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commit 362f5f0c597846c67109972999cb4a7a977dc0ca
Author: jmkf <j...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 4 15:13:18 2020 +0200
Jkf 1.10 requires jdk8 (#137)
* Ant 1.10 requires jdk 8 doc update
* Updated the manual to reflect ant requires JDK 8 +
---
manual/Tasks/ear.html | 3 +-
manual/Tasks/exec.html | 3 -
manual/Tasks/jar.html | 6 +-
manual/Tasks/javac.html | 12 ++--
manual/Tasks/javadoc.html | 84 ++------------------------
manual/Tasks/javah.html | 12 ++--
manual/Tasks/junitreport.html | 20 ------
manual/Tasks/script.html | 7 +--
manual/Tasks/splash.html | 2 +-
manual/Tasks/style.html | 6 --
manual/Types/mapper.html | 9 +--
manual/Types/regexp.html | 4 +-
manual/develop.html | 4 +-
manual/install.html | 11 ++--
manual/platform.html | 38 ------------
manual/running.html | 2 +-
manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html | 3 +-
manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html | 13 ++--
18 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 197 deletions(-)
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/ear.html b/manual/Tasks/ear.html
index 8396c6a..9afc071 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/ear.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/ear.html
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ attribute to a value other than its default,
<q>add</q>.</strong></p>
<td>index</td>
<td>whether to create
an <a
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html#JAR_Index";
- target="_top">index list</a> to speed up classloading. This is a JDK
1.3+ specific feature.
- Unless you specify additional jars with
+ target="_top">index list</a> to speed up classloading. Unless you
specify additional jars with
nested <a href="jar.html#indexjars"><code>indexjars</code></a> elements,
only the contents of
this jar will be included in the index.</td>
<td>No; defaults to <q>false</q></td>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/exec.html b/manual/Tasks/exec.html
index 1d2eba2..b298a65 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/exec.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/exec.html
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ executed exactly as specified inside a temporary DCL script.
This has some impl
an <q>@</q>-sign (e.g. <var>executable</var>=<q>@[FOO]BAR.COM</q>), just
as you would in a DCL
script</li>
</ul>
-<p>For <code><exec></code> to work in an environment with a JVM older
than version 1.4.1-2 it
-is also <em>required</em> that the logical
<code>JAVA$FORK_SUPPORT_CHDIR</code> is set
-to <code>TRUE</code> in the job table (see the <em>JDK Release Notes</em>).</p>
<p>Please note that JVM provided by HP doesn't follow OpenVMS' conventions of
exit codes. If you
run a JVM with this task, the task may falsely claim that an error occurred
(or silently ignore an
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/jar.html b/manual/Tasks/jar.html
index 9db18f3..555dab9 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/jar.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/jar.html
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ e.g. decreasing the size by deleting 'same' classes from
the versions-branches,
<td>index</td>
<td>whether to create
an <a
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jar/jar.html#JAR_Index";
- target="_top">index list</a> to speed up classloading. This is a JDK
1.3+ specific feature.
+ target="_top">index list</a> to speed up classloading.
Unless you specify additional jars with nested <a
href="#indexjars"><code>indexjars</code></a>
elements, only the contents of this jar will be included in the
index.</td>
<td>No; defaults to <q>false</q></td>
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Sealed: false</pre>
<h4>Service Provider</h4>
<p>The following shows how to create a jar file specifying a service with an
implementation of the
-JDK 6 scripting interface:</p>
+scripting interface:</p>
<pre>
<jar destfile="pinky.jar">
<fileset dir="build/classes"/>
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ JDK 6 scripting interface:</p>
</jar></pre>
<p>The following shows how to create a jar file specifying a service with two
implementations of the
-JDK 6 scripting interface:</p>
+scripting interface:</p>
<pre>
<jar destfile="pinkyandbrain.jar">
<fileset dir="classes"/>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javac.html b/manual/Tasks/javac.html
index 30cf3b7..ac770a2 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javac.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javac.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ for either the <code>build.compiler</code> property or the
<var>compiler</var> a
<li><q>sj</q> (Symantec Java compiler) – <q>symantec</q> can be used
as an alias.</li>
<li><q>extJavac</q> (run either modern or classic in a JVM of its own).</li>
</ul>
-<p>The default is <q>javac1.x</q> with <q>x</q> depending on the JDK version
you use while you are
+<p>The default is <q>javacX</q> with <q>X</q> depending on the JDK version you
use while you are
running Ant. If you wish to use a different compiler interface than those
supplied, you can write a
class that implements the CompilerAdapter interface
(package <code>org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers</code>). Supply the
full classname in
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ it passes to the compiler.</p>
locks up the files present in the classpath of the <code><javac></code>
task, and does not
release them. The side effect of this is that you will not be able to delete
or move those files
later on in the build. The workaround is to fork when invoking the
compiler.</p>
-<p>If you are using Java 8 or above and your source contains native methods or
fields annotated with
+<p>If your source contains native methods or fields annotated with
the <code>@Native</code> annotation you can set the <var>nativeheaderdir</var>
attribute in order to
use the <kbd>-h</kbd> switch of <kbd>javac</kbd> to generate the native header
files. Note that
the logic Ant uses to determine which files to compile does not take native
headers into account,
@@ -404,14 +404,14 @@ file will not get compiled even if a native header file
generated for it would b
<tr>
<td>nativeheaderdir</td>
<td>Specify where to place generated native header files. <em>Since Ant
1.9.8</em>.
