On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 07:47, Peter Firmstone wrote: > Just thought I'd go back over the messages and post a summary: > > Those in favour of using Java 6 features: > > Jeremy Easton-Marks > Greg Wonderly > James Grahn > > Those in favour of using Java 5 features: > > Dennis Reedy > Jim Waldo > Jonathan Costers > Greg Trasuk > Niclas Hedhman > Dan Rollo > Greg Wonderly > Jukka Zitting > Sean Landis > Peter Firmstone > James Grahn > > > Those who would like to see continued support for JRE 1.4 (bytecode > only, using Retrotranslator): > > Patrick Wright > Greg Trasuk
I'm not in favour of using Retro-anything. I don't see the use case, and I get very nervous when people talk about back-porting stuff from Harmony's 1.5 implementation. Move on to Java 1.5 and be done with it. Greg Trasuk > Wade Chandler > Peter Firmstone > > > I propose posting the following items on Jira: > > 1. Migration to Java 5 Language Features and API > 2. Use of Generics in JavaSpace API, as suggested by James Grahn. > 3. Implementation of Retrotranslator for JRE 1.4 Runtime support. > > Best Regards, > > Peter Firmstone. > > Gregg Wonderly wrote: > > James Grahn wrote: > >> Actually, Gregg, what I had in mind was this: > >> > >> public <T extends Entry> T read(T template, Transaction txn, long > >> timeout) > > > > I always forget about that very handy way to restrict parameters and > > return values to the same type. That will be a useful way to help > > manage that the types are in the right hierarchy. > > > > Gregg Wonderly > > -- Greg Trasuk, President StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to solve business problems on your plant floor. http://stratuscom.com
