Because Java5 is the lowest specified java version we support/require: http://ant.apache.org/faq.html#java-version
Jan > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Antoine Levy Lambert [mailto:anto...@gmx.de] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2014 23:43 > An: dev@ant.apache.org > Betreff: Re: [1/8] make it compile under Java5 (1.5.0_22-b03) > > Hello Jan, > > I was wondering why you are interested into make it compile under Java5 > (1.5.0_22-b03) ? > > Note, I am just curious, not critical. > > It looks like this particular Java version is very demanding concerning > the presence of the final keyword next to method parameters or maybe > also for variables which are in the scope of nested classes. > > I am programming in scala these days with its insistence on using val > (immutable variables) wherever possible so I see a connection. > > Antoine > > On Jul 4, 2014, at 9:15 AM, j...@apache.org wrote: > > > Repository: ant > > Updated Branches: > > refs/heads/master 1b76f1b6d -> 789422e13 > > > > > > http://git-wip- > us.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/blob/13f6d98c/src/main/org/ > > apache/tools/ant/util/SymbolicLinkUtils.java > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > diff --git > a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/SymbolicLinkUtils.java > > b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/SymbolicLinkUtils.java > > index 36024ec..e8df272 100644 > > --- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/SymbolicLinkUtils.java > > +++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/util/SymbolicLinkUtils.java > > @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class SymbolicLinkUtils { > > * @return true if the file is a symbolic link. > > * @throws IOException on error. > > */ > > - public boolean isSymbolicLink(File file) throws IOException { > > + public boolean isSymbolicLink(final File file) throws > IOException > > + { > > return isSymbolicLink(file.getParentFile(), file.getName()); > > } > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional > commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@ant.apache.org