- <td>No, ignored when running on JDK 7 or earlier</td>
+ <td>No, ignored when compiling on JDK 7 or earlier</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>release</td>
<td>Specify the value for the <kbd>--release</kbd> switch.<br/>When set
and running on JDK 9+
the <var>source</var> and <var>target</var> attributes as well as the
<var>bootclasspath</var>
will be ignored. <em>Since Ant 1.9.8</em>.
- <td>No, ignored when running on JDK 8 or earlier</td>
+ <td>No, ignored when compiling on JDK 8 or earlier</td>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -591,10 +591,6 @@ log, that these settings are fix.</p>
fork="true"
taskname="javac1.4"/></pre>
-<p><strong>Note</strong>: If you are using Ant on Windows and a new DOS window
pops up for every use
-of an external compiler, this may be a problem of the JDK you are using. This
problem may occur
-with all JDKs prior to 1.2.</p>
-
<p>If you want to activate other compiler options like <code>lint</code> you
could use
the <code><compilerarg></code> element:</p>
<pre>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html b/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
index 452233c..83987d8 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javadoc.html
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ listed in <var>packagelist</var> are not checked, so the
task performs even if s
missing or broken. Use this option if you wish to convert from an existing
makefile. Once things are
running you should then switch to the regular notation.</p>
-<p>In the table below, 1.2 means available if your current JVM is exactly of
version 1.2 (not 1.3 or
-later), 1.4+ for any JVM of at least version 1.4, otherwise any JVM of at
least version 1.2 is
-acceptable. <em>JDKs prior to 1.4 are no longer supported.</em> If you specify
-the <var>executable</var> attribute it is up to you to ensure that this
command supports the
-attributes you wish to use.</p>
-
<p><strong>Note</strong>: When generating the JavaDocs for classes which
contains annotations you
maybe get a <code class="output">java.lang.ClassCastException:
com.sun.tools.javadoc.ClassDocImpl</code>. This is
@@ -82,13 +76,11 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<tr>
<th scope="col">Attribute</th>
<th scope="col">Description</th>
- <th scope="col">Availability on Java</th>
<th scope="col">Required</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sourcepath</td>
<td>Specify where to find source files</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td rowspan="4">At least one of the four or
nested <code><sourcepath></code>, <code><fileset></code>,
<code>module</code> or <code><packageset></code></td>
@@ -97,62 +89,52 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>sourcepathref</td>
<td>Specify where to find source files by <a
href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a
<var>sourcepath</var> defined elsewhere.</td>
- <td class="left">all</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sourcefiles</td>
<td>Comma separated list of source files—see also the nested
<code>source</code>
element.</td>
- <td class="left">all</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>modulenames</td>
<td>Comma separated list of module names -- see also
the nested <code>module</code> element. <em>since Ant 1.10.6</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>destdir</td>
<td>Destination directory for output files</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>Yes, unless a <var>doclet</var> has been specified.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>maxmemory</td>
<td>Max amount of memory to allocate to the <kbd>javadoc</kbd> JVM</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>packagenames</td>
<td>Comma separated list of package files (with terminating
wildcard)—see also the
nested <code>package</code> element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>packageList</td>
<td>The name of a file containing the packages to process</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>classpath</td>
<td>Specify where to find user class files</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bootclasspath</td>
<td>Override location of class files loaded by the bootstrap class
loader</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>classpathref</td>
<td>Specify where to find user class files by <a
href="../using.html#references">reference</a>
to a <var>classpath</var> defined elsewhere.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -160,136 +142,114 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>Override location of class files loaded by the bootstrap class loader
by <a href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a
<var>bootclasspath</var> defined
elsewhere.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Extdirs</td>
<td>Override location of installed extensions</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Overview</td>
<td>Read overview documentation from HTML file</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>access</td>
<td>Access mode: one of <q>public</q>, <q>protected</q>, <q>package</q>,
or <q>private</q></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No; default is <q>protected</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Public</td>
<td>Show only public classes and members</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Protected</td>
<td>Show protected/public classes and members (default)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Package</td>
<td>Show package/protected/public classes and members</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Private</td>
<td>Show all classes and members</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Old</td>
- <td>Generate output using JDK 1.1 emulating
doclet.<br/><strong>Note</strong>: <em>Since Ant
- 1.8.0</em> this attribute has no effect because <kbd>javadoc</kbd> of
Java 1.4 and later
- does not support the <kbd>-1.1</kbd> switch anymore.</td>
- <td>1.2</td>
+ <td>Generate output using JDK 1.1 emulating
