[RIVER-122] The net.jini.config spec should document JLS versions in references to the JLS

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: jtsk_2.1
• Component/s: net_jini_config
• Bugtraq ID: 6370096
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ronald Mann
• Created: 27/Jul/07 18:58
• Updated: 27/Jul/07 18:58

Description

Bugtraq ID 6370096
The third edition of the "Java(TM) Programming Language Specification" introduces a set of changes to Java, so it would be useful to state that the net.jini.config specification is based on the second edition of the JLS because the new features introduced in the third edition of the JLS are not supported in configuration sources.

For instance, the third edition of the JLS adds 'enum' to the set of character sequences reserved as keywords. It seems undesireable to treat 'enum' as a reserved work in configuration sources, since this would break backward compatibility for deployments that have not migrated to J2SE 5.0. Use of generics is another example of a J2SE 5.0 feature that is not supported in configuration sources.