On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Hiranya Jayathilaka <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 to supporting Java 6. But first we need to decide on a migration strategy > which does not affect the Xerces users on Java 1.3.
One possible strategy to migrate to JRE 1.5 could be, that we can use a tool like Retroweaver (ref, http://retroweaver.sourceforge.net/). We can develop future code of Xerces-J using Java 1.5 constructs, and use the Retroweaver utility to transform the 'Xerces JAR' developed using JDK 1.5 to another JAR, which can run on JRE 1.3 or 1.4. We can ship a JRE 1.5 JAR and say other JARs each for JRE 1.3 and JRE 1.4. We can probably do a small pilot to test the feasibility. I have learnt, that Retroweaver is a reliable utility, and is used in number of open source projects, where binary compatibility with earlier JRE versions is required. Unfortunately, Retroweaver currently doesn't support JDK 1.6 to 1.4/1.3 conversion. We need to use JDK 1.5. -- Regards, Mukul Gandhi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