doclet.<br/><strong>Note</strong>:
+ This attribute has no effect unless you're using an pre jdk 1.4 external
<kbd>javadoc</kbd>
+ </td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Verbose</td>
<td>Output messages about what <kbd>javadoc</kbd> is doing</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Locale</td>
<td>Locale to be used, e.g. <q>en_US</q> or <q>en_US_WIN</q></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Encoding</td>
<td>Source file encoding name</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Version</td>
<td>Include <code>@version</code> paragraphs</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Use</td>
<td>Create class and package usage pages</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Author</td>
<td>Include <code>@author</code> paragraphs</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Splitindex</td>
<td>Split index into one file per letter</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Windowtitle</td>
<td>Browser window title for the documentation (text)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Doctitle</td>
<td>Include title for the package index (first) page (HTML code)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Header</td>
<td>Include header text for each page (HTML code)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Footer</td>
<td>Include footer text for each page (HTML code)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>bottom</td>
<td>Include bottom text for each page (HTML code)</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>link</td>
<td>Create links to <code>javadoc</code> output at the given URL—see
also the
nested <code>link</code> element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -298,7 +258,6 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
at <samp><em>alt-url</em></samp> by specifying a
value <q><em>url</em> <em>alt-url</em></q> (space as separator). A
shorthand for the
nested <code>link</code> element with
<var>offline</var>=<q>true</q>.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -306,94 +265,79 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>Group specified packages together in overview page. The format is as
described <a href="#groupattribute">below</a>—see also the nested
<code>group</code>
element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>nodeprecated</td>
<td>Do not include <code>@deprecated</code> information</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>nodeprecatedlist</td>
<td>Do not generate deprecated list</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>notree</td>
<td>Do not generate class hierarchy</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>noindex</td>
<td>Do not generate index</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>nohelp</td>
<td>Do not generate help link</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>nonavbar</td>
<td>Do not generate navigation bar</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>serialwarn</td>
<td>Generate warning about <code>@serial</code> tag</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>helpfile</td>
<td>Specifies the HTML help file to use</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>stylesheetfile</td>
<td>Specifies the CSS stylesheet to use</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>charset</td>
<td>Charset for cross-platform viewing of generated documentation</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>docencoding</td>
<td>Output file encoding name</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>doclet</td>
<td>Specifies the class file that starts the doclet used in generating the
documentation—see also the nested <code>doclet</code> element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>docletpath</td>
<td>Specifies the path to the doclet class file that is specified with the
<kbd>-doclet</kbd>
option.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>docletpathref</td>
<td>Specifies the path to the doclet class file that is specified with the
<kbd>-doclet</kbd>
option by <a href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a path
defined elsewhere.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -401,33 +345,28 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>Lets you add additional parameters to the <kbd>javadoc</kbd> command
line. Useful for
doclets. Parameters containing spaces need to be quoted using
&quot;—see also the
nested <code>arg</code> element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>failonerror</td>
<td>Stop the build process if the command exits with a return code other
than <q>0</q>.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>failonwarning</td>
<td>Stop the build process if a warning is emitted—i.e. if
<kbd>javadoc</kbd>'s output
contains the word <q>warning</q>. <em>since Ant 1.9.4</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>excludepackagenames</td>
<td>comma separated list of packages you don't want docs for—see
also the
nested <code>excludepackage</code> element.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>defaultexcludes</td>
<td>indicates whether default excludes should be used (<q>yes|no</q>).</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No; defaults to <q>yes</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -440,62 +379,54 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
If enabled, the file will be written to
the <a href="../running.html#tmpdir">temporary
directory</a>.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No; default is <q>no</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>source</td>
<td>Enable <kbd>javadoc</kbd> to handle Java language features. Set this
to <q>1.4</q> to
document code that compiles using <kbd>javac -source 1.4</kbd>, etc.</td>
- <td>1.4+</td>
<td>No; default can be provided using the magic
<a
href="../javacprops.html#source"><code>ant.build.javac.source</code></a>
property.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>linksource</td>
<td>Generate hyperlinks to source files. <em>since Ant 1.6</em>.
