On 11 January 2015 at 15:58, Oleg Kalnichevski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 2015-01-10 at 20:52 +0000, sebb wrote: >> I've been working on adding Animal Sniffer Plugin to Commons NET >> (intially, maybe add to the parent eventually). >> >> The plugin can compare the compiled code against an API signature for >> a specific Java version. >> It detects most incompatibilities, but should not be regarded as >> fool-proof - only a test with the target JVM will really show that. >> >> Commons has lots of components with lots of different Java targets, >> and it's not always convenient/possible to use the CI builds to detect >> such errors. So the plugin has its uses. >> >> Possibly less useful here, but if it is of interest I can provide a patch. >> >> Note: the NET pom code uses the build-helper to convert the target >> (say) 1.5 to the API signature name "java15" and the sniffer is >> invoked during the test phase. >> >> Currently the sniffer is always invoked; it can be skipped by defining >> animal.sniffer.skip >> However it would also be possible to add the code as an optional >> profile instead. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Sorry, I've no idea if it can be used to check the Android code. >> > > Hi Sebastian > > It does sound useful given how often we end up breaking minimal JRE > compatibility.
OK, I'll copy the bits I added to the Commons Parent. Unfortunately it seems the plugin does not check the test code, but that is less of an issue. > I would not bother with Java 1.5 any longer though as HC > is about to go 4.4 which is Java 1.6 based. I just used 1.5 as an example. There are also signatures for 1.6 and 1.7 currently. The profile uses whatever is defined as maven.compiler.target. > Cheers > > Oleg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
