Hi Kolja,

On 9/9/07, Kolja Brix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why is it not possible to check for the JRE version number in the very
> beginning of the program using System.getProperty("java.version"); and give a
> correct error message when the JRE is too old.

One problem is that a 1.4 JVM will not be able to load 1.5 targeted
compiled code (wrong minor version), which is needed for the 1.5
syntax changes. It should be possible to have a workaround that uses
1.4 targeted code to do the checking, and only then run the 1.5 code.

Egon

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