(<q>yes|no</q>).</td>
- <td>1.4+</td>
<td>No; default is <q>no</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>breakiterator</td>
<td>Use the new break iterator algorithm. <em>since Ant 1.6</em>.
(<q>yes|no</q>).</td>
- <td>1.4+</td>
<td>No; default is <q>no</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>noqualifier</td>
<td>Enables the <kbd>-noqualifier</kbd> argument—must be <q>all</q>
or a colon separated
list of packages. <em>since Ant 1.6</em>.</td>
- <td>1.4+</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>includenosourcepackages</td>
<td>If set to <q>true</q>, packages that don't contain Java source but
a <samp>package.html</samp> will get documented as well. <em>since Ant
1.6.3</em>.</td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No; default is <q>false</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>executable</td>
<td>Specify a particular <kbd>javadoc</kbd> executable to use in place of
the default binary
- (found in the same JDK as Ant is running in). <em>since Ant
1.6.3</em>.</td>
- <td>all</td>
+ (found in the same JDK as Ant is running in). <em>since Ant 1.6.3</em>.
<b>Note:</b>
+ <em>It is up to you to ensure that this command supports the attributes
you wish to use.</em></td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>docfilessubdirs</td>
<td>Enables deep-copying of <samp>doc-files</samp> subdirectories.
<em>since Ant
1.8.0</em>.</td>
- <td>1.4</td>
<td>No; defaults to <q>false</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>excludedocfilessubdir</td>
<td>Colon-separated list of <samp>doc-files</samp> subdirectories to
exclude
if <var>docfilessubdirs</var> is true. <em>since Ant 1.8.0</em>.</td>
- <td>1.4</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -506,14 +437,12 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
(<a
href="https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u25-relnotes-1955741.html#jpi-upt";
target="_top">details</a>). When this flag is set to <q>true</q>, Ant
will check whether the
docs are vulnerable and will try to fix them.</td>
- <td>1.4</td>
<td>No; defaults to <q>true</q></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>modulesourcepath</td>
<td>Specify where to find module source files
<em>since Ant 1.10.6</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -521,14 +450,12 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>Specify where to find module source files by <a
href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a PATH defined
elsewhere.
<em>since Ant 1.10.6</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>modulepath</td>
<td>Specify where to find module files
<em>since Ant 1.10.6</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -536,7 +463,6 @@ with the <var>exclude</var> patterns of the
<code>packageset</code> (and vice ve
<td>Specify where to find module files by <a
href="../using.html#references">reference</a> to a PATH defined
elsewhere.
<em>since Ant 1.10.6</em></td>
- <td>all</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
</table>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/javah.html b/manual/Tasks/javah.html
index bc92bf9..ce652aa 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/javah.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/javah.html
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Generates JNI headers from a Java class.</p>
<p>When this task executes, it will generate the C header and source files
that are needed to
-implement native methods. JNI operates differently depending on
-whether <a
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/windows/javah.html";
-target="_top">JDK 1.2+</a>
-or <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021018232717/http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/tooldocs/win32/javah.html";
-target="_top">pre-1.2 JDK</a> systems are used.</p>
+implement native methods.
