Just to be specific, I am NOT advocating any wholesale changes to the net.jini.* APIs to embrace Java 5 features. I simply believe that at some point it is reasonable to say "Jini requires a Java 5-capable virtual machine" and as such, allow new APIs and code updates to use Java 5 features.
As a side issue, EOL or not, Java 1.4 virtual machines are common in industry (e.g older versions of Websphere, etc), so many projects currently hold back from making the above assertion. This may or may not be an issue for Jini. Cheers, Greg Trasuk. On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 20:59, Peter Firmstone wrote: > There's strong support for migrating to Java 5: > > Jukka Zitting has proposed we migrate when renaming com.sun.* packages > to org.apache.river.* (River-261) > > What release should this be planned for, AR3? > > Summary so far (Please correct me if I'm wrong): > > Support for Java 5: > > Dennis Reedy > Jim Waldo > Jonathan Costers > Greg Trasuk > Niclas Hedhman > Dan Roller > Greg Wonderly > Jukka Zitting > Sean Landis > Peter Firmstone > > Additional support for Java 1.4 bytecode (not source) is possible with > Retrotranslator at build time (I'm happy to implement Retrotranslator in > the build scripts). There would be a separate Java 1.4 bytecode release > created at build time from the Java 5 class files after compiling with > JDK 1.5 or later. The separate installation / download for Java 1.4 > would allow us to asses remaining demand for Java 1.4. Is anyone > against this? > > Are there any remaining concerns about dropping Source level support for > Java 1.4? > > Small devices can take advantage of the Surrogate architecture approach > in future (seems to be a consensus among those on the list). > > Cheers, > > Peter Firmstone. > > > Jukka Zitting wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Patrick Wright <pdoubl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Perhaps the community can make a project-level statement like, "as of > >> release X, River will begin to use Java 1.5 (or 6) APIs and language > >> features." > >> > > > > My proposal is that we switch to Java 5 as soon as we rename all the > > packages to org.apache.river. > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > > > -- Greg Trasuk, President StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to solve business problems on your plant floor. http://stratuscom.com
