[hibernate-dev] Hibernate ORM and Java 8 usage

[Gunnar Morling]

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 at hibernate.org>:
> 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/c2ece0108ed52d5e3a227ed0150cfb5cb1a76101
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