<p>If you are building with Java 8 or above consider
using <a href="javac.html"><code>javac</code></a>'s <var>nativeheaderdir</var>
attribute instead
@@ -86,13 +82,15 @@ done is breaking the amount of classes to compile into
smaller chunks.</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>force</td>
- <td>specifies that output files should always be written (JDK 1.2
only)</td>
+ <td>specifies that output files should always be written
+ (only when using an external javah of JDK 1.2)</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>old</td>
<td>specifies that old JDK 1.0-style header files should be generated
(otherwise output file
- contain JNI-style native method function prototypes) (JDK 1.2 only)</td>
+ contain JNI-style native method function prototypes)
+ (only when using an external javah of JDK 1.2)</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html b/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
index ce027d6..27448e4 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/junitreport.html
@@ -33,26 +33,6 @@ results.</p>
distribution. See <a href="../install.html#librarydependencies">Library
Dependencies</a> for more
information.</p>
-<h3>Requirements</h3>
-
-<p>The task needs Apache <a href="https://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/";
target="_top">Xalan 2.4.1+ or
-Xalan XSLTC</a> (JDK 1.4 contains a version of Xalan 2.x, while JDK 1.5 ships
with a version of
-XSLTC). JDK 1.4.2-01 and later ships with a bundled Xalan 2.4.1+, meaning that
JDKs prior to version
-1.4.2-01 won't work out of the box. The table below summarize the
compatibility status.</p>
-<table>
-<tr><th scope="col">Xalan</th><th scope="col">Sun JDK Bundle</th><th
scope="col">Status</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2.4.1+</td><td>JDK 1.4.2-01+</td><td>OK</td></tr>
-<tr><td>XSLTC</td><td>JDK 1.5.x</td><td>OK</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2.x</td><td>JDK 1.4.x</td><td><em><u>Deprecated</u>,
-use <samp>${ant.home}/etc/junit-frames-xalan1.xsl</samp><br/>Upgrade Xalan
using the JDK endorsement
-mechanism</em></td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>In Ant 1.6.2, we had to decide between supporting Xalan 1/Xalan 2.4.1- and
Xalan 2.4.1+/XSLTC,
-because there was no way to support both couples at the same time.</p>
-<p><em>Since Ant 1.7</em>, we dropped support for Xalan 1, because Xalan 1 was
not available anymore
-for quite some time.</p>
-
<h3>Parameters</h3>
<table class="attr">
<tr>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/script.html b/manual/Tasks/script.html
index 32c2a91..94c8187 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/script.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/script.html
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ target="_top">JSR 223</a> supported language.
<p><strong>Note</strong>: This task depends on external libraries not included
in the Apache Ant
distribution. See <a href="../install.html#librarydependencies">Library
Dependencies</a> for more
information.</p>
-<p>The task may use the BSF scripting manager or the JSR 223 manager that is
included in JDK 6 and
-higher. This is controlled by the <var>manager</var> attribute. The JSR 223
scripting manager is
+<p>The task may use the BSF scripting manager or the JSR 223 manager that is
included in the JDK.
+This is controlled by the <var>manager</var> attribute. The JSR 223 scripting
manager is
indicated by <q>javax</q>.</p>
<p>All items (tasks, targets, etc) of the running project are accessible from
the script, using
either their <var>name</var> or <var>id</var> attributes (as long as their
names are considered
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ In particular all targets should have different location
values.</p>
values: <q>auto</q>, <q>bsf</q> or <q>javax</q>.
<ul>
<li><q>bsf</q> use the BSF scripting manager to run the language.</li>
- <li><q>javax</q> use the <code>javax.scripting</code> manager to run
the language. (This
- will only work for JDK 6 and higher).</li>
+ <li><q>javax</q> use the <code>javax.scripting</code> manager to run
the language.</li>
<li><q>auto</q> use the BSF engine if it exists, otherwise use
the <code>javax.scripting</code> manager.</li>
</ul>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/splash.html b/manual/Tasks/splash.html
index 6b54470..5494585 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/splash.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/splash.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ that makes it clear to readers of the build exactly what is
going on.</p>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>useproxy</td>
- <td>Use a proxy to access <var>imgurl</var>.<br/>Note: Only tested on JDK
1.2.2 and above</td>
+ <td>Use a proxy to access <var>imgurl</var>.</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
diff --git a/manual/Tasks/style.html b/manual/Tasks/style.html
index 2ae47a1..9f0a16c 100644
--- a/manual/Tasks/style.html
+++ b/manual/Tasks/style.html
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Process a set of documents via XSLT.</p>
<p>This is useful for building views of XML based documentation, or for
generating code.</p>
-<p><strong>Note</strong>: If you are using JDK 1.4 or higher, this task does
not require external
-libraries not supplied in the Apache Ant distribution. However, often the
built in XSL engine is not
-as up to date as a fresh download, so an update is still highly recommended in
particular since the
-built-in XSLT processors of Java 5 (and to a certain extent Java 6) are known
to have serious
-issues. See <a href="../install.html#librarydependencies">Library
Dependencies</a> for more
-information.</p>
<p>It is possible to refine the set of files that are being processed. This
can be done with
the <var>includes</var>, <var>includesfile</var>, <var>excludes</var>,
<var>excludesfile</var>
and <var>defaultexcludes</var> attributes. With the <var>includes</var> or
<var>includesfile</var>
diff --git a/manual/Types/mapper.html b/manual/Types/mapper.html
index 67f33ad..4e8fba5 100644
--- a/manual/Types/mapper.html
+++ b/manual/Types/mapper.html
@@ -338,13 +338,6 @@ case).</p>
<p>Note that you need to escape a dollar-sign (<q>$</q>) with another
dollar-sign in Ant.</p>
-<p>The regexp mapper needs a supporting library and an implementation
-of <code class="code">org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcher</code>
that hides the specifics
-of the library. <em>Since Ant 1.8.0</em>, Java 1.4 or later is required, so
the implementation based
-on the <code class="code">java.util.regex</code> package is always be
available. You can still use
-the now retired Jakarta ORO or Jakarta Regex instead if your provide the
corresponding jar in
-your <code>CLASSPATH</code>.</p>
-
<p>For information about using <a
href="https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-regexp/";
target="_top">gnu.regexp</a> or <a href="https://github.com/kzn/regex4j/";
target="_top">gnu.rex</a>
with Ant, see <a href="https://marc.info/?l=ant-dev&m=97550753813481&w=2";
target="_top">this</a>
@@ -364,7 +357,7 @@ in a nested <code><classpath></code>.</p>
<li>If the system property <code>ant.regexp.matcherimpl</code> has been set,
it is taken as the name
of the class implementing <code
class="code">org.apache.tools.ant.util.regexp.RegexpMatcher</code>
that should be used.</li>
-<li>If it has not been set, uses the JDK 1.4 classes.</li>
+<li>If it has not been set, uses the default from the
<code>java.util.regex</code> package.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Examples</h5>
diff --git a/manual/Types/regexp.html b/manual/Types/regexp.html
index 3e06574..3b661e8 100644
--- a/manual/Types/regexp.html
+++ b/manual/Types/regexp.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Regexp represents a regular expression.
<h3 id="implementation">Choice of regular expression implementation</h3>
<p>Apache Ant comes with wrappers for
the <a
href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/package-summary.html";
-target="_top">java.util.regex
+target="_top"><code>java.util.regex</code>
package</a>, <a href="https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-regexp.html";
target="_top">jakarta-regexp</a> and <a
href="https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-oro.html";
target="_top">jakarta-ORO</a>, see <a
href="../install.html#librarydependencies">installation
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ you rely on it.</p>
<ul>
<li>Jakarta Oro defines a line terminator as <q>\n</q> and is consistent
with Perl.</li>
<li>Jakarta RegExp uses a system-dependent line terminator.</li>
- <li>JDK 1.4 uses <q>\n</q>, <q>\r\n</q>, <q>\u0085</q>, <q>\u2028</q>,
<q>\u2029</q> as a
+ <li><code>java.util.regex</code> uses <q>\n</q>, <q>\r\n</q>, <q>\u0085</q>,
<q>\u2028</q>, <q>\u2029</q> as a
default but is configured in the wrapper to use only <q>\n</q>
(UNIX_LINE)</li>
</ul>
<p><em>We used to recommend that you use Jakarta ORO but since its development
has been retired
diff --git a/manual/develop.html b/manual/develop.html
index 33cc48d..5f738fc 100644
--- a/manual/develop.html
+++ b/manual/develop.html
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ is</p>
inner <code class="code">AddAsisRemove</code> class used in <code
class="code">setCr</code> for
an example.</li>
- <li>A (Java 5) enumeration, Ant will call the setter with the enum constant
matching the value
+ <li>An enumeration, Ant will call the setter with the enum constant matching
the value
given in the build file. This is easier than using <code
class="code">EnumeratedAttribute</code>
- and can result in cleaner code, but of course your task will not run on
JDK 1.4 or earlier. Note
+ and can result in cleaner code. Note
that any override of <code class="code">toString()</code> in the
enumeration is ignored; the
build file must use the declared name (see <code>Enum.getName()</code>).
You may wish to use
lowercase enum constant names, in contrast to usual Java style, to look
better in build
diff --git a/manual/install.html b/manual/install.html
index 3984bee..11a184e 100644
--- a/manual/install.html
+++ b/manual/install.html
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ The more up-to-date the version of Java, the more Ant tasks
you get.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Note</strong>:
+ Ant 1.10.* works with JDK 8 and higher,
Ant 1.9.* works with JDK 1.5 and higher, Ant 1.8.* works with JDK 1.4 and
higher, Ant 1.7.* works with JDK 1.3 and higher,
Ant 1.6.* works with JDK 1.2 and higher, Ant 1.2 to Ant 1.5.* work with
JDK 1.1 and higher.
