JPA 2.1 users cannot portably use JDK 6 but if we can we could try and support it in our implementations. Best effort.
On Mon 2013-02-25 19:17, 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> > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
