Author: antoine
Date: Mon Dec 23 03:08:23 2013
New Revision: 1553062
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1553062
Log:
adapt documentation. PR 55922
Modified:
ant/core/trunk/manual/Tasks/apt.html
Modified: ant/core/trunk/manual/Tasks/apt.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/manual/Tasks/apt.html?rev=1553062&r1=1553061&r2=1553062&view=diff
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--- ant/core/trunk/manual/Tasks/apt.html (original)
+++ ant/core/trunk/manual/Tasks/apt.html Mon Dec 23 03:08:23 2013
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@
<h2><a name="Apt">Apt</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Runs the annotation processor tool (apt), and then optionally compiles
- the original code, and any generated source code. This task requires Java
1.5.
- It may work on later versions, but this cannot be confirmed until those
- versions ship. Be advised that the Apt tool does appear to be an unstable
- part of the JDK framework, so may change radically in future versions.
- In particular it is likely to be obsolete in JDK 6, which can run annotation
- processors as part of javac.
- If the <apt> task does break when upgrading JVM, please
- check to see if there is a more recent version of Apache Ant that tracks
- any changes.</p>
+ the original code, and any generated source code.
+ <p>This task runs on Java 1.5 to Java 1.7.</p>
+ <p>Apt is deprecated in Java 1.6, which can run annotation
+ processors as part of javac, and removed from the distribution in Java 1.8.
+ The task will fire an exception when attempting to run under Java 1.8.</p>
<p>This task inherits from the <a href="javac.html">Javac Task</a>, and thus
