Re: [wildfly-dev] Smoothing the move from JDK 6 to 7

Closeable is in 1.6; I guess you mean AutoCloseable? On 08/30/2013 05:13 PM, Bill Burke wrote: > BTW, are there any EE7 specs that use Java 7 syntax/apis? I know we > avoided this in JAx-Rs although it would have been nice to use Closeable. > > On 8/30/2013 6:01 PM, Jason Greene wrote: >> The biggest problem with the diamond operators isn't bytecode, its back porting into EAP. >> >> On Aug 30, 2013, at 4:46 PM, David M. Lloyd <david.lloyd(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> At this point in time, I'd say just about everyone wants to move ahead >>> with Java 7 syntax because let's face it: there's a lot of nice stuff in >>> there. But until now, doing so meant that projects which rely on >>> running on JDK 6 until the heat-death of the universe are on a fast road >>> to pain and suffering. >>> >>> Well, all that ends today... introducing "seven2six" [1], a tiny tool >>> (only two source files) which losslessly converts version 51.0 (1.7) >>> class files to version 50.0 (1.6). >>> >>> With this tool in your build, you can switch your language level to 1.7 >>> without alienating your 1.6 users. I've already got this integrated >>> with JBoss Modules (it's quite simple to do as the README describes). >>> >>> This could end Brian's major pet peeve of rooting out diamond operator >>> usage in new WildFly files, among other issues. I want to know what you >>> guys think of bringing this in to WildFly (maybe even in to >>> jboss-parent, honestly). The initial version is released to Maven >>> already at org.jboss.seven2six:seven2six:1.0.Final so feel free to mess >>> with it and suggest improvements (just use the GH bug tracker for now I >>> guess). >>> >>> Thanks to Kabir Khan for the original idea and implementation/POC (I >>> just polished it up with ASM), and James Perkins for the Maven >>> integration code. >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/dmlloyd/seven2six >>> -- >>> - DML >>> _______________________________________________ >>> wildfly-dev mailing list >>> wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >>> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev >> >> -- >> Jason T. Greene >> WildFly Lead / JBoss EAP Platform Architect >> JBoss, a division of Red Hat >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wildfly-dev mailing list >> wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org >> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/wildfly-dev >> >