So we now have to deal with a multi-jdk build in Hibernate ORM. We need Java 8 in order to compile the new hibernate-java8 module.
I wanted to remain compatible with Java 6 for the rest. However, I ran into a snag there because of JAXB which we now use (in conjunction with StAX) to process XML in ORM. ANyway, the JAX generation creates a model that is only compatible with Java 7. I have not yet had time to investigate this deeply. But it has to do with a change in the definition of javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement and a change in its definition between 1.6 and 1.7 to add a new attribute javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement#required. If anyone is familiar with this situation, I'd love to hear some options before I spend a lot of time investigating it. The other option is that we say we are going to drop Java 6 support since it has been unsupported now for, what, 3 years? _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
