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Re: [imp-dev] Java 6-specific code in XMLReader
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Good plan!
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Robert M. Fuhrer
<rfuhrer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> The latest versions of XMLReader.read() and XMLWriter.write() in the
> PDB plugin refer to a constructor flavor on java.io.IOException that takes
> an "Exception cause" argument in addition to the message string.
>
> Unfortunately, that flavor only exists in Java 6:
>
> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html#IOException(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Throwable)
>
> [Note the "since 1.6" tag in the JavaDoc.]
>
> We do currently require at least Java 5, but we don't want to start
> requiring
> Java 6 just yet.
>
> As a workaround, I've made the change to incorporate the message from
> the "cause" exception in the message handed to the IOException constructor.
>
> That said, this points out a minor problem with our project build
> configurations:
> although they specify Java 5 source compliance, they're all(?) configured to
> use the "workspace default JRE", which can vary from developer to developer.
>
> I strongly recommend that we modify our project configurations to explicitly
> specify a Java 5-compliant JRE by adding a "JRE System Library" to the
> Java Build Path, and specify the "Execution environment" of "J2SE-1.5".
>
> I've made this change locally, and everything seems to be fine.
>
> Unless there are strong objections, I'll commit the changes to the project
> configs ASAP.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> - Bob
> -------------------------------------------------
> Robert M. Fuhrer
> Research Staff Member
> Programming Technologies Dept.
> IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
>
> IMP Project Lead (http://www.eclipse.org/imp)
> X10: Productivity for High-Performance Parallel Programming
> (http://x10.sf.net)
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