[tigerstripe-dev] Java5 vs java6

[Eric Dillon <erdillon@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Some plugins (base and diagrams) had some requirements set up in the  
plugin.xml file to require a JavaSE-6 runtime although we don't use  
any of the Java6 features. The consequence of that was that we would  
"artificially" enforce the use of Java6 when Java5 was sufficient.

I've removed this artificial limitation (See Bug 223698) and changed  
the compiler levels (source/target) to be 1.5.

This means that a "cvs update" on your local copy will pick up a bunch  
of changes (mainly to remove the un-wanted @Override that should only  
be there in Java5 when actually override a method defined in a parent  
class, whereas Java6 also accepts @Override on methods defined in  
implemented classes).

Finally, please make sure to set your local Compiler level  
(Preferences->Java->Compiler in Eclipse) to be 5.0. Or else, you may  
introduce Java6 constructs in the codebase that wouldn't work during  
the build.

Cheers,
Eric