Re: Java 6 Mac

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>

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Date:

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:46:31 -0500

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Andrew Thompson wrote:

On Nov 8, 2:17 am, Nigel Wade <n...@ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:

Andrew Thompson wrote:

Nigel Wade wrote:

... This
will ensure that your code is treated as 1.5 by the IDE editor, and an

implicit

-target 1.5 is added to the compilation so the bytecode can be run by a 1.5
JVM.

That is not enough to ensure the bytecodes will run on
a Java 1.5 VM.

Ok, if you want to be explicit I expect it also adds the -bootclasspath ...

Really? I am surprised to hear that, since that
option inherently requires an rt.jar from the target
version, and I had not realised netbeans supplied
a suitable jar for any earlier Java version.

What value does it insert for (random example)
Java 1.3?

I don't think simply setting the target as Java 5 does do all the necessary
changes. Telling NB to build against a Java 5 installation does do the trick.

You can have any number of Javas for NB to use - I have Java 5 (Sun, 32 bit),
Java 6 (Sun, 32 bit), Java 6 (Sun, 64 bit) and an IBM Java 6 installed here.
I can tell NB to use any of them for a project and it does the Right Thing.

(This is the "Java Platform" option Nigel described.)

--
Lew