</p>
@@ -573,19 +574,19 @@ have to spend much time configuring the JVM properties
until they are happy.
<p>Assume Ant is installed in <samp>c:\ant\</samp>. The following sets up the
environment:</p>
<pre class="input">set ANT_HOME=c:\ant
-set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.7.0_51
+set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk11.0.8_10
set PATH=%PATH%;%ANT_HOME%\bin</pre>
<h3 id="bash">Linux/Unix (bash)</h3>
<p>Assume Ant is installed in <samp>/usr/local/ant</samp>. The following sets
up
the environment:</p>
<pre class="input">export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.7.0_51
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-11.0.8+10
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin</pre>
<h3 id="tcshcsh">Linux/Unix (csh)</h3>
<pre class="input">setenv ANT_HOME /usr/local/ant
-setenv JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk/jdk1.7.0_51
+setenv JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-11.0.8+10
set path=( $path $ANT_HOME/bin )</pre>
<p>
@@ -777,14 +778,14 @@ these tasks available. Please refer to the <a
href="#optionalTasks">Installing A
<tr>
<td>jakarta-regexp-1.4.jar</td>
<td><a href="Types/mapper.html#regexp-mapper">regexp</a> type with mappers
(if you do not wish to use
- java.util.regex)</td>
+ <code>java.util.regex</code>)</td>
<td><a href="https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-regexp.html";
target="_top">https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-regexp.html</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar</td>
<td><a href="Types/mapper.html#regexp-mapper">regexp</a> type with mappers
(if you do not wish to use
- java.util.regex) or <a href="Tasks/ftp.html">ftp</a> task with <a
href="#commons-net">commons-net</a> 1.4.1</td>
+ <code>java.util.regex</code>) or <a href="Tasks/ftp.html">ftp</a> task
with <a href="#commons-net">commons-net</a> 1.4.1</td>
<td><a href="https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-oro.html";
target="_top">https://attic.apache.org/projects/jakarta-oro.html</a></td>
</tr>
diff --git a/manual/platform.html b/manual/platform.html
index 59c86c1..cfa42b1 100644
--- a/manual/platform.html
+++ b/manual/platform.html
@@ -128,44 +128,6 @@ MacOS X a.k.a. macOS is the first of the Apple platforms
that Ant supports compl
like any other Unix.
</p>
-<h2>Novell Netware</h2>
-<p>
-To give the same level of sophisticated control as Ant's startup scripts on
other platforms, it was
-decided to make the main ant startup on NetWare be via a Perl Script,
<code>runant.pl</code>. This
-is found in the <samp>bin</samp> directory (for
instance—<samp>bootstrap\bin</samp>
-or <samp>dist\bin</samp>).
-</p>
-
-<p>One important item of note is that you need to set up the following to run
Ant:</p>
-<ul>
- <li><code>CLASSPATH</code>—put <samp>ant.jar</samp> and any other
needed jars on the system
- classpath.</li>
- <li><code>ANT_OPTS</code>—On NetWare, <code>ANT_OPTS</code> needs to
include a parameter of
- the form, <kbd>-envCWD=<i>ANT_HOME</i></kbd>, with
<kbd><i>ANT_HOME</i></kbd> being the
- fully expanded location of Ant, <strong>not</strong> an environment
variable. This is due to
- the fact that the NetWare System Console has no notion of a current
working directory.</li>
-</ul>
-<p>It is suggested that you create up an <samp>ant.ncf</samp> that sets up
these parameters, and
-calls <samp>perl ANT_HOME/dist/bin/runant.pl</samp></p>
-<p>The following is an example of such an NCF file (assuming Ant is installed
-in <samp>sys:/apache-ant/</samp>):</p>
-<pre>
-envset CLASSPATH=sys:/apache-ant/bootstrap/lib/ant.jar
-envset CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;sys:/apache-ant/lib/optional/junit.jar
-envset CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH;sys:/apache-ant/bootstrap/lib/optional.jar
-
-setenv ANT_OPTS=-envCWD=sys:/apache-ant
-envset ANT_OPTS=-envCWD=sys:/apache-ant
-setenv ANT_HOME=sys:/apache-ant/dist/lib
-envset ANT_HOME=sys:/apache-ant/dist/lib
-
-perl sys:/apache-ant/dist/bin/runant.pl</pre>
-
-<p>Ant works on JVM version 1.3 or higher. You may have some luck running it
on JVM 1.2, but
-serious problems have been found running Ant on JVM 1.1.7B. These problems
are caused by JVM bugs
-that will not be fixed.</p>
-<p>JVM 1.3 is supported on Novell NetWare versions 5.1 and higher.</p>
-
<h2>Other platforms</h2>
<p>
Support for other platforms is not guaranteed to be complete, as certain
