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Chuck,

On 11/13/11 1:13 AM, Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>> From: Cifer [mailto:mantia...@gmail.com] Subject: Re:
>> build.xml:2313: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for
>> details
> 
>> why must i use java6 to compile tomcat7
> 
> Because Sun (not Oracle) added methods to an interface class in JDK
> 7 that Tomcat does not implement, resulting in errors during 
> compilation.  Tomcat cannot add the methods in question since
> doing so would make it impossible to run Tomcat on JDK 6.  Sun did
> not think that one through.

Can you give me a reference for that? I'd like to read about it.

Thanks,
- -chris
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