [udig-devel] Java 5 compiler

[James Macgill <jmacgill@xxxxxxx>]

At 04:00 PM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
> 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.

Given that I'd say I was +1 going to Java 5.

I'm now looking forward to getting my hands dirty :)

James