He he, Gunnar welcome to Steve's suggestiveness :-) Anyways, there is no reason not to compile with JDK 6. Maybe even worth checking the build and making sure the right target level is used. I am looking into it ...
--hardy On 25 Feb 2013, at 19:26, Gunnar Morling <gun...@hibernate.org> wrote: > > I never said 'no' I don't think :) > > :-) > > > 2013/2/25 Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org> > I never said 'no' I don't think :) > > > > On Mon 25 Feb 2013 12:17:38 PM CST, Gunnar Morling wrote: > > 1) JPA 2.1 is part of EE 7 which requires SE 7 > > But couldn't JPA 2.1 be used in 1.6 SE environments? I guess there'd > be users doing this. Also if 1.6 is reaching its EOL there are lots of > people still using it. In BV the situation is similar, it is part of > the EE 7 API, but the BV spec (and thus HV) requires only 1.6. > > >And see the discussion that took place on this list over a year ago > about O/RM and the Java 6 javac bug > > I don't know the details, but could this maybe circumvented by > compiling with javac 1.7, but using 1.6 as target level for the > generated class files? > > All in all I think requiring only 1.6 is very beneficial for the > adoption of an API. > > --Gunnar > > > 2013/2/25 Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org > <mailto:st...@hibernate.org>> > > > 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 <mailto:hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org> > > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org <mailto: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
