Thanks Tom!
I attempted to get an idea of when JDK 1.4 was to begin the end-of-life
but I was unsuccessful.
The reason for this is that the current Checkstyle settings (default
coded into the tests) signals errors for alternative 1. With your
permission, I plan to fix the checkstyle configuration to allow the
alternative 1 (and not alternative 2).
The question came up because Ion Savin has started using generics in
argoprint and used the syntax in alternative 1. When I enabled
Checkstyle in the argoprint project with the argouml settings it was
very inconvenient.
/Linus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: den 5 december 2006 18:41
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [argouml-dev] Preparing for when we will drop support for
JDK
> 1.4
>
> I've never seen anything except the first form, plus I prefer
conciseness,
> so I'd vote for:
>
> > 1. No spaces.
> > Map<String, String> map;
>
> To save anyone else having to research the timeframe involved, here's
what
> my research discovered:
>
> - Sun supports current version plus two past versions (Java 1.5, 1.4,
1.3)
> - BUT Sun *starts* the end-of-life (EOL) processersion N-2 as soon as
> version N is announced
> - ArgoUML, on the other hand, works off the announcements and only
> supports
> versions for which EOL has not yet begun (effectively making it the
> current
> version plus one past version (Java 6, Java 5)
>
> So, if our policy (and Sun's) remain unchanged, Java 1.4 support by
> ArgoUML
> stops when Java 6 is released.
>
> Java major releases are currently 7-8 quarters apart.
>
> Java 1.4 to Java 5 - 32.7 months
> Java 5 to Java 6 - 26 months
>
> http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html
> http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/java_se_6_schedule_update
>
> http://argouml-
> stats.tigris.org/documentation/defaulthtml/cookbook/ch03s03.h
> tml
> Java5 beta June 2004, release September 30, 2004
>
> Tom
>
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