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| From | Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Surprise! |
| Date | 2020-04-27 10:04 -0400 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <r86oqa$jbu$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 4/27/2020 9:52 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:34:35 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> On 4/27/2020 8:12 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >>> If its just as easy to move from Java 8 to 11 or 14 as it still is to >>> compile a K&R source file under that latest ANSI C compiler, then I'm >>> happy to move on, but is it that easy? Somehow I've gotten the >>> impression that it may not be. >> >> Java upgrades are usually pretty easy. >> >> But some can cause a bit of work. >> >> 1.4 -> 1.5 was one of them. >> >> 8 -> 11 is one of them. >> >> Things to be aware of include: >> * if you use unsupported SUN classes then you may need ti >> circumvent the module system introduced in Java 9 to get your stuff >> to build and run >> * if you use JAX-WS or JAXB then that is now a >> separate download - it is no longer builtin Java SE >> * if you use JavaFX then that is now a >> separate download - it is no longer builtin Java SE >> * if you use CORBA then you need to find >> another implementation >> >> But if you get JAX-WS and JAXB then my guess is that 99.8% of all Java 8 >> code will work with 11. > > I don't use any of the gotchas you mention - nothing, really, outside the > what was in the 1.6 standard library, apart from some 3rd party stuff: > > - the Coco/R syntax generator > - RiverLayout, > - a geodesy package, > - dnsjava, > - mail stuff (jaf ?, javamail, mstor) > - jcharset > - jdbc for PostgreSQL > > so it looks as though the move should be straight forward. Give it a try. :-) Arne
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Re: Surprise! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-04-27 08:34 -0400
Re: Surprise! Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2020-04-27 13:52 +0000
Re: Surprise! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-04-27 10:04 -0400
Re: Surprise! Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-04-27 10:09 -0400
Re: Surprise! Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-04-27 06:36 -0700
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