Re: aspectJ plugin claims to compile on java 1.4 but require java5 runtime

david <at> davidkarlsen.com wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, nicolas de loof wrote:
> 
>> This is not realted to aspectJ 1.6.1 upgrade : the plugin code itself is
>> based on some java5 API classes and methods :
>>
>> new PrintWriter( File )
>> path.replace( String, String )
>> Element.getTextContent()
>> Document.normalizeDocument()
>>
>> I'm +1 for Java5 requirement.
> 
> Yeah - I forked the compiler and noticed the same methodcalls.
> PrintWriter can easly be replaced with new FileOutputStream( file f )
> path.replace can be replaced with StringUtils from commons-lang
> Element/Document stuff can be fixed by using other methods or adding a 
> DOM3 level parser.
> 
> What do we prefer? Probably this isn't a very huge problem since nobody 
> have reported it earlier (and I have not seen anybody complain on the 
> mailinglists either) - and maven 2.1 is moving in 1.5 direction anyways 
> AFAIK.
> 
> Should we call a vote - or just go for it?

Lots of users are still on 1.4 so the plugin should definitely stay 
there unless you are sure no-one use 1.5 anymore. There really isn't a 
whole lot to gain from moving to 1.5 other than less warnings about 
unchecked collection use[1]. So, please stay on 1.4 unless there are no