[jsword-devel] Java 1.6

[Martin Denham]

Java support for Android is a bit confusing because Android Java (Dalvik)
is based on Apache Harmony which conforms to almost all of Java 6.  However
Dalvik uses its own class library built on a subset of Harmony which does
not align to standard profiles (for example Swing is not supported).

Android System Requirements
<http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html> (click
link below Download button) specify that Android requires JDK 6, so if
JSword builds with JDK 6 it should be okay for Android.

Regards
Martin

On 25 August 2012 21:43, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:

> The one I was thinking of at the time would be the @Override annotation.
> It makes it clearer from the code that you are indeed implementing an
> interface in Java 6. Java 5 doesn't actually allow you to specify the
> annotation. So it's not a biggy, just very handy when you do massive
> refactors and you want to check you're implementing an interface and not
> just declaring another stand-alone method.
>
> http://javamoods.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/override-changes-in-java-6.htmlfor more details.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 25 August 2012 21:35, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
>
>> A few:
>> We want to support at least the last five years of popular operating
>> systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Android).
>>         Mac OS X of older vintages don't have Java 6.
>>         Java 7 is just out for the most recent Macs running the most
>> recent OS. I've tested it and found no problems.
>>         The Android market is quite fragmented. I don't have a good
>> handle on what level of features their Java supports.
>>
>> We want to support older hardware. This is true in missionary circles
>> with hand-me-down machines. And I still have an actively used older,
>> perfectly good Mac that cannot run Java 6.
>>
>> The libraries that we depend upon are at Java 5.
>>
>> The last release was Java 1.4. I think it'd be good for the next release
>> to be Java 5.
>>
>> Regarding Java 6 and 7:
>>
>> JSword runs just fine with a Java 6 jre.
>>
>> I've also compiled JSword with Java 6 jdk and it compiles and runs just
>> fine w/ Java 5 JREs. Perhaps a bit faster.
>> I haven't tested Java 7 yet, but I expect the same.
>>
>> Are there any features of Java 6 or 7 that you feel would make JSword
>> better?
>>
>> In Him,
>>         DM
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > Any reason to stick with Java 1.5? We could upgrade to 1.6 or even Java
>> 7...
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
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