Was not really a conscious decision, but keep in mind that: 1) JPA 2.1 is part of EE 7 which requires SE 7 2) Oracle Java SE 6 is past any support.
And see the discussion that took place on this list over a year ago about O/RM and the Java 6 javac bug On 02/25/2013 04:07 AM, Hardy Ferentschik wrote: > Hi, > > when trying to use > > <dependency> > <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId> > <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId> > <version>1.0.0.Draft-10</version> > </dependency> > > in Hibernate Validator I get an UnsupportedClassVersionError. > Seems the API is compiled with JDK 7, which causes problems in the HV build. > Is the use of Java 7 intentional for the JPA API? I don't think it is > required, right? > > --Hardy > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
