Re: Note on JDK compatibility with GNU JAXP XPath
Dalibor Topic <[email protected]>
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Chris Burdess wrote: > Phil Shaw wrote: > >> Several of the new XPath classes that Chris has contributed cannot be >> compiled with the Sun 1.3 JDK because they use >> java.util.LinkedHashSet, introduced in Java 1.4. The affected classes >> are: >> >> gnu.xml.xpath.Expr >> gnu.xml.xpath.Step >> gnu.xml.xpath.UnionExpr >> >> I am not aware this project has any specific compatibility objectives >> with Sun, but the project home page does use examples relating to Sun >> 1.2 JDK and above in the documentation section. >> >> http://www.gnu.org/software/classpathx/jaxp/jaxp.html >> >> Is it time a policy was adopted on this? > > > Sure, I'd like to hear discussion on this. > > For the record, I am concerned that we maintain compatibility with GNU > Classpath and with all known free Java compilers. GNU JAXP will shortly > be merged with GNU Classpath, and the assumption will be that > java.util.LinkedHashSet will be available, as it is in the same codebase. 'Whatever is in GNU Classpath' sounds sane to me. cheers, dalibor topic