techniques to hide platform
diff --git a/manual/running.html b/manual/running.html
index d451b08..7248cd1 100644
--- a/manual/running.html
+++ b/manual/running.html
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ And I filtered out the <code>getPropertyHelper</code>
access.</p>
<tr>
<td><code>ant.regexp.regexpimpl</code></td>
<td>classname</td>
- <td>classname for a RegExp implementation; by default, JDK 1.4+
+ <td>classname for a RegExp implementation; by default the
<code>java.util.regex</code>
implementation; <a href="Types/mapper.html#regexp-mapper">RegExp
Mapper</a> "Choice of regular expression implementation".</td>
</tr>
diff --git a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
index dc244f4..6e4d396 100644
--- a/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
+++ b/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ BUILD SUCCESSFUL</pre>
API—customizable to a high degree (including switching off during usual
life (= not development) execution). We
use Log4J for that, because</p>
<ul>
-<li>it is not part of the JDK (1.4+) and we want to show how to use external
libs</li>
-<li>it can run under JDK 1.2 (as Ant)</li>
+<li>it is not part of the JDK and we want to show how to use external libs</li>
<li>it's highly configurable</li>
<li>it's from Apache ;-)</li>
</ul>
diff --git a/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
b/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
index b9892ff..b116f12 100644
--- a/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
+++ b/manual/tutorial-tasks-filesets-properties.html
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ After that it prints out the result (e.g.
<samp>C:/ant-1.5.4/bin/ant.jar;C
<li>is the right package used?</li>
<li>does the code conform to the styleguide?</li>
<li>do all tests pass?</li>
-<li>does the code compile on JDK 5 (and passes all tests there)?</li>
+<li>does the code compile on the minimal and current JDK for the Ant
distribution (and passes all tests there)?</li>
<li>code under Apache license</li>
<li>create a patch file</li>
<li>publishing that patch file</li>
@@ -671,12 +671,12 @@ additional information on that.</p>
<li>Java file begins with Apache license statement. <strong><em>must do
that</em></strong></li>
<li>Task does not depend on GPL or LGPL code. <strong><em>ok</em></strong></li>
<li>Source code complies with style guidelines <strong><em>have to check
(checkstyle)</em></strong></li>
-<li>Code compiles and runs on Java 5 <strong><em>have to try</em></strong></li>
+<li>Code compiles and runs on minimal support java version <strong><em>have to
try</em></strong></li>
<li>Member variables are private, and provide public accessor methods if
access is actually needed. <strong><em>have to
check (checkstyle)</em></strong></li>
<li><em>Maybe</em> Task has <var>failonerror</var> attribute to control failure
behaviour <strong><em>hasn't</em></strong></li>
-<li>New test cases written and succeed <strong><em>passed on JDK 8, have to
try on JDK 5</em></strong></li>
+<li>New test cases written and succeed <strong><em>passed on newest jdk
version, have to try on oldest supported jdk version</em></strong></li>
<li>Documentation page written <strong><em>ok</em></strong></li>
<li>Example task declarations in the documentation tested. <strong><em>ok
(used in tests)</em></strong></li>
<li>Message to dev contains [SUBMIT] and task name in subject <strong><em>to
do</em></strong></li>
@@ -764,9 +764,10 @@ after <code>git clone</code> (without our
modifications).</p>
<h3>Apache license statement</h3>
<p>Simply copy the license text from one the other source from the Ant source
tree.</p>
-<h3>Test on JDK 5</h3>
-<p>Ant 1.10 uses Java 8 for development, but Ant 1.9 is actively maintained,
too. That means that Ant code must be able
-to run on a JDK 5. So we have to test that. You can download older JDKs
+<h3>Test on the minimal JDK version</h3>
+<p>Ant 1.10 uses Java 8 for development, but Ant 1.9 is actively maintained,
too. That means that updates to Ant code
+present in Ant 1.9 must be able to run on a JDK 5. (It is fine to address only
ant 1.10 and above for new teasks.)
+So we have to test that. You can download older JDKs
from <a href="https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html";
target="_top">Oracle [8]</a>.</p>
<p>Clean the <code>ANT_HOME</code> variable, delete the <samp>build</samp>,
<samp>bootstrap</samp> and <samp>dist</samp>
