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    * [mrdon] I'd like to use Java 5, but use retroweaver to continue to 
support 1.4.  If we keep XML in addition to annotations, that should be very 
doable.
      * [crazybob] Sounds good. We'll also need to handle JDK-1.5 only APIs 
(concurrency for example).
    * [Gabe] I am required to use 1.4 at work. To me the question of whether to 
require 1.5 comes down to whether the same shops that are stuck using 1.4 are 
also not going to let people use Struts 2.0, because it is too bleeding edge 
anyway. In that case it doesn't make sense to allow 1.4, because the only 
people who would be using it would also have access to 1.5 anyway. I don't know 
if that is the case though.
+   * [martinc] The big issue with the JDK version is app servers. This comes 
in two parts. First is whether all of the major app server vendors have 
products available that support the desired SDK version. I believe we're OK in 
that regard with JDK 1.5. The bigger issue is customer acceptance. Enterprise 
customers, especially, tend to standardise on their app server, and they are 
not quick to upgrade. Unless the application vendor has a great deal of 
influence over the customer's infrastructure, the vendor has to live with 
whatever app server version is in use at the customer site. It is rare, then, 
that the application vendor can dictate the JDK version. On the other hand, the 
customer usually couldn't care less what version of Struts the application was 
built with.
  

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