[WW-4541] xwork-core (> 2.3.20) has a dependency to commons-lang3 (3.2) which is problematic with Java 5

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.20
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.28

Environment

JAVA 5

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jon Y.
• Created: 01/Sep/15 13:28
• Updated: 29/Mar/16 10:15
• Resolved: 11/Oct/15 19:17

Description

Since the xwork-core version 2.3.20 there is a dependency to commons-lang3 version 3.2 which is defined in the struts2-parent POM file.
But according to [1] commons-lang3 3.2 requires at least Java 6. Strictly speaking, Struts 2 versions higher than 2.3.20 needs Java 6.
If you have a web project based on Java 5 and the commons-lang3 library is used, you will get a compile error.
"class file has wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0"

[1] https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/release-history.html