Java updates should be backward compatible between minor version releases. E.g. gvSIG OADE has been running on Java 1.6.0 to 1.6.18 with no changes. For major version changes (like 1.5 to 1.6), it's a different story. There is no telling what degree of compatibility Oracle will decide to break in order to improve performance or flexibility in the next version. But traditionally, even major Java versions are very compatible with each other.
The fact that gvSIG 1.9 (not only OADE) runs so well on 1.5 and 1.6 is down to the fact that the gvSIG developers took care to go through all the code and made sure that it would compile on both Java 1.5 and Java 1.6. I have then tested gvSIG on Java 1.6 in depth and reported a handful of remaining issues which were then fixed by the core gvSIG devs. Since then, no new problems have been found. Cheers, Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Cropper (Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd)" <[email protected]> To: "Users and Developers mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:27:43 AM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: [Gvsig_english] QUESTION gvSIG 1.9 (BN 1253) -- Is Java backward compatible? Hi, Simple question that I have asked before. Is Java backward compatible? If new version of Java is released in a year can gvSIG run on this, or is it only capable of running on the version it was developed on? If NO, how can the core routines of gvSIG run correctly on the latest version of Java, as has been done in the OADE Version? -- Cheers Simon Simon Cropper Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd PO Box 160, Sunshine, Victoria 3020. P: 9311 5822. M: 041 830 3437. mailto: [email protected] web: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
