[JSPWIKI-121] Drop support for JDK 1.4.

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.8
• Component/s: Servlet Container/Java compatibility
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Janne Jalkanen
• Created: 06/Jan/08 10:50
• Updated: 10/Sep/11 23:18
• Resolved: 01/Apr/08 15:11

Description

Since Java 6 has been out for a long time, it's time to move to JDK 5. We already require JDK 5 to compile (due to some MBean classes we are using), but JSPWiki 2.6 should also work on JDK 1.4.

However, JDK 5 does give us quite a lot of advantages, programming-wise. It makes loops nicer, and generics and annotations make life so much easier.

This shift is targeted to 3.0. In theory, we could start moving to JDK 5 even earlier in 2.8, unless there's a large amount of opposition. It's my understanding though that quite a few companies are still running JDK 1.4.