>>> Paul Philion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17-Aug-00 3:03:44 PM >>>
>> Before API 2.1 came out this list was polled for JDK
>> version and the vote was pretty unanimous (then) for
>> JDK1.2.
>Oops, I missed that. How long ago was it? (I'd like to go
>check the archives.)
It was ages ago - 2 years ago?
>My biggest concern was the requirement for 1.2.
>Right now, it is possible to develop and run servlets on
>a wide variety of platforms, including Mac, BSD and
>some embedded systems. I think the last is an important
>area for servlets, as many standalone devices are now
>configured using HTTP/HTML. Supporting servlets is a
>powerful addition to that.
>But if servlets move to JDK 1.2 only, none of that will work.
>The number of platforms (not installed base) that support 1.2
>robustly is tiny. You can count them on your fingers.
That's not a reason not to do it.
Here are the reasons for doing it IMHO
1.Some of the things we're trying to do in servlet 2.3 are dependant
on Collections. These things are all long overdue.
If we had to wait for a version 3.0 it would be a long time before we
fixed these problems.
When would a version 3.0 come out? Sun has no plans (AFAIK) to start
work on a major revision. It could be 5 years away.
2. Servlet-2.2 engines that do no require JDK 1.2 will still be
around - they're not going to go away (particularly Tomcat which is
the reference and so can't go away).
3. Lastly I think you over state the case about the lack of JDK1.2
compatability. There are quite a few JVMs out there offering JDK1.2.
There are even good free-software/open-source JVMs that support JDK1.2
for embedded apps (eg: Kaffe).
Nic
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