Sanket Sharma wrote:
> They are implementations of the same JCP and it is not really that big > of an issue. The issues arises only when someone is using JDK < 1.5 > which does not carry a implementation by default. Since most of > Derby's code is currently being built against JDK 1.3 and 1.4 (which > do not carry such an implementation), it gave me a chance to look at > alternatives and I just thought it will be good to discuss it. > Currently, I'm experimenting with the reference implementation of JDK > 6 which forces me to build my code against three different JDK's. It > will be same for JDK1.5 as well. For building with JDK 1.4 and 1.3, I > will need an implementation. Thats when the issue surfaces. > Asking the user to download the reference implementation from Sun.com > can be considered as an alternative. Since JMX is a new feature, there is no requirement for it to work with Derby on JDK 1.3/1.4. Ie. it's fine to say if people want to use JMX and Derby they have to run with JDK 1.5 or later. Dan.
