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

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