[DERBY-4893] Allow Java 5 language constructs in build code

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.7.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 10.7.1.1
• Component/s: Build tools
• Assignee: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Reporter: Knut Anders Hatlen
• Created: 07/Nov/10 17:05
• Updated: 29/Nov/10 14:22
• Resolved: 08/Nov/10 07:57

Description

We already allow the use of methods and classes that only exist in Java 5 and higher in code that only runs at build time, but java/build/org/apache/derbyBuild/build.xml specifies source and target level "1.4", so we cannot use the new syntax introduced in Java 5. I think we should also change source and target level to allow the new (well, not so new anymore...) language constructs.

(I noticed this when I started writing code to perform sanity checking of the message files at build time (DERBY-4796) and couldn't use the simpler for loop syntax.)

Issue Links

• is required by: DERBY-4796 Missing escape for apostrophes in many messages