[Biojava-dev] biojava 3 - java version

[Fabrice Jossinet]

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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