Re: Source level
Ouabaine wrote:
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I am converting my project (a Java application) into an applet.
Why? Or more specifically, why *not* simply launch
the application using Java web start (JWS)? E.G.
<http://www.physci.org/jws/#jtest>
How does going to version 1.5 of the source version affects my applet?
More JREs will be able to run it. Make sure you are using
the -bootclasspath and -source/-target options, and the compiler
will tell you which aspects of 1.6 are not availabe in 1.5.
Note that JWS is particularly suited to run-time versioning.
<http://www.physci.org/jws/version.html>
Should I go directly for V1.6? Have you got any idea on how widespread the
v1.6 are? Am I taking a risk by choosing 1.6? I know that Leopard does not
have 1.6 yet, but this should come any month now.
And then how long will it take for Mac users to upgrade?
I would go for 1.5, and see how many changes need to
be made to the code to run it in a 1.5 VM (I doubt it will
require lots of changes).
..What about Linux?
1.6 has been available for most Linux variants for some time.
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Andrew Thompson
http://www.physci.org/
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