There were some libraries (xalan and xerces come to mind) that contained a Version class you could call. Anything like that in other libraries?
On 4/13/06, Michael Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In an ideal world, sun would prefer that when upgrading to a new version of > a specification that that upgrade path is as easy as possible and that the > new version is fully backwards compatible. > > By and large, except for minor discrepancies, that is the case, at least for > the j2se. > > One of the reasons why they do not want to change the name of a jar between > versions is because then it would make upgrading a lot harder because you > would have to change all the places where the jar names are specified (in > the class paths for instance). > > Maven, fortunately, handles the versioning for you (it's not so difficult to > go to a new version of a jar with maven). > > I guess it's also because, as has been mentioned, the licensing of java does > not allow it to be placed on a repository library and thus the need for > versioning is not so fundamentally important. > > It is essential that versioning is incorporated into a repository of jars > because many people might be using it and therefore require all the > different versions of the jars. > > Besides, when you upgrade your version of java or j2ee, it's not simply a > case of changing the jars, it's got more implications than just that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jeff Mutonho > Sent: 13 April 2006 09:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CTJUG Forum] Re: Question about Sun jars > > > > On 4/13/06, Clint Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On the same issue if you take a look at > > http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2/javax/j2ee/j2ee/1.4/ you will see that > > they version J2EE... since we all now that J2EE is on version 1.4. > Well , but still the jars that you get from Sun do not have version > numbers and that's what my question is about. > > > > > Read our disclaimer at: http://www.picknpay.co.za/pnp/view/pnp/en/page5093? > > If you don't have web access, the disclaimer can be mailed to you on > request. > > Disclaimer requests to be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Read our disclaimer at: http://www.picknpay.co.za/pnp/view/pnp/en/page5093? > If you don't have web access, the disclaimer can be mailed to you on request. > Disclaimer requests to be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- Brian Silberbauer Consultant +27 (0)83 566 2705 skype: brian.silberbauer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
