There's a decent quantity of JDK 1.5 specific code in there; and JSF 1.2, which is our eventual target, will require JDK 1.5. I'm personally reluctant to put in the work to go back to JDK 1.4 just to undo that work when we move to JSF 1.2.
When we do go to JSF 1.2, we'll certainly leave behind a JSF 1.1-based branch, since adoption of JSF 1.2 will take awhile. I'd be very happy to see others go through the JSF 1.1 branch to move it back to JDK 1.4. MyFaces core only requires JDK 1.3, but that's because JCP compatibility rules require this for a JSF 1.1 implementation. Dunno what Tobago requires. -- Adam On 5/31/06, Benj Fayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would prefer to see ADF remain 1.4 compliant for some time as well. We are currently using Java 1.5 for many new projects but there are still a large number of our enterprise customers who will continue to use Java 1.4 for at least another year, possibly longer. It is for some of these larger projects that ADF is particularly attractive but they are restricted to Java 1.4. I would be willing to assist in this effort as well. Benj Fayle -----Original Message----- From: Dan Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Building ADF on JDK 1.4 Thanks for the clarification. Could someone confirm that this the final decision for the Apache ADF code, or just the version as supplied by Oracle. A recent email on the MyFaces list as of February Sean Schofield said "The ADF stuff is in incubation right now so there are all sorts of possibilities for change. I envision a lively discussion where discuss the pros and cons of allowing tomahawk, tobago or adf to use jdk 1.5functionality. Currently tomahawk does not have any jdk 1.5 stuff (that I am aware of.)" We're really wanting to use ADF for our application development, but are currently hampered by the JDK 1.5 requirement, given not all App Servers have made it to this JDK yet. We're also wanting to deploy this technology to our existing users with 1.4 powered servers. I don't believe that MyFaces (as of 1.1.2) has mandated this JVM version, so it seems strange for a library that runs on MyFaces to have this restriction. If there's support we could provide assistance in making these changes to allow 1.4. Thanks ... and I wait to be corrected ;-) D. On 5/26/06, Gabrielle Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ADF Faces requires 1.5. > > Thanks, > > Gabrielle > > Dan Robinson wrote: > > > Could anyone advise the steps to building ADF against JDK 1.4? I have > it > > building correctly using the Maven Wiki instructions which seem to > > rely on > > JDK 1.5. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > D. > > > >
