Given separate discussion was on Java 8...but isn’t it possible with newer modules based JDKs (9 I believe) to package multiple versions compiled, packaged, and compatible with applicable JDKs environment? Multi release jar (1), (2) for the platform and/or the ide?
(1) https://blog.codefx.org/tools/multi-release-jars-multiple-java-versions/ https://www.baeldung.com/java-multi-release-jar Eric Bresie [email protected] > On June 27, 2020 at 3:14:29 AM CDT, Neil C Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 at 07:36, Jaroslav Tulach > <[email protected]> wrote: ``` > > --release <release> > > Compile for a specific VM version. Supported targets: 6, 7, 8, 9, > > 10, 11 > > ``` > > modifying our build scripts to use it on JDK9+ would avoid the `ByteBuffer` > > & co. issues. > > From recollection, Ant, unlike Maven, doesn't require --release > support to be special-cased for JDK 9+ anyway - it just ignores it on > 8. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > >
