[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Compiling for older version of java

[joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (joel)]

Ed Merks wrote:

> Joel,

> I didn't think that Java 6.0 changed the class version levels again like 
> Java 5.0 did.  Java 5.0 changed the language significantly so there is 
> additional information about generics that needs to be encoded in the 
> ..class files, but I didn't think Java 6.0 had any such impact.  So my 
> suspicion would be you are actually trying to run with a 1.4 JRE when 
> you are getting the error you reported.  You could try setting your 
> language level to 1.4 to confirm that...

Ed,

Thanks, but I am positive the OSX box has java version 1.5.0_07 as 
confirmed by running java -version.  I just tried setting my Compiler 
Compliance level to 1.4, but I get the same result.

--Joel