I think your best bet for supporting Java 1.3 would be sticking with Lucene 1.4.
> One of the new classes that I am using is the ConstantScoreQuery. I am not > sure if this is going to be included in Lucene 1.9 or not but this does > make use of Java 1.4. w.r.t. java.util.BitSet, it's a pain, and I plan a faster/better replacement. -Yonik Now hiring -- http://tinyurl.com/7m67g On 9/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > I have been trying to follow some of the developments for the new version > of Lucene (1.9?). My understanding is that this will require Java 1.4. Is > this correct? Is this because of changes to "core" functionality within > Lucene or is it because some new additional classes require Java 1.4? If > it's the latter then would it be possible to produce a custom build of > Lucene that omits the classes that require Java 1.4? > > As you can probably guess from this that I have to support an older > version > of Java for certain platforms (Java 1.3.6). I don't know if I am unusual > in > this respect or if it is a common requirement. > > One of the new classes that I am using is the ConstantScoreQuery. I am not > sure if this is going to be included in Lucene 1.9 or not but this does > make use of Java 1.4. I have modified this to produce a version that works > with pre 1.4 Java but probably at the expense of performance. I could > submit this but if Lucene is going (has gone?) the 1.4 route there would > be > little point. > > Regards > > Paul I. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
