Hi, I think we should switch to Java 7 post-3.14, I don't think any of those things will reduce code size a lot, but most of these are quite useful as soon as you get used to them.
Dominik. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Javen O'Neal <javenon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oracle released Java 6 in 2006, ended support for Java 6 in 2013 and > released Java 7 in 2011 and ended support in 2015. Java 8 was released > in 2014. > > There are a few language features introduced in Java 7 that would be > nice to use in POI. This would mean asking everyone to move off of > Java 6, but seems justifiable. > > I'd really like to use some of the Java 8 features, but usage of Java > 7 is too prevalent today. > > A few Java 7 features that would be nice to use in the POI library: > * switch statements on strings > * improved generics type inference (diamond operator) > * try-with-resources > * try/multi-catch > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org > >
