Re: [hibernate-dev] Hibernate ORM and Java 8 usage

I'm not against the use of Java 8 letting AnimalSniffer guarding for compatibility, but I understand this can cause some problems so I'm ok with removing Java 8 usage from tests. On 12 January 2016 at 10:07, Gunnar Morling <gunnar(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: > @Vlad, what Java 8 syntax specifically are you using in the user guide > tests (examples?)? > > I like the idea of using a current syntax in usage examples, to give > the guide a current look and show that our APIs play well with current > Java versions (while staying compatible with older ones). > > > > 2016-01-12 10:51 GMT+01:00 Sanne Grinovero <sanne(a)hibernate.org&gt;: > > +1 for Vlad's proposal to use the same JDK for tests and main code in > > a given module. > > > > Infinispan requires Java8 at runtime too, so that module should be the > > only one to use Java8? > > > > On 12 January 2016 at 07:55, Vlad Mihalcea <mihalcea.vlad(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > >> I used Java 8 syntax in the User Guide tests as I remembered that tests > can > >> use it, but I also agree that this is a rather strange move. > >> Since we need to support Java 1.6, maybe it's a better idea to use the > >> latest JDK just in the modules where we have no other choice. > >> For testing, I think that 1.6 is just fine and I could easily change > those > >> tests to remove the 1.8 dependency. > >> > >> So I vote for using the same JDK for both main and test in a particular > >> module. > >> > >> Vlad > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:35 PM, Steve Ebersole <steve(a)hibernate.org > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> The former. People commit things that already assume the move to Java > 8 > >>> locally to build (and test). But at the moment we have not formalized > >>> that, and so that causes problems when we import into an IDE - the > imported > >>> IDE project is built for 1.6 compliance and so everything we try in > the IDE > >>> fails. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:33 PM Gunnar Morling <gunnar(a)hibernate.org > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Hey, > >>> > > >>> > > or we move to Java 8 and rely on > >>> > > AnimalSniffer to make sure we are still compatible. > >>> > > >>> > WDYM by "move to Java8" exactly? Requiring it at Hibernate's build > >>> > time, or also at runtime in user apps? > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > 2016-01-11 19:49 GMT+01:00 Steve Ebersole <steve(a)hibernate.org&gt;: > >>> > > The use of Java 8 features in Hibernate ORM is starting to expand. > >>> > Luckily > >>> > > it is still constrained to just tests. > >>> > > > >>> > > However these usages make development in an IDE more and more > >>> difficult. > >>> > > Previously this was isolated to hibernate-infinispan. Now[1] this > has > >>> > > crept into hibernate-entitymanager. We need to have a plan here. > >>> Either > >>> > > we stop using Java 8 anywhere, or we move to Java 8 and rely on > >>> > > AnimalSniffer to make sure we are still compatible. > >>> > > > >>> > > Votes? Other options? > >>> > > > >>> > > [1] > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/commit/c2ece0108ed52d5e3a227ed... > >>> > > _______________________________________________ > >>> > > hibernate-dev mailing list > >>> > > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > >>> > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> hibernate-dev mailing list > >>> hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> hibernate-dev mailing list > >> hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > > _______________________________________________ > > hibernate-dev mailing list > > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev